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    what is a coloscopy

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    Colonoscopy is the endoscopic examination of the colon and the distal part of the small bowel with a CCD camera or a fiber optic camera on a flexible tube passed through the anus. It may provide a visual diagnosis (e.g. ulceration, polyps) and grants the opportunity for biopsy or removal of suspected lesions.


    In other words, A Doctor puts a camera up your butt to see if you have any polyps or cancer in your colon.  Yippee

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    And the prep is much worse than the procedure.

    There is also an examination called Colposcopy-this is when a colposcope is used to examine a women's vagina and cervix. Colonoscopy is as Yvonne says.

    Coloscopy is the endoscopic examination of Colorado



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