Colonoscopy

• The colonoscope is a small, lighted camera attached to the end of a catheter.
• Your healthcare provider inserts the colonoscope through anus and slowly advances it through your colon to the end, where it meets your small intestine.
• While advancing, the catheter pumps air into colon to inflate it. The camera transmits video of the inside of colon to a monitor.
• Healthcare provider will check for anything abnormal. When they reach the end of colon, they’ll bring the colonoscope back, watching a second time.

Risks and side effects are rare but possible. They include:

• Injury to your wall of colon.
• Uncontrolled bleeding.
• Infection requiring antibiotics.
• Abnormal reactions to the anaesthesia.

HIMAS Hospital is known for providing exceptional care and expertise in Colonoscopy. A colonoscopy can be diagnostic, therapeutic and preventive at HIMAS Hospital all at the same time.