{"id":2831,"date":"2026-01-17T13:14:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T08:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/?p=2831"},"modified":"2026-03-25T14:04:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T09:04:36","slug":"colonoscopy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/?p=2831","title":{"rendered":"Colonoscopy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1216.8px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>A procedure to examine the entire colon using a flexible camera tube.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why it&#8217;s done:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rectal bleeding, anemia, weight loss <\/li>\n<li>Screening for colon cancer<\/li>\n<li>Polyp removal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Preparation:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bowel prep with laxatives<\/li>\n<li>Clear-liquid diet 1 day before<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What to expect:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sedation given<\/li>\n<li>Scope passed through rectum<\/li>\n<li>Takes 20\u201345 minutes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Risks:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bloating, bleeding<\/li>\n<li>Rare perforation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Follow-up:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Results in 3\u20135 days<\/li>\n<li>Surveillance based on findings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2831"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3122,"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2831\/revisions\/3122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doctoraklohana.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}