What to do when colonoscopy detects polyps

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Colonic polyps are commonly considered to be intestinal polyps. Treatment methods for intestinal polyps include endoscopic resection, traditional surgical resection, and drug therapy.

What to do when colonoscopy detects polyps

1. Endoscopic resection

For small polyps, it can be removed during colonoscopy, and then pathological examination of the excised tissue to determine the nature of the polyp.

2. Traditional surgical resection

If the polyp is too large to be removed by endoscopy, you can choose to remove the polyp by traditional surgery.

What to do when colonoscopy detects polyps

3. Drug therapy

If it is inflammatory polyp caused by bacterial infection, you can use amoxicillin, azithromycin, cefaclor and other antibiotics to treat it according to the doctor's advice, which plays a role in sterilization and anti-inflammatory.



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