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The Pros And Cons Of Colonoscopy

By Joshua Long


Colonoscopy is the process of doing an endoscopic examination in a large bowel or small bowel with the use of the CCD camera or fiber optic camera being inserted into the flexible tube that is passed into the anus. The process provides visual diagnosis and will grant the opportunity of biopsy or the removal of the suspected lesions of colorectal cancer. The polyps are also removed by the process and will then be studied if these can be precancerous or not.

Colonoscopies are very common to most people since they often here it as medical procedures but only a very few of them know what it really is. Generally, many people would say that these processes are only intended to be performed to the elderly and middle aged people. Colonoscopy Conway AR would be very much useful in determining the colon cancer risks than the ordinary checkups.

The pros of colonoscopy. The most common benefit of this is the detection and prevention for having a colon cancer and some other medical conditions such as inflammatory bowel diseases or ulcers. There may other procedures that can be used for testing these issues but colonoscopy is considered to be the best procedure. Through this, the doctor will be allowed on looking some potential problems in the area.

Most people are required on having this procedure and most of them are considering as an uncomfortable procedure, and thus, sedation process is performed to them. Through this, a doctor will be allowed to operate freely the camera without the need to think if the patient is feeling any pain or discomfort. Additionally, there are already modern technologies designed for the purpose as surgical tool and camera. Through this, a camera is used by doctors for taking samples of tissues. Biopsies may also be done.

The cons of colonoscopy. One major drawback of this is its being invasive. This means that the doctor is required to go to some sensitive human body parts for providing a diagnosis. The doctors generally prefer on just going to the body for performing a surgery or fixing an issue which is already diagnosed.

However, the procedure also is capable of catching the early signs of certain cancers. Aside from this, other procedures may also be suggested that are similar to this, but these other processes have lesser risks such as virtual colonoscopies. These are said to have lesser risks because sedation and inserting a camera is not needed anymore. There is no need to perform as well the biopsies and getting tissue samples.

Sedation may be considered as risky since all people may not have the same reaction for use of some chemicals. So these chemicals may lead to complications for some patients. Even death may also become a result due to sedation.

Infections and excessive bleeding are other disadvantage of this and these may possibly happen because of performing biopsies and getting tissue samples. Though the procedure is not being performed frequently, this is still dangerous to the elderly people. Strict diet regiment might be required prior to this process which stresses the patient.

In conclusion, taking some preventive measures may help in catching some potential problems. One of this is colonoscopy and though it may have some drawbacks, it can still help. Virtual colonoscopies are also recommended because these would still provide similar results.




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