After colonoscopy, you should usually eat light and easy-to-digest food, and according to the specific type of colonoscopy, the specifics of eating are also different.
1. Ordinary colonoscopy: usually you can eat after the examination, but at this time the intestinal tract is still in a state of stress, you should pay attention to eat light and easy to digest food, such as noodles, porridge, etc., so as not to stimulate the intestinal tract and cause discomfort.
2. Painless colonoscopy: Because anesthetics are used during the examination, it is necessary to observe for 2~3 hours, and only after the anesthesia disappears, the intestinal function recovers and there is no relevant complication, then you can have a light diet.
3. Surgery or pathological biopsy under colonoscopy: because the operation is traumatic and traumas appear in the intestinal tract, a liquid diet is needed for a few hours or even fasting for a few hours before a light diet can be gradually resumed.
It is recommended that patients fully communicate with the doctor before the colonoscopy, and strictly follow the doctor’s instructions to cooperate with the examination as well as arrange the diet after the colonoscopy. If there is blood in the stool or worsening of abdominal pain after the examination, patients should immediately fast and consult a doctor for treatment.