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  2. Postpolypectomy coagulation syndrome - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Pancolitis - Wikipedia

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    Symptoms are similar to those of ulcerative colitis but more severe and affect the entire large intestine. Patients generally exhibit symptoms including rectal bleeding as a result of ulcers, pain in the abdominal region, inflammation in varying degrees, and diarrhea (often containing blood), fatigue, fever, and night sweats.

  4. Ischemic colitis - Wikipedia

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    CT scans are often used in the evaluation of abdominal pain and rectal bleeding, and may suggest the diagnosis of ischemic colitis, pick up complications, or suggest an alternate diagnosis. [26] [27] [28] Endoscopic evaluation, via colonoscopy or flexible sigmoidoscopy, is the procedure of choice

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

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    A colonoscopy rarely causes any pain, Dr. Lance Uradomo, an interventional gastroenterologist at City of Hope Orange County Lennar Foundation Cancer Center, tells Yahoo Life. "It's typically a ...

  6. Ulcerative colitis - Wikipedia

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    This fulminant type is associated with severe symptoms (usually diarrhea, rectal bleeding and abdominal pain) and is usually associated with systemic symptoms including fever. [13] It is associated with a high mortality rate as compared to milder forms of UC, with a 3-month and 12 month mortality rate of 0.84% and 1% respectively. [ 13 ]

  7. Inflammatory bowel disease - Wikipedia

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    In spite of Crohn's and UC being very different diseases, both may present with any of the following symptoms: abdominal pain, diarrhea, rectal bleeding, severe internal cramps/muscle spasms in the region of the pelvis and weight loss. Anemia is the most prevalent extraintestinal complication of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

  8. Do I need a colonoscopy? Doctors speak about effectiveness ...

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    Colonoscopy can’t be effective if it’s not done, and the study did show a significant decrease in cancer incidence with colonoscopy, and this will ultimately lead to a decrease in deaths

  9. Chronic limb threatening ischemia - Wikipedia

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    Rest pain is a continuous burning pain of the lower leg or feet. It begins, or is aggravated, after reclining or elevating the limb and is relieved by sitting or standing. It is more severe than intermittent claudication, which is also a pain in the legs from arterial insufficiency. [citation needed]