What is the best thing to eat after a colonoscopy?

Generally speaking, people go to the hospital for colonoscopy mainly to check their intestinal lesions. If you have just had a colonoscopy, your diet at this time has certain requirements, because colonoscopy will cause some damage to the intestinal mucosa. In terms of diet, it is best to eat liquid food at the beginning, such as porridge, lotus root powder, oatmeal, yogurt, etc. In addition, within one or two days after the colonoscopy, you should have less contact with, or even no contact with, spicy and greasy food.

1. Colonoscopy is mainly used to check intestinal lesions. If necessary, a biopsy can be taken or treatment can be done directly under the colonoscopy. If you just have an ordinary colonoscopy without taking a biopsy or doing treatment, you can eat 6 hours after the procedure. Suggestions: 1. If you have undergone polypectomy or colonoscopy and biopsy, you must fast for at least 24 hours. You can eat only if there are no symptoms of bleeding or abdominal pain. Eat liquid food first, and if there is no reaction, then transition to a normal diet; 2. If it is just a routine colonoscopy, you can eat 6 hours after the procedure, and there are no special dietary requirements. If you have symptoms of colitis, intestinal dysfunction, diarrhea and abdominal pain, you need to control your diet long-term, avoid spicy and greasy foods, and quit smoking and drinking.

2. The diet after a colonoscopy is more particular, because colonoscopy can sometimes cause certain damage to the intestinal mucosa, especially when taking pathological examinations, this phenomenon is more prominent. However, the intestinal mucosa has a very strong self-repair function.

Guidance: Start with a liquid diet consisting mainly of boiled lotus root powder, porridge, or very soft noodles. This has a good protective effect on the intestinal mucosa. Don't eat egg custard, drink milk, or eat broth. These high-protein foods will irritate the intestines. Then you can gradually increase the variety of meals.

3. Eat less or no foods rich in saturated fat and cholesterol, including: lard, butter, chicken fat, mutton fat, fatty meat, animal offal, fish roe, squid, cuttlefish, egg yolks, etc. Do not eat or eat less fried foods with vegetable oils (peanut oil, soybean oil, sesame oil, rapeseed oil, etc.). Dietary fiber is a powerful force in preventing colorectal cancer and can reduce the incidence of colorectal cancer, such as konjac, soybeans and their products, fresh vegetables and fruits, algae, etc.