Although there will be some abdominal distension and discomfort or slight pain during the general colonoscopy, it is not as painful and terrible as people think, and most people can tolerate it. There are also a small number of people who find it difficult to undergo colonoscopy personally due to the differences in large intestine travel, the presence of abdominal adhesions, as well as a low pain threshold and sensitivity, or the longer time required for the microscopic treatment. For this group of people, painless colonoscopy can help solve the problem.
Painless colonoscopy means that before the colonoscopy, a doctor (usually an anesthesiologist) will administer anesthesia, sedation and analgesia to the patient through intravenous medication to ensure that the patient is in a light sleep state or awake and pain-free to complete the colonoscopy. Since there is no pain and discomfort for the patient during this procedure, this examination is called painless colonoscopy.
The application of painless colonoscopy technology not only reduces the mechanical damage caused by the unconscious agitation of patients due to pain, and avoids the adverse physical reactions caused by stress (such as hypoxia caused by breath-holding, changes in blood pressure and heart rate caused by tension, etc.), but also provides the operating doctor with good operating conditions, which provides a favorable guarantee for the safe, smooth and fast completion of the colonoscopy consultation and treatment.