FLEXIBLE SIGMOIDOSCOPY PATIENT DISCHARGE INFORMATION
What to expect after Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
After your flexible sigmoidoscopy you may resume your normal activities and eat and drink as normal.
If you have had any biopsies taken or polyps removed, you may notice small traces of blood coming from your back passage. If this was the case you will have been told by the doctor or nurse caring for you before discharge. If the bleeding persists, becomes more severe or the abdominal pain becomes worse, you should contract the Endoscopy Unit or your G.P. or come to the Accident and Emergency Department.
You may resume normal medications immediately after your flexible sigmoidoscopy, but if a polyp was removed we advise against taking aspirin or anti-inflammatory drugs in any form for the next week. Please ask if you are not sure that a medication will be safe. You may take stool softeners and bran but do not take strong laxatives.
Things to report to your doctor
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If you have had any biopsies taken or polyps removed, you may notice small traces of blood coming from your back passage. If this was the case you will have been told by the doctor or nurse caring for you before discharge. If the bleeding persists, becomes more severe or the abdominal pain becomes worse, you should contract the Endoscopy Unit or your G.P. or come to the Accident and Emergency Department.
You may resume normal medications immediately after your flexible sigmoidoscopy, but if a polyp was removed we advise against taking aspirin or anti-inflammatory drugs in any form for the next week. Please ask if you are not sure that a medication will be safe. You may take stool softeners and bran but do not take strong laxatives.
Things to report to your doctor
- Severe pain or vomiting
- Passage or vomiting of blood
- Temperature greater than 38 degrees
