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    Thursday, October, 29, 2009

    What Is Flexible Sigmoidoscopy

    Health Encyclopedia: Ischemic Colitis

    Alternative Names

    Colonic ischemia


    Symptoms
    • Abdominal pain
    • Fever
    • Vomiting
    • Bright redblood in the stool
    • Diarrhea

    Signs and tests
    • Colonoscopy or flexible sigmoidoscopy showing inflamed mucosa or ulcers in the colon
    • Angiography showing a vascular (blood vessel) lesion

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    Pseudomembranous colitis
    ...following tests will confirm the disorder: An immunoassay for C. difficile toxin A colonoscopyor flexible sigmoidoscopy showing pseudomembranous colitis (a characteristic appearance of... Read more »
    Peutz-Jeghers syndrome
    ... Total iron-binding capacity (TIBC) (a blood test) Polyps biopsy (colonoscopy or flexible sigmoidoscopy) Read more »
    Bloody or tarry stools
    ...detection of colon cancer and pre-cancer: Fecal occult blood testing every year. Flexible sigmoidoscopy or barium enema every five years. Colonoscopy every 10... Read more »
    Biopsy: polyps
    ...other endoscopy is used for the throat, stomach and small bowel. Colonoscopy or flexible sigmoidoscopy explores the large bowel. Colposcopy-directed biopsy ... Read more »
    Colon cancer screening
    ...Test (FOBT) - the multiple-sample type (take-home); if positive results, a colonoscopy is needed Flexible sigmoidoscopy every 5 years Yearly fecal occult blood test plus sigmoidoscopy... Read more »

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