Ordinary colonoscopy has a certain degree of pain, the specific degree is related to the patient’s intestinal morphology, sensitivity to pain, the doctor’s technology, generally within the pain tolerable range.
Because colonoscopy is through the anus, through the rectum upward probing, so in through the intestinal lumen physiological curvature, will inevitably produce abdominal distension, mild pain symptoms, most patients can tolerate. Generally, by actively cooperating with the medical staff, deep breathing, turning over, etc., can reduce the discomfort to a certain extent.
It should be noted that the presence of intestinal adhesions, infections and other lesions will increase the pain, so it is recommended that this type of patients should improve the preoperative assessment, if there is no obvious contraindications, it is recommended that painless colonoscopy. The choice of whether to perform painless colonoscopy should be made under the guidance of a physician.