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  2. How to make your colonoscopy prep more effective and less ...

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    A colonoscopy is considered the best way to screen for colon cancer because it allows doctors to remove polyps — small growths in the colon — before they potentially turn cancerous.

  3. Colonoscopy - Wikipedia

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    The day before the colonoscopy (or colorectal surgery), the patient is either given a laxative preparation (such as bisacodyl, phospho soda, sodium picosulfate, or sodium phosphate and/or magnesium citrate) and large quantities of fluid, or whole bowel irrigation is performed using a solution of polyethylene glycol and electrolytes.

  4. Talk:Colonoscopy - Wikipedia

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    The preparation involved and the risk of being caught short would put a lot of people off, especially when you're not near a toilet, eg when you're driving in to the hospital. Personally I think it is the prep that is what turns people off about the procedure. I have had a colonoscopy before and I am due to have one again.

  5. Nothing by mouth - Wikipedia

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    The American Board of Anesthesiology recommends that patients should not eat solid food for at least 8 hours prior to a procedure, and should not drink even clear liquids for at least 2 hours prior. [3] Clear liquid fasting includes water, juices without pulp, carbonated beverages, clear tea, and black coffee. [4]

  6. Why You Shouldn't Eat This Fruit Before an MRI - AOL

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    Eating lots of fruit and vegetables — including açai — as well as exercising regularly can help you lose weight (if that’s important to you). Lower high cholesterol

  7. Low-fiber/low-residue diet - Wikipedia

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    A low-fiber diet may be used to prepare for or recover from various medical procedures: [1] [2] [4] [5] Abdominal surgery; Colonoscopy; Internal hemorrhoid surgery; A low-fiber diet may also be used during acute stages of the following conditions, to rest the bowels: [1] [2] [4] [5] Bowel inflammation; Crohn's disease; Diverticulitis ...

  8. The Best Time to Take Your Probiotics to Reap the Most Benefits

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    Probiotics will have a greater effect within your small intestine (or large intestine) if you take them before you eat: "During a fast or prior to eating, the stomach won't be as acidic and this ...

  9. Gluten challenge test - Wikipedia

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    Gluten challenge is discouraged before the age of 5 years and during pubertal growth. [4] European guidelines suggest that in children and adolescents with symptoms which are compatible with coeliac disease, the diagnosis can be made without the need for an intestinal biopsy if anti-tTG antibodies titres are very high (10 times the upper limit ...