Anaesthetic, does it work for Colonoscopy?
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Hi, I'm having a first colonoscopy soon, and am concerned at the pain aspect, Doctors tell me it is virtually pain free, and I have a history of poor reactions to anaesthetics with previous hospital procedures and Dentists, where they just dont work, anybody else have this problem and how do you overcome it.
I have always told the Doctors who tend to just ignore what I say, I have to assume that any pain relief I get will not work until much later in the day, is this manageable?
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Sedation/Pain relief is usually an Opoid which affects the receptors in the brain, the pain is still there but the drugs effect allows you to tolerate the pain and in most cases you won't remember it afterwards.
Pethadine and Midazolam are common ones.
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so the pain is still there but your brain is hopefully telling you it isn't.
Of course it's for the comfort of the patient and obviously the medical team want to get the tests completed, waste of time if they have to stop because the patient is jumping around in pain.
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I have been informed that it would be mainly due to \"looping of the scope\" putting pressure on the colon walls, or where the scope end has impacted, both mainly during insertion.
Understanding this gives me more confidence, thank you for your help.