or inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), such as Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis. They usually have many of the same symptoms. Many of the conditions, including IBS, diverticulitis ...

To prepare for a colonoscopy, you may need to avoid fiber in the days leading up to your appointment and follow a clear liquid diet beginning the day before. Preparation also involves taking ...

Of all patient-related factors, older age, constipation, and poor colon preparation were associated with lower cecal intubation rates. Gender, BMI, colonic diverticular disease, prior abdominal ...

Bowel cancer can start in the large bowel (colon cancer) or back passage (rectal cancer). It is also called colorectal cancer. This section is about treatment for colon cancer that hasn't spread to ...

you might be walking into the day of your colonoscopy prep a little backed up," she explained. Zaghiyan advised speaking with a doctor to adjust laxatives or medications in the week leading up to ...

changes in your normal bowel habit and inflammation in the colon. The prevalence of diverticular disease increases with age. In the Western world it is estimated that over 20pc of people aged ...

Hundreds of thousands more people will be sent a home-testing kit that can help to detect signs of bowel cancer, as the NHS expands its lifesaving screening programme to those aged 50 in England.

All 50-74-year-olds in England will now receive a home-testing kit for bowel cancer every two years. NHS England has been posting the faecal-immunochemical test (Fit) to all 54-74-year-olds since ...

Kennedy. “Colon cancer itself is curable with early detection. Timing is everything, and there’s no excuse for delaying your screening.” Dr. Kennedy addresses excuses one by one: Dr.

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