These including eating a low-fiber diet a few days before the colonoscopy, consumption of only clear liquids such as clear broth, black coffee or clear juice a day before the colonoscopy and drinking the first does of prescribed laxative preparation the afternoon or evening before the colonoscopy...
Dr. Derek Ebner, a Mayo Clinic gastroenterologist, offers tips on how to make colonoscopy bowel prep, essentially a strong laxative, easier. "The entire spirit of doing the colonoscopy prep is to make sure that there is nothing in the colon," says Dr. Ebner. That's so your medical team ...
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Often, the day before the colonoscopy is when you'll start the bowel prep solution. Dr. Ebner says this is where people may struggle. Tips for taking bowel prep solution "There's a couple of tricks. Often, cooling the solution and drinking it through a straw can be helpful. Others like...
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