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Precautions before and after colonoscopy

BY Carol Carey 2019-12-05

   There are many people who will undergo enteroscopy in order to effectively eliminate intestinal diseases. However, before and after performing colonoscopy, certain precautions should also be grasped. You can choose before undergoing colonoscopy Do not eat food on a liquid diet that day. If you are a diabetic, you can take hypoglycemic drugs appropriately. After receiving a colonoscopy, if you have abnormal symptoms, you should also pay attention.

   Now everyone’s health awareness is gradually Improvement, so many people will choose to undergo enteroscopy, which is also a more effective way to know the pathology of the intestine at the first time, and can also effectively eliminate bowel cancer, but when doing colonoscopy , You should understand the precautions themselves, so what are the precautions before and after colonoscopy?
  I. Precautions before enteroscopy
  1. Liquid diet
  On the day before accepting enteroscopy, you can only choose Semi-liquid diet, such as porridge, roasted noodles without vegetables, steamed buns, stewed eggs, milk, etc. Try not to choose vegetables and fruits containing plant fiber, otherwise it will affect the final detection effect.
  2. Don’t eat food that day
  Do not eat any food on the day of the colonoscopy, if you are worried about a hypoglycemic reaction, you can prepare some sticks appropriately With sugar or rock candy, you can choose an intestinal cleanser at about 7 o''clock in the morning.
  3. Using hypoglycemic drugs
   For those who have diabetes and need to take hypoglycemic drugs, on the day of colonoscopy, if they do not eat, they do not need to take hypoglycemic drugs , So as not to induce hypoglycemia. In addition, if the hypertensive people want to take antihypertensive drugs, they must be taken orally in the morning, preferably one hour after taking laxatives, so as to achieve good results, so as not to cause bleeding after the biopsy. Situation.
  Second precautions after colonoscopy
  If after the colonoscopy, there is obvious severe stool blood or abdominal pain, you need to go to the hospital immediately. Do not ride, drive, or work at heights on the day after the colonoscopy, to avoid serious harm. If there is no discomfort after the colonoscopy, after an hour, you can choose some foods that are easy to promote digestion, such as porridge, noodles and porridge. If the doctor chooses a biopsy during the colonoscopy, it is important to remember the pathology report of the colonoscopy in the hospital a few days later. These cannot be ignored after receiving the colonoscopy.

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