Colon
The John Hopkins White Papers: Colon Cancer (Guide to the Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management of Colon and Rectal Cancers)
Ross C. Donehower M.D. (Paperback) Johns Hopkins Medicine 2008
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About 1 week.
The polyp will need to be processed and then cut, then need to be examined under microscope for cancer. It will take 5-7 working days to get it done.
Call your GI doctor if you have not heard from him by 2 weeks.
Dr. Galati explains the removal of a colon polyp in a 50 year old man.
My husband had a colon polyp removed via the scope that was 2-3 cm in size. The doctor says this should not hurt; but he is hurting. The surgeon refused to give him pain medication for pain that he is experiencing after the polyp removal. He feels like the surgeon is being unreasonable, has anyone had a colon polyp removed via the scope and felt they need pain medication to assist with the discomfort - after the procedure.
Any information you have is appreciated....
If the doctor said it shouldn't hurt and it hurts, there's a possibility something might have gone seriously wrong.
Is colon polyps more serious because my doctor did a physical on me and then told me I had small polyps (you know when they put the rubber glove on...) then my doctor told me they were small and harmless...but are colon polyps different, do they require removal? I don't have colon polyps but the doctor said I have polyps neer inside my anus, is there a difference??????
an inch into your anus is your colon.
The colon is also called the descending intestine -- it's the last part of the large intestine -- the poo shoot.
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Colonoscopy is a common and very safe test that examines the lining of your lower intestinal tract. Colonoscopy means "to look inside the colon." During a complete colonoscopy, doctors who are well trained in this procedure (gastroenterologists) can see part of your small intestine as well as the end of your intestinal tract (the rectum). Removal of one or more polyps from the inside lining of the colon (large intestine). A polyp is a mass of tissue that may develop into cancer. Reasons for Procedure To remove a polyp, which is a possible cancer source. The greatest danger with intestinal polyps is their potential to turn into cancerous tumors. Noncancerous polyps are often removed as well, because...
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