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During a sigmoidoscopy, the examiner inserts the tube into the anus and guides it through the rectum, sigmoid colon and most of the descending colon on the left ...
Risk factors · Older age. Colon cancer can happen at any age. · Black race. · A personal history of colorectal cancer or polyps. · Inflammatory bowel diseases.
Inflammation involves the rectum and sigmoid colon — the lower end of the colon. Symptoms include bloody diarrhea, abdominal cramps and pain, and an ...
Change in bowel habits. Constipation or diarrhea that lasts longer than a week may mean the presence of a larger colon polyp or cancer. · Change in stool color.
Like a colonoscopy, this uses a small tube with a light and camera but examines just the last third of your colon, called the sigmoid. Most of the colon is ...
This common colon disease develops when small pouches form in the colon wall and become inflamed, causing pain, fever and abnormal stool function.
Spastic colon is a term that's sometimes used to refer to irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a common disorder characterized by abdominal cramping, ...
Colon cancer treatment usually involves surgery to remove the cancer. Your health care team might recommend other treatments, such as radiation therapy and ...
Bowel obstruction. A blocked colon is an emergency that may require total or partial colectomy, depending on the situation. Colon cancer. Early-stage cancers ...
Flexible sigmoidoscopy. Your provider uses a slender, flexible, lighted tube to examine the rectum and sigmoid, the last portion of your colon. If your colon is ...
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