CT Colonography: Use, Preparation, and Side-Effects - Patient
网页2012年7月18日 · CT colonography uses a CT scanner to produce detailed pictures of the colon and rectum. This test can be used instead of a colonoscopy to help detect cancers and other bowel conditions. Note: the information below is a general guide only. The arrangements, and the way tests are performed, may vary between different hospitals.
Bowel Polyps (Colon Polyps): Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment
网页2023年9月14日 · Most bowel polyps develop in the part of the colon called the descending colon, which leads down to the rectum. However, they can occur anywhere in the colon or rectum. Bowel polyps can be divided into three types: hyperplastic polyps, adenomas and polyposis syndromes. Hyperplastic bowel polyps. These are a common type of bowel …
Bowel Cancer (Colon and Rectal): Symptoms and Treatment - Patient
网页2023年4月16日 · A bowel polyp (adenoma) is a small growth that sometimes forms on the inside lining of the colon or rectum. Most bowel polyps develop in older people. About 1 in 4 people over the age of 50 develop at least one bowel polyp. Polyps are non-cancerous (benign) and usually cause no problems. However, sometimes a benign polyp can turn …
My colon problems | Irritable Bowel Syndrome | Forums - Patient
网页2015年5月17日 · I am a 26 year old male and for three years now (since I was 23) I am having colon problems. In these three years I have probably visited the doctor around 20 times and I have been send two times to two different gastronologists. I remember a period within these three years were my symptoms disappeared but other then that they are …
What are the early warning signs of bowel cancer? - Patient
网页2023年5月24日 · Bowel cancer, also called colorectal cancer, affects the large bowel, which is made up of the colon and rectum. Around 43,000 people are diagnosed with bowel cancer every year in the UK 1 . Although more than nine out of 10 new cases (94%) are diagnosed in people over the age of 50, bowel cancer can affect anyone of any age.
MRI scans for bowel/colon disorders? | Irritable Bowel Syndrome
网页2015年2月11日 · fiona51388. I am trying to find out if MRI scans can be used to detect bowel and colon problems, basically things such as ulcers, as I have had no less than four proctograms in my past history and a colonoscopy and a sigmoid, they are uncomfortable, unpleasant and the results were not conclusive even though a 'hands on' under anathetic ...
Constipation: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment
网页2023年9月25日 · Constipation symptoms. If you are constipated it causes one or more of the following: Stools (faeces) become hard and difficult or painful to pass. The time between toilet trips (to do a bowel motion) increases compared with your usual pattern. There is a large range of normal bowel habit. Some people normally go to the toilet to pass stools 2 ...
Ulcerative Colitis: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment - Patient
网页2024年1月8日 · Ulcerative colitis is a disease where inflammation develops in the colon and the rectum (the large intestine). The most common symptom when the disease flares up is diarrhoea mixed with blood. Treatment can usually ease a flare-up of symptoms. The disease can often be prevented from flaring up by taking medication, usually mesalazine, …
Colonoscopy: Test Use, Preparation, and Side-Effects - Patient
网页2023年3月30日 · The colon is the part of the gut which comes after the small intestine. The last part of the colon leads into the rectum where stools (faeces) are stored before being passed out from the back passage (anus). A colonoscope is a thin, flexible telescope. It is about as thick as a little finger. It is passed through the anus and into the colon.
Barium Enema | Use, Preparation and Side Effects - Patient
网页2018年2月20日 · A barium enema is used to look for problems in the large bowel (colon). These problems may include: Small fleshy lumps (polyps). Inflammation (colitis). Narrowing of the colon. Tumours. Small pouches (diverticula) which stick out from the wall of the gut (intestines). The gut does not show up very well on ordinary X-ray pictures.