How painful is a colonoscopy?

Colonoscopy is a somewhat painful procedure because we place the colonoscope in the intestines for examination, which will irritate the health of the intestines, so it is normal to cause pain, but we can use anesthetics to relieve it. Colonoscopy is used to check whether there are any abnormalities in the intestines, especially to check for hemorrhoids and gastroenteritis. We need to choose regular hospitals and doctors, which can reduce the pain of colonoscopy.

1. Is colonoscopy painful?

Colonoscopy is a test of the doctor's skills. If the doctor's skills are not good, it can easily cause discomfort to the patient, because our intestinal structure is tortuous and not easy to examine, so it is a great test of the doctor's skills. So is colonoscopy painful? Colonoscopy is a diagnostic method used by doctors to examine lesions inside the large intestine and colon. A colonoscope is a long, flexible instrument about 1 cm in diameter that is passed through the anus into the rectum and into the large intestine, allowing the doctor to observe the inside of the colon and large intestine. The original colonoscope was mostly used for quarantine and was simpler than the modern colonoscope. Modern colonoscopes are often equipped with cameras and are longer in size, so they can examine lesions at a deeper level.

2. Which type of patients need this examination?

2.1. Lower gastrointestinal bleeding of unknown cause.

2.2. Chronic diarrhea of ​​unknown cause.

2.3. Low intestinal obstruction of unknown cause.

2.4. Suspected tumor of the large intestine or terminal ileum.

2.5. Lesions such as colorectal polyps and tumor bleeding require colonoscopy treatment.

2.6. Those who need regular colonoscopy after colon surgery or colonoscopic treatment.

2.7. Colorectal cancer screening.

2.8. Those who have family members with colorectal cancer or adenoma and need to undergo a physical examination.

2.9. Health checkup for people over 40 years old who have never had a colonoscopy.

3. What should you pay attention to when eating during colonoscopy?

The day before the examination, you need to eat some easily digestible food, such as porridge, noodles, etc., drink plenty of water, and keep the bowels open. You also need to use bowel cleansing medicine on the same day to keep the intestines clean.

Colonoscopy in the morning: Do not eat or drink anything and do not smoke after 8pm the night before. Eat liquid food (rice water, soup) for dinner the day before.

Colonoscopy in the afternoon: You can drink some sugar water before 8 am that day, but you cannot eat anything else and do not eat at noon. The hospital prescribed laxatives and you can take them according to the doctor's instructions.

In addition, intestinal preparation is required. Take 30 ml of castor oil orally at 8 pm the day before the examination. (Take it in the morning for afternoon examinations), take 30 g of potassium sodium salt powder at 3 am for morning examinations (add 6 pounds of water and take within 1.5 hours), and take 30 g of potassium sodium salt powder at 8 am for afternoon examinations. It is forbidden for patients with heart and kidney dysfunction. Or you can fast the night before the examination and take 30ml of castor oil orally at 18:00, take 250ml of 20% mannitol and 250ml of warm water orally at 5:00 the next morning, then drink 250ml of warm water every 20 minutes, for a total of 3 times, which is more effective. Or perform a cleansing enema once the night before and again the next morning. You can drink some warm water.