Digestive Health Exams and Procedures

When your doctor orders a digestive health exam like a colonoscopy, knowing what to expect can reduce any anxiety you have. Explore what you need to know.
Preparing equipment for colonoscopy
Colonoscopies and Infection: Risk, Symptoms, Treatment
Scientist examining biopsy
What Is a Stomach Biopsy?
Doctor pointing out problems of the anus and rectum, such as anal fissure
What Is Proctoscopy?
A illustration showing a colonoscopy machine
Signs That You May Need a Colonoscopy
Young girl playing dress up as scientist
Best At-Home Metabolism Tests
tool for colonoscopy
How Often Should You Get a Colonoscopy?
Are you malnourished?
Am I Malnourished? Quizzes and Diagnosis Criteria
Antacid medicine being poured into a dosing cup.
Do GI Cocktails Really Work?
albumin test
What Is Albumin?
Female doctor uses tablet to show x-ray to senior man
What Is Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)?
Doctor showing intestine model to patient in office
What Is a Colorectal Surgeon (Proctologist)?
Vitamin D Testing
What Is the Vitamin D Test?
Female person holds human intestines model at body
What Is Small Bowel Enteroscopy?
Illustration inside intestine
Gastric Emptying Study: Test Prep, Purpose, Results
Female doctor examining petri dish in a lab
Why You Shouldn't Try a DIY Fecal Transplant
HIDA scan
What Is a Hepatobiliary Iminodiacetic Acid (HIDA) Scan?
Pain or cramps in stomach
Common Tests Used to Diagnose Abdominal Pain
Female technologist performing ultrasound on patient
What Is an Abdominal Ultrasound?
PET Scan machine
PET Scans for Staging Colorectal Cancer
Man sitting on a toilet bowl
Colonoscopy: How to Prepare
tranquil white bathroom
Overview of Enemas and Your Health
A slide on a lit up microscope
How a Colon Biopsy Is Performed
A man sleeping in a hospital bed
Potential Risks of a Colonoscopy
Biopsy Slides
What Is a Biopsy?
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Sonography: How a Sonogram Test Works and What It Shows
empty toilet paper rolls
How to Know When Bowel Prep Is Complete
Woman standing on bathmat, low section
How to Use an Enema Safely
Illustration of a polyp being removed
Polypectomy for Colon Polyps: Procedure Overview
Concerned woman in bathroom
Normal Stool After Ostomy Surgery
Colonoscope
What Is a Colonoscope?
endoscopy
What Is an EGD Procedure (Upper Endoscopy)?
Woman with abdominal pain Woman with abdominal pain at home
What to Expect From a Fecal Transplant
Toilet with checked tile floor
Stool Cultures: When They Are Ordered and Why
A doctor holding an endoscope with gloves on
The Different Types of Endoscopy Procedures
A virtual colonoscopy looks at the colon via CT images
What Is a Virtual Colonoscopy?
Individual having an magnetic resonance enterography.
What Is Magnetic Resonance Enterography?
Blood tests in a doctors hand
Fecal Immunochemical Test to Detect Hidden Blood
Nervous female patient behind doctor
5 Tips to Overcome Discomfort During a Medical Exam
Endoscope
What Is Endoscopic Ultrasound?
Toilet paper running out
An Overview of the Bristol Stool Chart
A woman and her daughter talking to their doctor
Colonic Uses, History, and Complications