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2. Low-fiber/low-residue diet - Wikipedia

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   A low-residue diet is a diet intended to reduce certain constituents of the bowel, often with consequence for functional behaviour of the bowel. It may be prescribed for patients with ailments or functional gastrointestinal disorders mitigated by fewer and smaller bowel movements each day. The diet may be used as part of the bowel preparation ...

3. Colonoscopy - Wikipedia

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   Colonoscopy (/ ˌkɒləˈnɒskəpi /) or coloscopy (/ kəˈlɒskəpi /) [1] is a medical procedure involving the endoscopic examination of the large bowel (colon) and the distal portion of the small bowel. This examination is performed using either a CCD camera or a fiber optic camera, which is mounted on a flexible tube and passed through the ...

4. Colorectal cancer - Wikipedia

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   Colorectal cancer (CRC), also known as bowel cancer, colon cancer, or rectal cancer, is the development of cancer from the colon or rectum (parts of the large intestine). [ 5 ] Signs and symptoms may include blood in the stool, a change in bowel movements, weight loss, abdominal pain and fatigue. [ 9 ] Most colorectal cancers are due to ...

5. How to make your colonoscopy prep more effective and less ...

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   Stay hydrated. On the day before your colonoscopy, you mostly will be on a liquid diet. Although you can't eat solid foods, you can drink your calories and have as many drinks as you want ...

6. Megacolon - Wikipedia

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   Megacolon is an abnormal dilation of the colon (also called the large intestine). [1][2] This leads to hypertrophy of the colon. [2] The dilation is often accompanied by a paralysis of the peristaltic movements of the bowel. In more extreme cases, the feces consolidate into hard masses inside the colon, called fecalomas (literally, fecal tumor ...

7. Endoscopy - Wikipedia

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   An endoscopy is a procedure used in medicine to look inside the body. [1] The endoscopy procedure uses an endoscope to examine the interior of a hollow organ or cavity of the body. Unlike many other medical imaging techniques, endoscopes are inserted directly into the organ. There are many types of endoscopies.