What are the precautions before colonoscopy

Before colonoscopy, the precautions include diet control, intestinal cleaning, withdrawal of drugs, etc.

1. Diet control

Two days before colonoscopy, you should eat semi-liquid diet that is easy to digest, prohibit eating foods containing crude fiber, eat milk, rice soup and other liquid foods the day before the examination, and fast on the day of examination.

2. Clean the intestinal tract

before colonoscopy. You can take castor oil, intestinal washing liquid and other drugs to clean the intestinal tract according to the doctor's advice. It helps to discharge fecal residue and is conducive to improving the accuracy of the examination.

3. Stop taking drugs

If there are patients taking iron drugs, they should stop taking drugs three days before the examination, so as not to affect the examination results, resulting in misdiagnosis and missed diagnosis.