DR. JAYANT BARVE

Colonoscopy is a procedure where the doctor can examine the lowermost part of the digestive tract by a flexible instrument called as Colonoscope. Common indications for Colonoscopy are
1. Constipation.
2. Loose motions.
3. Pain in lower abdomen.
4. Excessive gas from below.
5. Burning or pain in anal region.
6. Altered bowel habits.
7. Frank blood in the stool, occult blood in the stool or anaemia.

These conditions are seen more often in elderly people where Colonoscopy is essential for making an early diagnosis of cancer of the colon.

Colonoscopy is advocated for first blood relations of the patient who has got cancer of the colon. Common mistake is to attribute blood in the stool for piles or fissure and get wrongly treated for a long time. The correct diagnosis of cancer of the colon or rectum if made in time can offer a curative treatment. Major bleeding in the stool in elderly people is commonly due to diverticulitis of colon. This is a condition where there are balloon like projections arising from colonic mucosa and which bleed due to rupture of a blood vessel. Colonic polyps is also an important condition to diagnose because polyps have potential of becoming cancerous in future. Removal of polyp by polypectomy without open surgery can offer cure in the early stage of cancer. A proper follow-up can keep the patient free from cancer.

Altered bowel habits, watery or semisolid stools, gripping pain in abdomen, mucus and blood in the stool, incomplete evacuation can all be due to a condition called as colitis.

Colitis has got different causes like ulcerative colitis, Crohn’s disease, infections, tuberculosis, amoebic colitis, bacillary dysentery and many more.

Corrcet diagnosis by Colonoscopy will allow patients to be treated properly.

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BLEEDING FROM FOOD PIPE SEEN IN CIRRHOSIS

Bleeding from food pipe is seen in cirrhosis of liver and can be life threatening. Gastroscopy can very effectively treat this bleeding and save life.

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Pain in the rectum or anal region is commonly due to fissure or thrombosed piles and can be diagnosed by Colonoscopy. Bleeding from colon or narrowing of the colon can be treated by endoscopic methods without need for surgery.

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Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a very common condition in Gastroenterology and can have significant physical, psychological and social handicap. IBS can be diagnosed by good history and physical examination. As there are no investigations, which can prove the diagnosis of IBS, Colonoscopy is necessary to exclude other diseases of colon.