A endoscopy may be a diagnostic technique that permits the doctor to look at the lower common fraction of the big internal organ. It's useful in distinctive the causes of diarrhoea, abdominal pain, constipation, abnormal growths, and harm. A short, flexible, lighted tube, referred to as a flexible sigmoidoscope, is inserted into the internal organ through the body part into the lower a part of the big internal organ. Air is injected into the internal organ through the flexible sigmoidoscope to inflate it for higher viewing.      

A sigmoidscopy also can be accustomed look within the body part and also the lower colon for polyps, abnormal areas or cancer. it should even have a tool to get rid of polyps or tissue samples, that ar checked below a magnifier for signs of cancer. A endoscopy and a digital body part communication (DRE) is also used along to screen for large intestine cancer.

Flexible sigmoidoscopy is sometimes well-tolerated. you may expertise a sense of pressure, bloating or cramping throughout the procedure. you'll lie on your aspect whereas your doctor advances the flexible sigmoidoscope through the body part and lower a part of the colon.