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Slowly, her new bathroom habits dramatically impacted her participation in day-to-day life. Prior to being diagnosed with Stage 4 colon cancer, Casandra Costley worked as a travel advisor, helping ...
Gabriella Parker had a colonoscopy at 21 despite the recommended age being 45. She made some radical changes in her life to feel better. I was 21 when I had my first colonoscopy.
I recently got a colonoscopy. (Two of my grandparents died of colon cancer so it’s been on my radar for years and I started testing early.) As anyone knows, the prep is the worst part.
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.
James Van Der Beek is opening up about the symptoms he experienced that made a routine colonoscopy all the more crucial — if not life-saving — last August, when he was stunned to learn he had ...
Will Smith filmed the process of his recent colonoscopy, which ultimately led to the discovery of a pre-cancerous mass. ... advised that he put one on the calendar after turning 50 last year, and ...
Postpolypectomy coagulation syndrome (Postpolypectomy syndrome or PPCS) is a condition that occurs following colonoscopy with electrocautery polypectomy, which results in a burn injury to the wall of the gastrointestinal tract. The condition results in abdominal pain, fever, elevated white blood cell count and elevated serum C-reactive protein.
Sigmoidoscopy ("sigma", the Greek term for letter "s/ς" + "eidos" + "scopy": namely, to look inside an "s"/"ς"-like object) is the minimally invasive medical examination of the large intestine from the rectum through to the nearest part of the colon, the sigmoid colon.