What can I eat after a colonoscopy?

Colonoscopy is quite painful. After the examination, good care is very important, especially in terms of diet. You can eat some liquid or semi-liquid food right after the examination. The food must be light. In the first two days after the examination, try to eat some easily digestible food, eat more porridge, or drink some soup, and then gradually resume your normal diet. Be careful not to eat raw, cold, irritating, or fried foods.

What can I eat after a colonoscopy?

After the colonoscopy, you should eat some light and easily digestible liquid food. You can eat rice porridge, vegetable soup, egg custard, milk, etc. in the first two days, and then gradually resume a normal diet. Suggestions: Do not eat spicy, raw, fried, overheated, seafood, high-fat, high-cholesterol and other foods.

Things to note after colonoscopy

1. There will be a feeling of abdominal distension during the examination, and some patients will have slight abdominal pain after the examination. Therefore, after the examination, you should pay attention to doing some appropriate activities to expel gas and relieve symptoms. If the patient is unable to take care of himself, clockwise abdominal massage can be performed to speed up the expulsion of gas. If you have severe abdominal pain, you should tell your doctor immediately.

2. If a biopsy is taken during the colonoscopy, you must rest in bed after the operation. You cannot do strenuous exercise within three days, and you cannot have a barium enema examination. No physical labor within 15 days.

3. If there are no other special circumstances, the diet after colonoscopy can be followed according to the doctor's instructions.

4. After the colonoscopy, if you experience persistent abdominal pain or bloody stools, please inform your doctor as soon as possible.

5. If you experience severe pain during the examination, tell the doctor and he will make adjustments.

6. Patients with more serious heart disease, some cardiopulmonary insufficiency, severe hypertension, some severe ulcerative intestinal diseases, pregnant women, mental patients, people who have undergone multiple abdominal surgeries, etc. are not suitable for colonoscopy.