What are the precautions before colonoscopy

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Hematochezia for many people is not strange, and hematochezia can not find the cause of time should quickly do a colonoscopy. Do you need an empty stomach before colonoscopy? It is inevitable that someone will ask like this, so what are the precautions before colonoscopy? Let's analyze the precautions before colonoscopy.

What are the precautions before colonoscopy

Three days before colonoscopy, stop taking iron medicine, eat less fiber, it is better to start eating semi liquid or low residue diet, such as fish, eggs, milk, bean products, porridge, noodles, bread, banana, wax gourd, potato, etc. (if you have one or more stools a day, you should start 2 days before the examination).

Make sure the stomach is empty (no food left) when taking the bowel cleanser the night before the examination. When eating in the evening, eat food that is easy to digest and absorb. It's better to drink only liquid food at night. Start to drink the bowel cleanser every 2 hours, and drink water before going to bed.

Fasting in the morning of the examination day, especially anesthesia colonoscopy, do not eat or drink anything on the examination day, so as to prevent asphyxia caused by aspiration of gastric contents into trachea during anesthesia.

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Before colonoscopy, the dietary regulations need to be strictly observed, otherwise when there is secretion in the examination, the examination will not be clear at all. In order to carry out colonoscopy smoothly, remember the above precautions.