What should we pay attention to during colonoscopy in children?

Many children may have bloody stools in daily life. When they go to the hospital for examination, most doctors will recommend a colonoscopy because the examination will be more thorough and clearer. However, many people do not know what to pay attention to when doing a colonoscopy, what to do, and how long it will take? Let me share with you some knowledge about colonoscopy!

1. Preparation before the inspection

1. The examination date will be arranged by the doctor. Examination location: outpatient gastroscopy room.

2. Bowel preparation is required for this examination.

3. Three days before the examination, you should eat a semi-liquid diet with no or little residue, and do not eat vegetables or fruits. If intestinal polyps are suspected and the patient is preparing for electroresection, he or she should avoid eating milk and dairy products.

4. Take 25 ml of castor oil orally at 6:30 am on the day of examination, and do not eat breakfast. Start taking the enema solution at 9:30 am. Mix each packet with 1000ml of boiled water. Drink a total of 3000ml of enema solution within 1.5 hours. If there is still fecal residue in the stool, you need to drink another 1000ml of colon cleansing solution until the excretion is clear water. If nausea or vomiting occurs, tell your doctor or nurse and give them a cleansing enema if necessary.

5. You can eat at 2 pm, but avoid eating liquid food. At 3 pm, the nurse will take you to the outpatient gastroscopy room. 30 minutes before the examination, the nurse will inject you with 10 mg of An and 0.5 mg of atropine to relieve the discomfort caused by the colonoscopy.

6. It is not advisable to bring mobile phones and pagers into the gastroscopy room to avoid interfering with the normal operation of the machine.

2. Inspection process

1. The child should lie on his left side with his knees bent.

2. The doctor will slowly insert the colonoscope through the anus and observe the intestinal cavity for any lesions. You may feel abdominal distension and the urge to defecate. At this time, you should take a deep breath to relax yourself.

3. The entire inspection process takes about 20 to 30 minutes.

After reading the above introduction, you must have a general understanding of colonoscopy. Colonoscopy is painful and children may feel it is quite painful. It is best to tell your child in advance so that he or she can be fully prepared mentally so that he or she will not cry excessively during the colonoscopy.