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  2. Colon cleansing - Wikipedia

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    Colonic irrigation, also known as colon hydrotherapy, colonic hydrotherapy, or a "colonic", is a treatment which is used "to wash out the contents of the large bowel by means of copious enemas using water or other medication."

  3. Whole bowel irrigation - Wikipedia

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    Whole bowel irrigation is sometimes used prior to colonoscopy, bowel surgery, other abdominal/pelvic surgery, or a barium enema examination, to cleanse the intestines, enhancing visibility of the intestines' inner surfaces, preventing complications from occurring as a result of spillage of bowel contents into the abdominal cavity, and potentially providing other benefits depending on the type ...

  4. Enema - Wikipedia

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    Plain water can be used, simply functioning mechanically to expand the colon, thus prompting evacuation. Normal saline is least irritating to the colon. Like plain water, it simply functions mechanically to expand the colon, but having a neutral concentration gradient, it neither draws electrolytes from the body, as happens with plain water ...

  5. Fecal impaction - Wikipedia

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    By using pulsating water to enter into the colon to soften and break down the dense mass, PIE treats fecal impaction. [ 4 ] Research shows that pulsed irrigation evacuation with the PIE MED device is successful in all tested patients in studies, making pulsed irrigation evacuation the most effective and reliable form of fecal impaction treatment.

  6. This blood test screens for 50 different types of cancer. Is ...

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    A colonoscopy confirmed he was stage III, which led to surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. Milam is now free of cancer. “That test saved my life, and that’s a fact,” Milam told KFF Health News.

  7. Avoiding a colonoscopy? Knoxville lab just launched a blood ...

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    Yes, you may still need a colonoscopy after the blood test As a first step, ColoHealth is much easier than a colonoscopy, which requires a liquids-only diet followed by medication and an invasive ...

  8. Colonoscopy - Wikipedia

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    The examination of the colon, to rule out a lesion contributing to blood loss, along with an upper gastrointestinal endoscopy (gastroscopy) to rule out oesophageal, stomach, and proximal duodenal sources of blood loss. Fecal occult blood is a quick test which can be done to test for microscopic traces of blood in the stool. A positive test is ...

  9. Phenylalanine - Wikipedia

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    Phenylalanine ball and stick model spinning. Phenylalanine (symbol Phe or F) [3] is an essential α-amino acid with the formula C 9 H 11 NO 2.It can be viewed as a benzyl group substituted for the methyl group of alanine, or a phenyl group in place of a terminal hydrogen of alanine.