Diet before colonoscopy

Everyone knows that you should try to eat less food when doing common examinations. Before the examination, you need to clean up the garbage in the intestines so that the effect of the colonoscopy will be more obvious. Therefore, you should try to eat some liquid food to aid digestion. Some people even fast the day before the examination or take some laxatives. So what are the precautions for diet before colonoscopy?

1. Colonoscopy diet and precautions

Colonoscopy diet and precautions

In the early stage after the endoscopy, you may feel bloating and discomfort due to the accumulation of air in the large intestine, but this will gradually disappear after a few hours. If your abdominal distension is obvious, you should tell your doctor or nurse, who will give you appropriate treatment. If there is no special requirement, you can take normal food or eat according to the doctor's advice. If you experience persistent abdominal pain or excessive blood in your stool after a colonoscopy, you should tell your doctor immediately to avoid any accidents.

Dietary precautions: Do not eat spicy, sweet, fermented, cold, or greasy food. It is best to eat food made from fermented flour. Do not eat food made from dead flour (cakes, frozen dumplings). Be careful not to eat leeks or tofu skin.

On the day of colonoscopy, you should drink porridge or other liquid foods that are easier to digest. After the colonoscopy, the intestines are very fragile, so try to eat soft foods, such as tofu.

After the patient has his liver function checked and has his hepatitis B surface antigen, hepatitis C antibody, and HIV antibody checked, he can make an appointment for a colonoscopy. Eat semi-liquid food with little residue 2 days before the examination, and eat rice porridge for 3 meals a day. Do not eat vegetables or fruits; fast for 6 hours before the examination (but not water); start taking 3 ml of warm and diluted enema solution orally at 1:00 am on the morning of the examination and drink it within 1 hour. Waiting for inspection in the afternoon. During inspection. The day before the examination, you need to eat some easily digestible food, such as porridge, noodles, etc., drink plenty of water, and keep the bowel movements smooth. You also need to use bowel cleansing medicine on the same day to keep the intestines clean.