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Infection Level In Intestine Has Reduced. Colonoscopy Can Be Conducted?
Hi My Mother is in the hospital and she has an infection in her intestines. On sat they said it was at a 20 and today it at 13, her white count is 18.3 por tz is 3. hym 11. They want to do a colonscope tomorrow and is ok for them to do? My aunt mother die for something like this. Please help me with the answers
Thu, 6 Feb 2014
It is safe to conduct colonoscopy once infection levels (white cell count) are reduced. As you mention infection level is reduced you can go for colonoscopy.
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