Do you fear colonoscopy? This is a common scenario to be afraid of this process as a long and flexible tube is inserted into the body. But when you are under sedation you are not supposed to feel any pain and it is quite fast to get healed. But when you have symptoms of polyps like rectal bleeding, blood in stools, abdominal pain having the colonoscopy screening is a necessity. It is done into five steps – preparation with laxative, sedation, screening, wake up and going back to the home. See this infographic for details.

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