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Colonoscopy risks and Procedure Colorectal cancer is the fourth most common form of cancer (or third, excluding skin cancers) in both men and women in the United States. Knowing the risk factors for colorectal cancer may help you take preventative measures to reduce the likelihood of developing the disease. Colorectal cancer risk factors Age Racial and ethnic background Obesity Genetics Diet Inactive lifestyle Smoking Alcohol use Stages of Colorectal Cancer Stage 1: The cancer has grownup through the mucosa and has entered the muscular layer of the colon or rectum. It has not spread into nearby nerve or lymph knots.

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Colonoscopy risks and ProcedureColorectal cancer is the fourth most common form of cancer (or third, excluding skin cancers) in both men and women in the United States. Knowing the risk factors for colorectal cancer may help you take preventative measures to reduce the likelihood of developing the disease.

Colorectal cancer risk factors

Age Racial and ethnic background Obesity Genetics Diet Inactive lifestyle Smoking Alcohol use

Stages of Colorectal Cancer

Stage 1: The cancer has grownup through the mucosa and has entered the muscular layer of the colon or rectum. It has not spread into nearby nerve or lymph knots.

Stage 2: The cancer has grown through the wall of the colon or rectum and has not spread to nearby tissue or to the nearby lymph nodes.

Stage 3: The cancer has grown through the inner lining or into the muscle layers of the intestine and spread to one to three lymph nodes, or to a nodule of tumor in tissues around the colon or rectum that do not appear to be lymph nodes but has not spread to other parts of the body.

Stage 4: The cancer has spread to a single distant part of the body, such as the liver or lungs.

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Procedure For Colonoscopy:

The system is performed by a specialist experienced in colonoscopy and keeps going pretty nearly 30 for an hour. Drugs will be put into your vein to make you feel casual and lazy. You will be requested that lie on your left side on the analyzing table. Amid a colonoscopy, the specialist utilizes a colonoscope, a long, adaptable, tubular instrument around 1/2 inch in width that transmits a picture of the covering of the colon so the specialist can look at it for any variations from the norm. The colonoscope is embedded through the rectum and progressed to the next end of the internal organ.

Symptoms of Colon Cancer:

Changes in bowel movement. Constipation or Diarrhea. Blood in stool. Rectal Bleeding Abdominal discomfort Weight Loss

Complications or alternatives to colonoscopy

Complexities of colonoscopy are uncommon and normally minor when performed by doctors who have been uniquely prepared and are experienced.

Draining may happen at the site of biopsy or evacuation of polyps, however the draining for the most part is minor and self-restricted or can be controlled through the colonoscope. It is

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truly unordinary to oblige transfusions or surgery for post-colonoscopic dying. An even less regular confusion is a puncturing or a tear through the colonic divider, however even these holes as a rule don't oblige surgery.

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