Capsule Endoscopy
You swallow a camera the size of a large tablet. It photographs the small bowel as it travels and passes out naturally.
What it involves
It reaches the part of the small intestine that a standard endoscopy and colonoscopy cannot see - which is usually where bleeding of unknown cause is hiding. Also used for coeliac and Crohn's disease, angiodysplasia and small-bowel polyps.
You might be advised this if you have
- Bleeding that endoscopy and colonoscopy could not explain
- Suspected small bowel Crohn's disease
- Persistent anaemia with normal scopes
Preparing for it
Preparation is the part patients most often get wrong, and it is the part that most often causes a procedure to be repeated. Our full instructions — including bowel preparation, fasting times, which of your regular medicines to continue and which to stop — are on the preparation page. Please read it before the day.
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