What should I do if polyps are found during colonoscopy?

With the rapid development of the economy, facing the pressure of work and life, many people have to work hard to make money. Long-term irregular diet and changes in living habits have caused many people to have physical problems, especially gastrointestinal diseases. Colon polyps are a long-standing anorectal disease, and the cause of their formation is mostly due to frequent consumption of spicy and irritating foods. However, some genetic factors can also cause colon polyps. What should I do if polyps are found during colonoscopy?

If polyps are found during colonoscopy, they can be directly removed and sent to the pathology department to confirm whether they are benign or malignant.

How to remove intestinal polyps?

Colonoscopy is the most sensitive, direct and effective examination for detecting colon polyps and colon cancer. Simply put, a colonoscope is a thin, soft, flexible, lighted tube with a small lens at the end that can carefully examine the colorectum for polyps or other abnormalities. If polyps are found during the examination, the doctor will choose the removal method depending on the size of the polyp. If the polyp is relatively small, the doctor will directly remove it with biopsy forceps. If the polyp is relatively large, the doctor will recommend electrosurgical removal, or recommend hospitalization for elective colonoscopy polypectomy.

Adenomatous polyps will not disappear on their own, and there is currently no drug that can make them disappear. If not treated in time, they can slowly grow larger, and the chance of canceration increases as the lesions grow. Inflammatory polyps are relatively safe, but they may develop into adenomas due to long-term inflammatory stimulation. Therefore, when polyps are found during colonoscopy, they should be removed endoscopically and minimally invasively to cut off the path of polyps becoming cancerous. Currently, the common endoscopic polypectomy methods include snare polypectomy (SS), endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR), fractionated EMR (EPMR) and endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD).

1. Dietary factors: Dietary factors have a certain relationship with the formation of colon polyps, especially frequent consumption of spicy and irritating foods, frequent consumption of pickled foods, etc. These are the causes of the disease of colon polyps. Therefore, in order to prevent this disease, everyone should eat more light foods in their daily diet. 2. Genetic factors: It is generally believed that the incidence and onset of colon polyps are closely related to genetic factors. According to research, the inheritance chances are equal for men and women, and there is no gender difference. The reason why there are more male patients is because they have bad living habits. 3. Inflammatory stimulation: If the intestinal mucosa is stimulated by inflammation for a long time, it will also cause the formation of intestinal mucosal polyps. After the inflammatory congestion, edema, erosion, and ulcers of the intestinal mucosa heal, the scars formed will gradually shrink and then form polyps. In addition, chronic inflammation can cause gland blockage and mucus retention, leading to the disease. 4. Stimulation from feces, foreign bodies and mechanical damage: Long-term stimulation of the intestinal mucosal epithelium by fecal residue, foreign bodies, etc., as well as damage to the rectal mucosa due to other reasons, are all causes of polyps. The clinical manifestations of colon polyps are often asymptomatic and most are discovered during physical examinations.