Preparing For Colonoscopy
Now, Aren't WE Special...?
Ladies, yes; we have yet another reason to feel "special": according to a report just published in the November issue of Harvard Women's Health Watch, a new study indicates that women may have a harder time prepping for colonoscopies, than men.
Apparently, this is largely because women are more likely to suffer constipation and/or irritable bowel syndrome, resulting in gas, bloating, abdominal pain or spasm.
Since patients must empty their colons to increase the rate of success in the proc...
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...for the fourth and fifth years, and at the doctors and patients discretion during subsequent years.ColonoscopyPatients should have a colonoscopy 3 years after surgery. If the findings are normal,... Read more »Ulcerative Colitis: Diagnosis
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