Lower GI Endoscopy

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Lower GI Endoscopy

What is an Lower GI endoscopy?

Colonoscopy is a test which allows the doctor to look directly at the lining of the large intestine (the colon). Diagnostic colonoscopy is recommended for change in bowel habits, occult or frank blood in the stool, unexplained anaemia and as a screening test for colon cancer. In order to do the test, a colonoscope is carefully passed through the anus into the large intestine. The colonoscope is a long flexible tube, about the thickness of your index finger, with a bright light at its tip. The video camera on the colonoscope transmits images of the inside of the colon to a monitor allowing the physician to examine the lining of the colon checking for any disease or abnormalities. If necessary, polyps or other types of abnormal tissue can be removed through the scope during a colonoscopy. Tissue samples (biopsies) can be taken during a colonoscopy as well.

Diagnosis: Lower GI Endoscopy can help doctors diagnose the reasons for

• Changes in bowel habits
• Pain in Abdomen
• Bleeding per rectum or evaluation of unexplained bleeding from the gastrointestinal tract
• Unexplained weight loss
• To evaluate biopsy colonic and malignant growth
• Unexplained anaemia
• Diarrhoea of unknown cause
• Diagnosis and surveillance of colonic cancer
• Colonoscopy can also detect inflamed tissue, ulcers (like Inflammatory bowel disease or ulcerative colitis), and abnormal growths.