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Te COLONOSCOP A colonoscopy colonoscopy is a routine, sae, and efective procedure procedure that healthcare providers use to visually examine the ull lining o the colon and rectum. Tis procedure is the best way or a healthcare provider to view the entire colon to see i there are any problems.
Wha t is the col onos cope look ing for ?
A colonoscopy makes it possible to nd and remove growths that exist in th colon disease to abnormal tissu e growths, a colonoscope allows the to investigate without surgery.
Who sho uld get a c olon osc opy?
Wha t hap pen s d uri ng a col onos copy ?
People 50 and older should undergo a colonoscopy every 10 y additional risk actors, healthcare providers could recommend be completed more requently. requently.
• A colonoscopy involves the use o a colonoscope—a long, thin, exible instrument connected to a camera and video display monitor • Te colonoscope is inserted into the rectum and moved through the entire colon
A r out ine col onos copy coul d sa ve you
• I the healthcare provider notices anything o concern during the colonoscopy, a biopsy (removing a small amount o tissue to examine) may be perormed
Colonoscope
It may surprise you to discover that colon cancer is preventable i the signs are detected through a colonoscopy. Still, less than hal o Americans undergo a colonoscopy.1
ADHE SIO NS
POLYP
• Abnormal bands o tissue that grow in the body
• An abnormal tissue growth on the
FLAT POLYP/LESION
• Similar to scar tissue
• Usually slow growing and the rst
• Tis is another precancerous growth on the colon wall
• Most commonly caused by abdominal surgical procedures • Common complication is intestinal obstruction— where an adhesion wraps around the intestine and prevents ow o the digestive tract
• Te colonoscopy is one o the mos
• I caught early, can be removed, aiding in the prevention o colon cancer • Difcult to detect without eective prepping and an accurate colonoscopy
• May relieve itsel or require medical intervention
• I caught e aiding in t
• Symptoms
Splenic flexure
Hepatic flexure
CAN Ascend ing c olon
ULCERATIVE COLITIS • A orm o inammatory bowel disease that includes inammation and sores, called ulcers, in the lining o the rectum and colon
Transverse colon Small intestine
Sigmoid colon
• Ulcers orm where inammation destroys the cells o the colon wall, eventually bleeding and producing pus
Descending colon
• Colon inammation will make the colon empty requently, causing diarrhea
APP ENDI CIT IS • A condition characterized by inammation o the appendix
DIVERT
• Mild cases may resolve without treatment, but most require removal • Removal is typically perormed using minimally invasive surgery
Sign up to vote on this title CROHN’S DISEASE • A chronic inammatory bowel disease that aects the entire wall o the colon • Can aect any part o the gastrointestinal tract rom the mouth to the anus
