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Colon polyps
Symptoms
- Symptom Checker Use this Symptom Checker to pinpoint possible causes of your medical symptoms.
Tests and diagnosis
- Fecal occult blood test Fecal occult blood test — Overview covers definition, results of this colon cancer screening test.
- Virtual colonoscopy Virtual colonoscopy — Overview covers definition, risks, results of this exam to detect colon disease.
- Colonoscopy Colonoscopy — Overview covers definition, risks, results of this exam to detect colon disease.
- Flexible sigmoidoscopy Flexible sigmoidoscopy — Overview covers definition, risks, results of this exam to detect colon disease.
- Barium enema Barium enema — Overview covers definition, risks, results of this exam to detect colon disease.
Treatments and drugs
- Endoscopic mucosal resection Endoscopic mucosal resection — Overview describes procedure for diagnosing, treating lesions in the digestive tract.
- Crohn's disease: Managing symptoms Learn how to manage symptoms of Crohn's disease with treatments, diets and lifestyle changes.
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