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The unit where Lao Liu works is very concerned about the health of employees. In addition to the annual routine physical examination, painless gastrointestinal endoscopy is also arranged for employees over 40 years old.

Some employees don't understand the good intentions of the leaders, and the gastrointestinal endoscopy arranged by the unit for everyone is not done, thinking that those examinations are too troublesome.

Lao Liu has a strong sense of health. Knowing that gastrointestinal endoscopy is an important means for asymptomatic middle-aged people to screen early gastrointestinal tumors, he took laxatives on time to prepare for a good examination of his gastrointestinal tract. ......

Painless gastrointestinal endoscopy is really painless. After waking up, Lao Liu thought that his gastrointestinal tract had been thoroughly examined, but his family told him that there was no problem with gastroscopy, but he didn't see it clearly because the intestine was too dirty.

Liu is puzzled. "Why didn't you see clearly? I took laxatives in strict accordance with the instructions. I drank thousands of milliliters of liquid medicine and almost vomited after drinking it! "

The doctor patiently explained to him that although he took the medicine according to the instructions, there was still a lot of feces in his intestine, and many places could not be observed carefully. Lesions such as colonic polyps with a diameter less than 1 cm may be hidden in fecal water, leading to missed diagnosis.

The doctor asked him what he had eaten two days before the examination. Lao Liu said that because he knew that he had to drink laxatives hungry on the day of colonoscopy, in order not to treat himself ill, he called his friends two days before the examination and ate several meals, all of which were big fish and big meat, and vegetables and fruits were not eaten less.

The doctor told him that his poor intestinal preparation was related to his careless diet two days ago.

Whether the intestinal preparation is clean or not directly affects the effect of colonoscopy. If the intestinal preparation is not good, it is possible to miss the diagnosis of diseases and fail to achieve the purpose of tumor screening.

Generally speaking, the day before the examination, you must pay attention to your diet and eat some foods with low fiber and less dregs. Suitable foods include rice porridge, noodles, bread without nuts, tofu, egg custard, cake without cream, etc. Foods unsuitable for eating include all kinds of vegetables, whole grains, fruits and vegetables with seeds and skins, and red food.

The leaves and roots of vegetables are not easy to digest, which leads to the inability to excrete from the intestine in a short time, which will affect the inspection results. Corn, black rice, cereals, red beans, mung beans, black beans and other cereals contain more cellulose, and fruits and vegetables with seeds will form a lot of food residues, which will affect the effect of clearing intestines.

Three days before colonoscopy, we should pay special attention to avoid eating red and seeded foods, such as tomatoes, watermelons and pitaya, because these foods not only have more residues, but also cause red feces, sometimes very similar to intestinal mucosal bleeding, which affects the doctor's judgment of the disease.

Although the first cup of milk tea in autumn feels very warm, it is not recommended to drink milk and milk tea before colonoscopy, especially milk tea containing fruits, grass and pearls, which will seriously affect the effect of clearing intestines.

When drinking laxatives, you should drink laxatives as much as possible every time according to your own situation, but you should not drink them too fast or too hard. If you feel bloating or have obvious nausea and discomfort, don't force yourself to take medicine after rest, or put a candy in your mouth to relieve nausea and other discomfort.

In order to achieve a satisfactory effect of clearing the intestines, you should do more activities and accelerate the intestinal movement after drinking laxatives to improve the effect of clearing the intestines.

When defecating, you must pay attention to the characteristics of feces in the toilet. After drinking laxatives, if the stool has been discharged in colorless or yellow clear watery stool, it means that the intestinal cleaning effect is good and colonoscopy can be performed.

If the stool is still yellow and mushy or remains, it means that the effect of clearing the intestine is not good, so you need to contact your doctor in time to consult whether you need to take more drugs.

Although Lao Liu took laxatives regularly according to the doctor's advice, he didn't pay attention to his diet two days before colonoscopy. Before the examination, he found that his stool was still yellow and mushy, but he didn't tell the doctor. A large amount of feces accumulated in the intestinal cavity, which affected the effect of colonoscopy.

Health tips

Whether the intestinal preparation is clean or not directly affects the effect of colonoscopy. The day before colonoscopy, you must pay attention to your diet. You should eat some foods with low fiber and little dregs, and don't eat all kinds of vegetables, whole grains, fruits and vegetables with seeds and skins and red food. Observe the characteristics of stool after taking laxatives. If the stool is still yellow and mushy or has feces residue after drinking laxatives, it means that the effect of clearing the intestines is not good and you need to contact your doctor in time.

References:

China Digestive Endoscope-related Intestinal Preparation Guidelines (20 19, Shanghai). Chinese medical journal, 20 19.

Text: transferred from the story of Dr. Xu

Photo: The story from Dr. Xu.

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