What's colonoscopy?

Colonoscopy is a relatively intuitive and accurate examination method for checking colon and rectal lesions. It is a tube-like structure containing fiber-optic equipment that is inserted into the rectum and colon through the anus, and it can be used to observe rectal and colonic mucosal lesions through the electronic transmission of the pictures seen on the television, and it can detect inflammatory lesions, ulcerative lesions, and even neoplastic lesions of rectal and colonic mucosa, so it is equivalent to intuitive observation of the mucosal lesions. Colonoscopy is equivalent to visual observation of the lesions of the intestinal mucosa, and is a more accurate and objective means of examination of the intestinal tract.

Before colonoscopy, it is necessary to remove the feces in the intestines through oral laxatives, which is conducive to the accurate observation of the lesions of the intestinal mucosa. Because colonoscopy has a certain degree of pain, some people can not tolerate, in this case can be anesthesia to complete the colonoscopy, can reduce the patient's discomfort. In addition to colonoscopy examination, it can also be done under the colonoscopy treatment, such as intestinal polyp resection or intestinal bleeding patients under the colonoscopy hemostasis treatment and so on.

What is the function of colonoscopy?

Colonoscopy including colonoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, and small bowel mirror these three, sigmoidoscopy in the past with more, now to colonoscopy to replace, the role has three aspects:

1. Diagnostic role: the diagnostic role is to do colonoscopy to understand the intestinal lesions;

2. Therapeutic role: so after the diagnosis of colonic lesions, if you need to do microscopic minimally invasive treatment, you can again with the help of colonoscopy and instruments for treatment, such as intestinal polyps treatment;

3. Observation and follow-up: diseases in the treatment process need to understand the efficacy of treatment, such as ulcerative colitis is a very chronic disease, in the treatment process, to know the ulcer healing did not, mucosal healing, must be reviewed with colonoscopy, colonoscopy to observe the improvement.