A health care professional will give you written instructions on how to take care of yourself after the procedure and will review them with you. You should follow all instructions. If the doctor removed polyps or performed a biopsy, you may have light bleeding from your anus.
This bleeding is normal. Some results from a flexible sigmoidoscopy are available right after the procedure, and your doctor will share these results with you. A pathologist will examine the biopsy tissue. Biopsy results take a few days or longer to come back. Bleeding and perforation are the most common complications from flexible sigmoidoscopy. Most cases of bleeding occur in patients who have polyps removed.
The doctor can treat bleeding that occurs during the flexible sigmoidoscopy right away. However, you may have delayed bleeding up to 2 weeks after the procedure. The doctor diagnoses and treats delayed bleeding with a colonoscopy or repeat flexible sigmoidoscopy. The doctor may need to treat perforation with surgery.
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Why do doctors use flexible sigmoidoscopy? How do I prepare for a flexible sigmoidoscopy? How do doctors perform a flexible sigmoidoscopy? All rights reserved. Skip Navigation. I Want To I Want to Find Research Faculty Enter the last name, specialty or keyword for your search below. Apply for Admission M. Flexible Sigmoidoscopy. A: Position of the sigmoidoscope in the colon; B: endoscopic view; C: detail of the colonoscope tip. Follow a clear liquid diet. A clear liquid diet includes only liquids you can see through.
If you have diabetes, only drink sugar-free clear liquids and check your blood sugar level often. If you have any questions, talk with your healthcare provider. A staff member will call you after pm noon the day before your procedure.
The staff member will tell you what time you should arrive for your procedure. Between pm and pm , drink the ounce bottle of Citrate of Magnesia. It will make you have many bowel movements and diarrhea loose or watery bowel movements.
It usually works within 30 minutes, but may take as long as 3 hours. After your bowel preparation, you can keep drinking clear liquids until 4 hours before your scheduled arrival time. Starting 4 hours before your scheduled arrival time, do not eat or drink anything. This includes water, hard candy, and gum. Start the enema 4 hours before your scheduled arrival time. This may be early in the morning.
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