How to tell if your bowel is clean prior to colonoscopy.

How can you tell if your colon is clean and ready for colonoscopy? Your last rectal effluent (stool after finishing your bowel prep agent) can act as a guide.

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Bowel Prep and Colonoscopy Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Frequently asked questions about bowel preparation and colonoscopy like what is bowel prep? What is low fiber diet? What is clear liquid diet?

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What food can I eat before colonoscopy?

Just because you’re scheduled for colonoscopy, does not mean you have to starve. You can eat before your colonoscopy. The kind of food you eat depends on your health problems, previous cleanliness levels during colonoscopy and your doctor’s preference.

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How to Handle Belly Pain after Colonoscopy

Belly pain after colonoscopy is uncommon. When it happens, it can be due to many reasons. What causes belly pain during colonoscopy…

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How to spot a complication after colonoscopy

Colonoscopy is a life saving procedure. Like most procedures, it comes with risks. These risks include bleeding, infection, and tear in the colon (perforation).

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How to Use Miralax and Gatorade for Colonoscopy Bowel Preparation

Miralax (polyethylene glycol 3350) and Gatorade can be used alone or in conjunction with over the counter laxatives like bisacodyl.

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How to Use CLENPIQ for Colonoscopy Bowel Preparation

CLENPIQ is the first ready-to-drink low volume bowel cleansing agent. CLENPIQ can be used alone or in conjunction with over the counter laxatives like bisacodyl or magnesium citrate.

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How to Use Golytely/Trilyte for Colonoscopy Bowel Preparation

Golytely, Nulytely, Trilyte and Colyte can be used in the same manner. Any of these bowel cleansing agents can be used alone or in conjunction with over the counter laxatives like bisacodyl or magnesium citrate.

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How to Use Suprep for Colonoscopy Bowel Preparation

Suprep can be used alone or in conjunction with over the counter laxatives like bisacodyl or magnesium citrate.

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How to Use Prepopik for Colonoscopy Bowel Preparation

Prepopik can be used alone or in conjunction with over the counter laxatives like bisacodyl or magnesium citrate.

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How to use MOVIPREP for colonoscopy

Moviprep can be used alone or in conjunction with over the counter laxatives like bisacodyl or magnesium citrate.

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How to hack your colonoscopy

Colonoscopy hack is a strategy for getting the best out of your colonoscopy. If you or your loved one is scheduled for colonoscopy, these hacks can change your experience from awful to pleasant.

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My colonoscopy is tomorrow. What should I expect.

Colonoscopy is a procedure that utilizes a flexible tube with light and camera at the end (endoscope or colonoscope) to look at the inner lining of a person’s large intestine (colon) through a video monitor.

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Low Fiber Diet for Colonoscopy

Low fiber diet is low residue diet. Residue refers to undigested food or fibers that make up part of the stool.

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Clear Liquid Diet for Colonoscopy

Colonoscopy hack is a strategy for getting the best out of your colonoscopy. If you or your loved one is scheduled for colonoscopy, these hacks can change your experience from awful to pleasant.

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Colonoscopy Prep Shopping List

You’ve been scheduled for colonoscopy. It’s time to go shopping! Like every great shopper, you need a list. Here is a list of items to shop for:

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BowelPrepGuide wins 1st SCOPY awards and more

The American College of Gastroenterology initiated a new awards program in 2015 for the purpose of recognizing “the achievements of our members in their community engagement, education and awareness efforts for colorectal cancer.” Bowel Prep Guide has won the following…

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30 Myths about Bowel Prep, Colonoscopy, and Colorectal Cancer

  1. There is only one way to prepare the bowel for colonoscopy.  Not true.

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Bowel Prep for Small Bowel Capsule Endoscopy

Capsule endoscopy is a camera that is swallowed to examine the small intestine. It is recommended for patients with obscure gastrointestinal bleeding, iron deficiency anemia, Celiac disease, and Crohn’s disease.

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Split Dosing for Bowel Preparation Agents

The split-dose regimen has been shown in multiple studies to be better than the day-before regimen for morning colonoscopies.

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How to use Plenvu for colonoscopy bowel preparation

Plenvu is the first 1 liter PEG-based bowel cleansing agent. Plenvu can be used alone or in conjunction with over the counter laxatives like bisacodyl or magnesium citrate.

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How to Understand Your Colonoscopy Result

Colonoscopy result can be difficult to understand. Where is the rectosigmoid junction? Where is the hepatic flexure? What is an adenoma polyp?

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Sneezing, runny nose and tearing after colonoscopy

A study published in the Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology in 2011 confirmed that patients getting supplemental oxygen via nasal cannula during colonoscopy can develop symptoms of rhinitis.

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Diabetes and colonoscopy. How to take your medications before colonoscopy.

If you have diabetes mellitus, preparing for colonoscopy requires special instructions.  Food, bowel preparation and the colonoscopy procedure affect your blood sugar.

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How to choose a screening test for colorectal cancer

Colorectal cancer is a leading cause of cancer death in the United States. There are many tests available to screen for colorectal cancer. How do you choose the right screening test for colorectal cancer?

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How to Use OsmoPrep for Colonoscopy Bowel Preparation

Osmoprep is a tablet that can be used for bowel cleansing prior to colonoscopy. There are two main ways to use Osmoprep: Day before or split dose regimen. In the day-before regimen, all the tablets are used the day before the colonoscopy.

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Poop

Everyone poops. As a gastroenterologist, I deal with poop issues every day. Poop questions are a routine. I poop too much. I can’t poop enough. My poop has blood in it.

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