Are screening COLONOSCOPIES really needed? I won’t be following US recommendations
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Fecal Occult Blood Testing(FOBT) is not specific and has high false negatives. If FOBT is negative,it still doesn't prove that the patient doesn't have Colon Ca.
From a pathologist's point of view, directly seeing the lesion or the tissue beats using surrogates like FOBT.
Dear Dr Dhand; I am not only tired of your ongoing efforts to confuse without explanation but I am simply exhausted and offended by the tendency of your ignoramus viewers to regularly attack simple contributions to any discussion on this channel seemingly for their own self-aggrandizement. I have decided to not only unsubscribe from your channel but gladly click on "do not recommend this channel."
If you are here only to confuse and your "regulars" are only here to attack and disparage then henceforth I conclude you, your channel and your comment thread have NOTHING to offer then why would I care to hear any more of your BS.
There is an initiator doing this, Dr Dalgleish points out the Japan study highlights we have an initiator for colorectal chancers and he thinks it is diet. What is the difference between the Japanese diet and the western one? Could it be the class 1 carcinogen bacon? Maybe you could do a video on this, surely worth some investigation.
What about that cologuard test and anyway if you have cancer there's no guarantee that the short length of your intestine that they're actually looking at will be the part that has it
Agreeing with you but the doctors say that CC usually has no symptoms.
Now retired after 40 years of private practice with board certification in a surgical specialty and wound care. With around 80% of physicians now being employed by massive "health care" corporations, they have sacrificed their medical decision making autonomy, as well as their integrity, in order to escape the insane government regulatory burdens of running their own private practices. The medical profession is now a captured entity.
"What the nurses saw", a book and website which relates how docs and nurses were not allowed to properly treat patients during convid. Standard respiratory illness treatment banned and any who disagreed were removed, leading to patient neglect like 10d no food, 3d no water. Huge conglomerates making decisions, not doctors in the US.
You Nailed that!!! The Voice of behind the scenes! Thanks!
It's even worse in Canada. If you don't follow the protocols as laid out by the Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons, you will be censured, which could include fines and loss of license to practice temporarily or permanently. And GPs' fees ae all controlled by the gov't through a private insurance contractor. It's bloated and wasteful, and agonizingly slow. There's no records that are private, unless you are wealthy enough to pay for private practice out-of-pocket, and perhaps in the US. There's lots of private clinics and surgeries, for those with bux. We no longer have what I would call "universal" health care.
Is there a way to tell if a doctor is employed by those corps, like on a website or something? It’s easy to tell when I see them face to face for my appt but it would be helpful to be able to weed them out quicker (and cheaper too).
Yes! I'm a second generation physician. I am not encouraging a third generation to my five children.
I refuse all screening tests except blood work. I'm done with the medical community at this point anyway. They know nothing about health.
I hate going to docs, they just find something wrong.
Agreed! I am done, done and done
@@unbreakable7633especially if you are on Medicare
Yes! Me too! Can't trust em!
I don't do blood works either because they mess around the numbers every so often, that's why I don't trust don't trust them.
Retired RN here, no colonoscopy, no mammograms, no vaxes. Eat healthy and walk, walk, walk. Your body will tell you when something is wrong. Every friend of mine diagnosed with breast cancer died a horrendous death from the treatment not the cancer. My husband is retired doctor and we avoid hospitals in USA. Doctors no longer treat patients individually, they only follow government and pharmaceutical protocol. They do not use their medical knowledge for fear of legal malpractice . American medicine has turned into a money making machine, the patient’s care is the last issue they care about. This is my only my opinion from my experiences both as a care giver and as a prior patient. I will die in my own comfortable bed before I ever step foot in a U.S. medical facility.
Well, let me introduce myself! Hi! I had BC 6 years ago. Got my fun bags hacked off and went through "targeted therapy." (HER2+) No radiation. I am very much alive.
HOWEVER, yes, it is the treatment that takes lives more than the C itself. And if I could do it over again, I'd heal myself via food/natural remedies. I miss my fun bags and so does my husband. At the time, we had a LOT on our plate and, well, what's done is done.
I will say we stay far away from doctors and hospitals now.
By the time you realize that something is wrong, you could have advanced cancer.
@@SkyFallSkyI, too, seek medical advice from random RUclips commenters.
@@SkyFallSkyHave a colonoscopy! You could have cancer or something else, that it can detect.
Yep, the mammogram thing is way out of control. What came first? The radiation or the cancer?!?!🤷🏽♀️
I have refused ALL screening - never taken part in any of it. As a younger woman, I was put under so much pressure to have cervical screening as a teenager, before I was even sexually active. I refused it again and again and again...which was no small feat considering I was quite often being ranted at by various GPs. One particular female GP actually started shouting at me because I didn't examine my breasts (I was all of 21 years old). I also refused to take the pill, despite them trying to push it on me at every opportunity. According to them, I should be dead by now with a tribe of unplanned children in my wake. Hopefully I will leave this world in the same way as my grandfather, who also refused any and all medical interference throughout his life. He had his lunch, a cup of tea and then died suddenly of cardiac arrest in his favourite armchair. He was 90 and lived a good life.
What country is this that recommends cervical screening to a teenager? Do you mean Pap smear?
@@CL-im9lk I'm in the UK. They have since revised this policy and the starting age is now 25, though many want it to be put back to what it was. It's called cervical screening/smear test here in the UK.
And to be honest, in my experience, it's been nothing short of harassment and I've really had to take them on over it. Finally, my GP apologised to me and admitted that it was to do with funding - if they didn't get a certain number of women through the door to be screened, they would lose some of their funding. They even called me a few weeks ago telling me I needed to come in for it and I said, "NO." and they didn't go any further with it. In the past, I've had to sign waivers and endure lengthy lectures. I was surprised they simply said, "Okay." and that was it.
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A life well lived. We should all be as fortunate.
I have no insurance so doctors don’t know I exist. No texts, no emails, no suggestions.
And no drama! 👍
That's great until you need one.
@@ChrisPBacon3000 If you can avoid chronic conditions, that would be the way to avoid the tests. If you have an emergency, go to urgent care or emergency room. It is the chronic condition care that gets a person roped into their web of tests.
You are better off Lily
Same thing for me. No insurance.
everything is opposite what it was 100 years ago the poor are fat and the wealthy are skinny...
How true
Interesting, now that you mentioned it is true..lol
Due to the abundance of bad, cheap, convenient, and addictive junk food
I’m poor, I’m not fat. But I eat meat n veg. Not a fan of bread, biscuit, sweet treats. Weighed 9.5 stone thirty years ago and still the same today. I eat one main meal a day if I snack it will be one packet of crisps, or part of one chocolate bar. My meal for the day is meat accompanied by two baby potato, one carrot, asparagus, leek and cabbage, garlic, salt n pepper. Not a diet choice, just a taste choice. I don’t feel the need to eat more than once a day. For a change I’ll have whole grain crackers with ham and avocado or boiled eggs. I’m well satiated.
@@carolwaller9605
Well, to Americans that read this:😊
One stone 🇬🇧= 14 lbs.🇺🇲
Biscuits 🇬🇧are cookies🇺🇲
So, someone 14 stone
= 140 lbs
Here ladies and gentlemen we have a REAL educated doctor!
We have a doctor with commen sense! Most doctors are educated, they are just not fighters for what they should know to be the truth.
I’m a 66 year old retired RN, I’ve never had a physical, much less a mammogram or Pap smear…never!
I’m a Do Not Resuscitate patient, morphine only when that time comes.
I’ve seen horrific cases during my 40 of being in a profession I absolutely loved.
Everything went to s… when the HMOs took over patient care, when patients became clients and doctors became share holders.
The Pap smear is the only legitimate test that can save lives.
@@sassysandie2865 But do you know what might be on those swabs?
@@Beebo0405 what do you think would be on the swabs?
Same here as retired nurse.
Who or what are HMOs?
I've got to share my story about colonoscopies briefly. I had one about a decade ago. They found a benign lump (no cancer) that was too large to snip. I wasn't having any symptoms or problems, but they decided the lump needed to come out. They told me it would be a simple procedure. I'll cut to the chase: I nearly died. The surgery went terribly wrong, I became septic, my lungs shut down, my kidneys went into failure. I was in ICU for a month. For the first 48 hours, it was 50/50 whether I would live or die. Tracheotomy, breathing tube, dialysis, the whole works. It was the worst physical experience of my life. I spent two months in the hospital, then a year with a colostomy -- shitting out of my stomach, feeling like a freak. Then I had the colostomy reversal surgery, which brought up PTSD level fear. My body remembered the first surgery. ....
In the years following, the physician who did the colonoscopy sent me letter after letter, recommending that I schedule another colonoscopy. I felt sick with anxiety when I would get the letters. I ignored them. He wrote more -- probably half a dozen, finally a certified letter that I had to sign -- full of language about how risky and dangerous it was to not get a screening, especially now that I had had an "incident." I felt angry about it, because it felt like he was using fear to manipulate me. And I was already afraid, because the system that was supposedly trying to prevent problems nearly killed me.
I’m so sorry you had that experience. I’ve so far declined the procedure for fear of perforation. You ended up going down the rabbit hole and getting into the worst situation. I hope you’re doing better now. ✌
Wow! What a terrible experience. Thank God you survived.
May you have many years of good health and no doctors!
PLEASE tell.me you sued the hell out of any and everyone involved and complicit!
So sorry for your traumatic experience due to medical malpractice. You were blessed to live. So many people die of sepsis. I would listen to your intuition, a little different than fear. I don't know if you have ever experienced acupuncture, but it can help restore balance in the nervous and immune system. It's effective for orthopedic injuries, but I know your situation is different. My "permanent'" inures were caused my medicine (Metaformin) despite telling the MD of significant side effects he kept me on it for 3 months, and now I have a slight drop foot. It's directly from the Rx, and I am not diabetic.
They've been trying to get me to have one for over 15 years. I told them it will NEVER happen.
I bet you smilingly tell them every time "Up yours!" while giving them your middle finger 😂😂.
But seriously, I will never understand why anyone would be willing to get their internals probed deeply to fish for trouble. Paying attention to your diet and fixing it to align with Mother Nature is way more sensible.
Mine since I turned 50, about 6 years ago. NO GRACIAS.
My 68 yr. old father died 5 days after a recommended colonoscopy by 34 yr.old doctor who told our family He Is SORRY.....PERFORATED his colon Removing 3 BENIGN Pollups....I'm now 71 ... And Stiil MAD AS HELL !
@@JohnnyBrooks22 They downplay the risks or refuse to even make them known. Lots of money in these risky tests. 😕
@@JohnnyBrooks22 what?!?!😵💫😞😢was he a student?
I'm so sorry..
Since benign polyps aren't cancer.
My mom died of colon cancer
I blame diet though
She didn't eat well..
My wife and are both 55 years old. We frustrate our doctors due to our non compliance to these money making colonoscopies. We both still weight train and train our cardio. I make homemade healthy meals every week and have a glass or two of wine 🍷 every night while cooking. And our family of five remained part of the placebo group during the pandemic, all recovering with natural immunity! We treat the temples that God blessed us with as best we can and have reaped the benefits of good health. God bless you doctor for your integrity!!
Drinking wine isn’t healthful, it’s just a myth from an association study.
What is wrong with just growing old and dying one day. I refused to be poked and prodded and Nickle and dimed until I die. As a nurse I have seen this happen to many people. In the U.S. it can be financially devastating. My 2nd cousin got colon cancer at the age of 75, He didn't do anything about it and died a year later. He lived his life the way he wanted and died in dignity. the average age for a man is around 75 so what is wrong with that?
I think our lives are pretty much decided when we are born...like my husband believes in "pre-destination" and who is to say what affects one will affect another?? I know two very elderly ladies who smoked and drank and lived to ripe old ages, and some in their thirties that died from cancer, it is a personal journey and most of medicines "one size fits all" medical interventions do more harm than good, same as with medicines and the saying "what doesn't cure you will kill you".
totally agree
I guess the problem is what if someone gets colon cancer at age 30 and then miss out on more than half their life?
@@martinlutherkingjr.5582 yea, I can see that side too
@@martinlutherkingjr.5582 The stress and diet and excess medication and lifestyle are not a matter of luck. I knew a man who did die of it in his 50s because of a very rare pocket in his system. That's a very sad and rare situation.
Your channel is such a blessing. Facts, truth and honesty. Far from the medical industrial complex of America.
Absolutely 💯
Totally agree!
Same medical industry complex in Germany. Anything unnecessary, harmful and invasive they want to give you. Anything that promotes good health and is preventative good practice medicine they do not want you to access it!!!
Hardly
Surprised they havnt censored or cancelled or even offed him for that matter
Docs are business people. And many of them think they should be rich because they went to med school. Hospitals and pharmaceutical companies encourage this crap. If they recommend it, I ignore it.
Same here
Their excuse is they have to be rich to pay their student loans. The entire system is broken beyond repair.
@@gauloise6442 Why should patients have to pay for their doctos' student loans?
It's why they give patients things that don't cure, because they prefer to have a Revolving Door scheme whereby they continue to have " Repeat Customers".
I know people who are doctors. They are not business people, they genuinely want to help people, however they have been indoctrinated by a for profit system that teaches them to treat symptoms rather than understand root causes. Many if not most doctors are well intentioned, but it doesn't mean they are wise.
Your family physician refers you to a specialist. The specialist orders tests from a lab. The lab tests come back "inconclusive." Meanwhile, everyone in the referral chain is making money off of your fear. It's a racket.
My best friend used to get all the recommended medical procedures routinely. I took her to some of her appointments. She got all the yearly mammograms and colonoscopies, yet she died of cancer. I once participated in a breathing study, and the doctor told me "stay away from doctors."
I'm with you, doctor. I'm recently 60 and I've never had one because I'm almost as regular as a clock. Been doing intermittent fasting for three years, I'm conscious of my microbiome and take some supplements and drink fermented beverages. I feel the same way as you do. If it's not broken, don't fix it. The American Healthcare System is a disaster. The only thing even more insidious is the food industry. Thanks for your great work. Keep the videos coming!
Working in tandem: the food industry making people sick, to be continued by the pharmaceutical, etc. industries.
Yes, and the food industry here is reason enough to get a screening.
@@hAckAbleMeIt is reason to not eat toxic food. But I suppose one could just go along and hope for the best. Good luck to them. Hope they don't get infection or perforated colon from this barbaric procedure.
None of that means anything. I'm healthier than 99% of the population, and I had polyps at 50.
You’ll be regular until you have stage 3 colon cancer.
I went to a gastroenterologist for chronic heartburn. They gave me every kind of headburn medication they had. It destroyed my health because I couldn't digest food and my general health got worse. All they had to tell me was, eat probiotic foods. I had to figure it out for myself, heal myself.
Pay at the counter NEXT??? Take these pills, we will see you in 3 weeks with different pills. Next! Oh Yes, we Manage your Health! NOT!!!
Understood completely. Those pills are big business.
Same thing happened to my husband :(
@@dporrasxtremeLS3What they manage is our chronic iatrogenic disorders.
Take probiotics
America loves to keep the traumatic medical screenings because keeping people traumatized leads to people becoming addicts to cope with trauma. That consumerism from addiction to cope with trauma is a massive business
100% true.
@@ChristianAndrew1.4 capitalism at it's finest. Game the system
@@Sarah-with-an-H I'd have to categorize it more as Sadistic Psychopathy at its worst by those who hide it the best.
bingo!!! This is it!!
@@ChristianAndrew1.4 it's the mindset of capitalist corporations in America. Bottom line we are the product to them while we're not treated with basic dignity.
I know an anesthesiologist from one of the top university hospitals in the U.S. she told me and I quote “avoid people like myself (anesthesiologists) with all your power” in other words….do not voluntarily choose to have any medical intervention, unless there is NO other option, especially one that requires sedation.
What is the data for people not waking up after a full body sedation?
I'll pass on a perforated colon.
Me too!
Same! That’s why I refuse and also because I have zero symptoms and no family history.
My thoughts exactly.
Exactly. My greatest fear!!
Me too.
64 never had one. Found out years ago, I am my best doctor. Get information from doctors like this.
77 in August never had one. I really believe fibre , all natural food. I'm afraid Australia tents to follow USA for all the wrong reasons. Listen to your body let nature look after you.
I had one 4 years ago. They found out I have Celiac Disease. I feel better than I have in decades due to that colonoscopy. I am very grateful to the doctor for finding it.
Just turned 50. Gov has sent me appointment for breast screen and colon test. Got reminded twice. Straight to the bin. My elderly mum has been through the wringer with all the drugs, screenings, shots and ops and its heart breaking. She has been completely brainwashed and medically abused, and has paid the price for it. The days are numbered for these devils.
Sorry to hear that.
Tell THEM to take a HIKE!!!
When I cared for my elderly mother, the doctor was constantly pushing for tests to be done, often costly to her insurance. If she failed to do them, the office would call and call. After she did the procedure, the office rarely got back to us with the results. It was pretty obvious the tests didn't actually matter, just charging for the tests mattered.
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I have been a GI technician for more than 10 yrs. , I tend to agree with you . Most colonoscopy's age quite mundane , and if we find even one small polyp the pt is told to return in 2 - 5 yrs for repeat . I absolutely agree that it's a money scheme by the medical industry . Thank you !
Same with cancer screenings just ot get people hooked on radiation therapy....Big Pharma are scammers.
Thank you for saying this! I’ve had 3 colonoscopies; am now 65. My last one, 5 years ago, clean. And it was awful. I hate the “clean-out.” I was dehydrated and threw up in the prep room. I may not ever get another one. I’ve changed my diet to 95% carnivore now, and my digestive system is very happy with that diet! I doubt I’ll ever grow another polyp in my life.
damn it my comment got deleted lol
@@RAM_845they always do that when you hit a nerve!
@@barringtonjohnson6569 We do need more of YT content creators to migrate to alt-media
I had a gastroscope recently due to bad heart burn and several other pretty invasive tests. It struck me how the whole thing was like a production line. The Dr who I consulted with had a bad attitude. He didn't like the fact that I asked many many questions. And of course after all of the tests his only solution was surgery. I told him I could arrest the problem through diet and I have pretty much managed it through diet ever since. I never went for the surgery. Just his attitude made it apparent I was just a means to him making an income. Where did the patient Dr care disappear to ? I once woke up in hospital with a Dr standing over my bed with a clipboard asking me to sign for a procedure. Even in my semi conscious state I felt this to be pretty bad conduct. So I asked a load of questions. When I explained I had no insurance his tone changed completely. And later he told me the procedure wouldn't be necessary. But this very Dr was more than prepared to perform an unnecessary procedure as long as insurance was paying for it. We've really lost our way as a society.
It's all about one thing...GREED.
Try supplementing with magnesium (search Morley Robbins). The sphincter that closes at the top of your stomach will not fully tighten unless your magnesium status is not depleted.
My friend almost went to the doctor due to heartburn pain. I told him for an hour to take some magnesium. He blew me off. He was under a LOT of stress. Stress burns magnesium like fire and kindling. Just before he was about to go to the emergency room in the height of the CovFeFe Big Event, I convinced him to take some magnesium malate he had with him, which he had not been taking for a couple weeks. Not even 60 seconds later there was no longer an issue. I can't prove causation, but correlation was good enough for him! And don't say placebo because he thought I was fully of crap, which is why he ignored me and suffered terribly for an hour.
I have heard some heartburn can be stomach ulcers, & apparently zinc carnosine can help very much with that problem.
@@chelsicarter4091Stomach ulcers are almost 100% caused by a bacteria called H-pylori. Get rid of the bacteria and the ulcers disappear!
What state or country is this in?
I refuse ALL types of screening. I don't trust anyone.
I am the captain of my own ship.
Hope it remains upright. . 😳
@@dsmith6601 It will. Don't worry.
Ever hear the story about a ship and an iceberg?
@@frequentlycynical642 you do you
Thank you. Reminds me of maniac asymptomatic flu testing
I am a retired RN with years of OR experience. I have done more than a few colon resections on patients who had normal colonoscopies but got perforations. Patients need to know that those scope doctors work quickly and want quick turnover (time is money). I'm 68 and have never had a colonscopy and won't unless I have symptoms.
Dr. Dhand is a great advisor and the world would be a better place if we had more like him. I thank him for his bravery, honesty and concern for humanity! Never stop the good fight!
After having my colon perforated during a 'routine' screening 5 years ago, I am done with ever getting one again unless it is a dire need. I have 5 people in my family killed by medical mistakes at this point. I don't want to risk being the 6th.
Wow. I'm so sorry for all this.
Thank you for sharing this. I'm sorry for your loss of family members to those tragic medical errors. 😢 😢😢.
can you briefly summarize what happened to the other family members please (when you have the chance)?
How the hell did they fuck that up? I’ve literally never heard of someone getting a perforated colon from a colonoscopy.
@@airman122469 I would guess they weren't paying attention, or something. That catheter? used for the scope must have an end on it that can poke thru. My BIL's brother had that happen to him and the dr wouldn't believe him, but finally they discovered it. He died maybe a year or two afterwards.
My husband has VA medical. He has had chronic diarrhea for decades. The VA has given him one medication after another, none worked. One day it dawned on me that I should go to the Heath food store in town. I talked to the gal, told her about my husband, got some multidopholis and bam - it took care of 7 - 9 daily bathroom visits over night!! His next visit to the VA, he told the nurse and she said “yes we know about that but we can’t give that to you”. What a frigging nightmare!! Suffering all these years unnecessarily!
That was me with a vitamin D deficiency. Doctors wanted me to take depression medication when all I needed was OTC vitamin D.
You should test for celiac.
Im sorry this happened to you/your husband. Should be medical malpractice!
Can’t actually sue the VA.
I’m sure you can’t sue the VA. I’m not sue happy anyway, its just so very discouraging.
My next door neighbor had a colonoscopy when she was in her early forties because her dad passed away from colon cancer. To make a long story short....her colon was nicked in the process. A few weeks after the procedure, she felt feverish and after going from doctor to doctor and a plethera of antibiotics and other medication, she landed in Boston's Women and Brigham hospital. She was there for weeks and they couldn't pinpoint her condition....finally they figured it out but it was too late...sepsis took over all her organs. She was moved into hospice and died shortly thereafter. ALL FOR PREVENTION...SO MUCH FOR THAT!!!
Absolutely 💯…. Food is the best medicine. No gmo, no packaged junks, NO FAST FOOD.
Nobody cares about food choices. It's all about thr money, the cheaper the better.look how diabetes 2 has risen, even in small children. Very sad. I'm waiting for my sisters to tell me they have type 2 diabetes. They think I'm crazy going carnivore. Meat really helps thr kidneys.was 42 now over 60.
food is only medicine if they would stop poisoning it. This is very hard to navigate these days.
@@melissas9193 absolutely. However cutting down on packaged food and junk food eliminates half the risks.
Steam some vegetables, eat some meat, eggs..etc.....
Make your own bread
@@Mary-fn5rl small children need to get playing OUTSIDE...
riding bikes....however
Neighbors don't know each other to check on kids these days.. 😢 sad
Every Dr. I have been to wanted me to have a mammogram, colonoscopy, and bone density test. I refused every one of them. I am done with screening when I have no symptoms. My insurance company called me monthly to remind me to have these tests. It is all about the money. Greed, Greed, Greed.
You got that right I wrote up above I went to an appointment just to get my anxiety medications unfortunately I have to see him in person three times a year he called in every test from a lug screening to a color guard to a cervical spine x-ray mammogram pap smear I'll be 57 Friday I had early menopause at 42 I'm not doing any of it
Money grab and creating fear in people about their health. Disgusting!!!
The two mammograms I've had were so painful I stopped having any more. There must be a better way than having my ample breasts squashed in that contraption.
@lindaraha That's exactly what I was told by doctor and frequently having the insurance call me about the same things. I have always had a "gut feeling" a lot of these things are unnecessary. If you're not sick, don't need to go to the doctor til you are sick. I was raised that way and plan on living that way.
@@msr1116I told my doctor I would not be getting those because I did not want the radiation in my body. They didn't like hearing that from me, but I figure "my body, my choice."
Many years ago I lived in the US and had a friend who was a medical student. He told me that studies showed that while in previous generations those who wanted to be physicians were motivated by a sense of vocation and public service, the dominant motive now was money. Dr.Dhand’s videos confirm that.
The medical establishment kept pushing that everyone should have one at 50. I dreaded it so much and put it off until 60. Fortunately they said everything looks good, and don’t come back for 10 years. When the time comes, I’m going to put it off for another ten years. And then since I will be eighty, not going to bother. One and done! My anxiety about the whole thing caused more harm than good. I have lost faith in the medical establishment and instead pin my hopes on healthy eating and a positive attitude.
I know a lady in her early 80s who was scheduled for colonoscopy. Because of the diarrhea from the prep, she rushed to the toilet, fell and broke her hip. Instead of colonoscopy, she had hip surgery. Sad.
@@CL-im9lkWhich NOBODY should be having at 80!!! NOBODY! THAT is an example of money grubbing 🤬
Doctor, thanks very much. I am 71 years old and have refused this test because I completely understand the risks involved.
Wish I didn't let the DOC (butcher) scare me into all of the bs procedures I endured.🤪😠🤔😲😎
Exactly! If they were concerned they’d eliminate GMOs in the food chain. It’s used in feeding animals too!
Exactly
And literal rusty iron filing mining waste!
And phosphate mining smokestack waste (hydro fluorosilicic acid) called 'fluoride' when that is only a portion of the toxins in it.
And toxic industrial seed oils.
None of these exist naturally in the food supply -- they all violate natural law.
It blew my mind to find some cattle are fed candy. 😳
Don’t disagree with the US extreme in over processed junk food. But that’s not GMO related. It’s the over processing that is the culprit.
Not the raw foods. There’s no scientific evidence that GMO crops are at all medically harmful.
@@sharyn4271 yep...wrappers and all 😢🤬
A medical malpractice attorney I know told me that the highest number of malpractice lawsuits he sees are from colonoscopy perforations. My dad died from a knife slip perforation to his bladder for what was supposed to just be a "routine" scope.
They do unnecessary colonoscopies. But then dismiss symptoms in patients. My dear husband of 21 years died in 2002 at 47 years of age from rectal cancer. For two years during his annual checkup he mentioned symptoms to two different doctors. Both of them dismissed his symptoms because he was so young. Even when he started bleeding it was at first dismissed as probably hemorroids. But when the bleeding became worse he was referred for a colonoscopy, which took a month to get an appointment for one. He survived 3 1/2 years of major surgeries, chemo, radiation. It could have been different…
So sorry for your loss 💔
Bravo! I've said this for YEARS! Sadly, I had a patient who was being discharged but hanging around for a colonoscopy that had been scheduled in the course of her hospitalization. She was, symptom free and discharge slated after completion. She never came back to the floor. She perforated, coded and died.
That must have been horrible to witness. My condolences
Are you saying she perforate from the colonoscopy?
"She" didn't perforate, she WAS perforated by the instrument or person administrating the test. It was done *to* her; it didn't happen on its own, like your appendix bursting. Let's put the humanity back in medicine, and fix the language so that the patient is not a thing.
I know more than one person who perforated. So sorry to hear about this person :(
Exactly why I’m not getting one!
I am senior citizen. Until 2 years ago I didn't even have a PCP. Never had any checkups or yearly exams. I never felt sick. I never got jabbed for anything. I don't get flu or cold. I don't drink or smoke. I eat what I like, but I try to be physically active. When you have "healthcare for profit", the ONLY thing that matters is money. Your health and well being only matter if you are sick...so the system can make money off of you.
This is capitalism which Americans want.
@@karlabritfeld7104-capitalism is not the problem. Socialized Healthcare is, aka Obamacare
@@ernies8828you are clueless! Where in the world do you get that nonsense from.
Kudos to you!
@@Person-mh6xqnope
A friend of mine was a traveling physical therapist. He traveled to acute care facilities, mostly convalescent homes. Whenever he had a patient with a colostomy, he'd ask why they had it. The vast majority said they were perforated during a colonoscopy.
That is seriously terrifying.
Thank you. I feel so much better now. I am 65 years old and just had my annual physical check up and my doctor insisted I get a colonoscopy. I had one done 5 years ago when I was 60 and was told to get it done after 10 years. I refused to have this procedure done inspite of the doctor insisting😅
I waited five years past the rec date for my first (and only) colonoscopy. The doctor made it sound like I might drop any day. The procedure was a joke. Assembly line gurneys of people lined up and ready to be probed. My results were negative. The GI doctor told me to avoid nuts and seeds in my diet. Six years or so later I visited the same Doc (on an unrelated issue) and during the conversation told him I wasn't eating any seeds or nuts. *He asked me why!* *I told him because those were his instructions.* He just shrugged it off. Now all I do is the OBT test.
“Health care” and “United States” should not be used together.
My last visit to a doctor was in February 2016, for a stye in my eye
When I was brought into the exam room, the nurse would not proceed with taking my vitals until I agreed to schedule a mammogram right there on the spot. This caused the physician to have to stand outside the door, cooling his heels. He ripped the nurse a new one for that...
My brother had a colonoscopy a year ago, and they removed a couple polyps. He sent the info to me because his doctor told him to, 'cuz, you know, it may 'run in the family.' I told him I've never had a Colo and have no plans to, and that upset him...
I also voted for Trump and never vaxxed, so that was just one more thing my family and I don't agree on...
Oh, BTW, I'm 64 and never felt healthier in my life 😊
Wise, commonsense approach from Dr. Dhand
If you are interested in stye solution: Liquid Concentrate SPINOSAD Ration: 1/13, that’s 1 part spinosad to 13 parts water. Safe to use. You’ll need to look it up to understand how it works. Most cases of stye are a result of infection from a build up of demodex mites.
What is BTW make it easy.
@@mariarajn8574 BTW=''by the way''. 😉
@@mariarajn8574"By The Way".
I agree with you Dr.
I always refuse this. Don't see a need yet these ppl are always bothering me about this. I got so tired of these calls I just block them ! If I had no insurance they wouldn't care if I die.
Totally agree! People who have regular routine colonoscopies do not live longer than those who don't.
My dad (healthy non-drinker/non-smoker) skipped his first recommended colonoscopy at 50, got symptoms and was diagnosed with aggressive late stage colon cancer at age 52 that spread to his lungs and liver and he died at 56. The doctors told us that his particular type of colon cancer was such a fast grower that if he got his recommended test at 50 it probably would have still been a polyp at best or a curable stage 1 at worst. These were the best cancer doctors in the Boston area, some of the best in the world. Harvard, Mass General, Dana Farber cancer center. By the way, he had no family history of colon cancer. Now they have lowered the guidelines for the first test from 50 to 45. Good thing for me because at age 45 I had polyps removed from my colon and my stomach. I'm glad I didn't skip my tests! I realize that my story is only one account, but I swear on my father's grave that every word of it is true. Go ahead and skip your tests if you want, I can't tell people what to do but please don't spread uneducated garbage comments on-line because I, for one, can tell you that my father would have lived decades longer if he got his routine colonoscopies. He would have gotten to know his grandkids and I believe he would be alive and 74 years old today instead of passing away at 56 with very poor quality of live after age 53.
I had my first ever colonoscopy a year ago at the age of 63 after a home test detected blood. I did have a benign tumor as well as a few polyps. Unfortunately, a small polyp was a real bleeder so after bleeding all through the night, I had to drive myself to the emergency room the next morning where they admitted me to emergency and did a second colonoscopy that afternoon to cauterize the bleeding. I had lost so much blood that they kept me overnight in ICU. I will now be paying close to $6000 for all the medical bills that insurance wouldn't cover. It is going to take me several years to pay this off. Never again!
Sue the hack and the facility that caused it in the first place. Minimum $50k damage demand. Make them settle.
That’s terrible.
A real bleeder or they didn’t properly cauterized after biopsy or excision? 🤔
@CL-im9lk I believe the small polyp wasn't properly cauterized. Believe it or not, I was also scheduled to have open heart surgery later that month to receive a mechanical mitral valve but that had to be postponed for a month to allow my body to heal from the colonoscopy. 2023 was a total nightmare for me!
In my experience and according to some medical experts, colon polyps of any type can appear and disappear on their own. Anyone else know about that?
I wish I had a doctor like you. 🙏
My compliments, Dr. Dhand. Spreading the truth -- as unpopular as it may be -- is a great service to people.
Some years ago, I was taking with a physician acquaintance. He's a cardiologist and researcher with a big famous hospital. (They would probably have me killed if I named them.) He told me the doctors have quotas for writing prescriptions, and, more importantly, for ordering tests. If they fail to order enough tests, their pay is docked. That was all I needed to know.
I love your videos. I'm a 67 yo woman and mostly deny any screening tests and vaccines. I eat as close as I can to organic and have my own garden. I'm healthier than a lot of people my age and younger. Thank you for validating what I'm doing. 😊
Dr. Dhand, you are the coolest doctor I know. Keep up the good work. We're grateful for people like you.
Thanks Lisa!
@@drsuneeldhand can you form a network of doctors, in different cities, who have the same views/philosophy as you do. We all cannot become your patients but most doctors imo love "patient retention". We need more like you
As an RN I took care of so many people who had the bowel perforation and where very Ill. Like bleeding out
Thank you for sharing this. I remember how my gastroenterologist told me that perforated colon during the procedure was "rare ". Sure doesn't sound like it.
Not to say that every patient should avoid a colonoscopy. In some symptomatic cases the benefits of ruling out things like cancer outweigh the risk. However, I'm beginning to rethink the guidelines.
I took care of one too and it was nightmarish !
I was born and raised in the Philippines and lived in the country until I was in my early 20s. There were no colonoscopy screenings done then that I know. My brother who is now 80 and still live in the Philippines never have colonoscopy screening nor my dad who passed away at the age of 95. Same with my uncles and cousins, no colonoscopy either. Never heard of colonoscopy screenings or mammograms until I came to US.
Since I lost a parent, several cousins, aunts and uncles to colon cancer, I will go ahead and get routine tests. But I know you weren’t talking about my situation.
He sure was. 🙄
I am 76 years old and last year my doctor was talking to me about getting a colonoscopy I told her no I had absolutely zero symptoms and I couldn't understand and she kept pushing it so we kind of had to like go toe-to-toe I said no I'm not going to do it and then I was doing some research and I found out for people my age it's more of a risk than a benefit sad to say in America is about money
Same with me Judy. I kept refusing, and he kept getting angrier.
Bingo!
@@jennifermarlow.You might want to research the supplement Berberine. I took it for a digestive problem. I was on Berberine for 4 months and my cholesterol dropped significantly as did my desire for grazing and snacking throughout the day.
That was my thought,...seems the prep alone could be shaky for the elderly.
@@007Mugs Thanks for the information about Berberine suppliment.
It’s in Australia too! So many friends in the 50-60 year range addicted to them every year and give me (65) the ‘look’ when I say I haven’t been to a doctor for 26 years! Know your own body!!!
And I assume you are probably the healthier of all your friends too!
@@thisisme3238 100%
I haven't been recently neither
Haven't had a pap smear in 10 years..or more
Been with one man
He's been with me only too
The fear of being punctured is what kept me away from those test. Paying attention to what your body is doing , is the first line of defense.Thank you sir.
As a practicing RN , I have long had this position due to multiple perforations post colonoscopy I have cared for in my 40 year career. Some of them nearly life ending peritonitis. Often found out days after the procedure. With no warning to the patient of an issue.
Oh my goodness.
That had to be noticed!!?! There were some who ended up with colostomys. I’m glad I’m anonymous here. Thank you for your honesty.
Not saying that there is not a place for the procedure. Have symptoms first, get screened first. Make the process worth the risk.
I’ll take my chances and lumps with using as less healthcare as humanly possible
I had this done 10 years ago. I aspirated during the procedure and sucked acid into my lungs. When I came out of it, I could not breathe out of my nose and I sounded like I had a horrible cold. My chest and throat burned and I coughed for an entire month before things improved.
The good news is it was a perfectly "normal" colonoscopy. Blood work is all I will do at this point 😁
Most expensive healthcare and least efficient, US has two major pb no one ever fixed. HEALTHCARE and EDUCATION
Dr. Suneel Dhand,
Many physicians only care about profiting their own pockets but patient's well being. You are one of the awesome honest physicians, blessings to the medical community. God bless your kindness, moral, ethic, and intergrity in the medical profession. Keep speaking the truth. Stay healthy and stay safe. Patients need more great physicians like you.
I just moved to the USA from Europe. My health care provider here actually sends me snail mail and emails asking me why I haven't been into their office and reminding me of a whole slew of tests I need to take (which my doctor in Europe says I dont). Mmmm, maybe I don't stop by because I am not feeling sick. I can't believe a doctor is actually soliciting business like a junk mail spammer
Stellantis 😂😂😂
Time to fire your doctor, and hit UNSUBSCRIBE! And get a new one only when you feel like you need one.
@@FLANNELSHIRT Its not the doctor, it's the healthcare provider. I dont really go to the doctors, and if I got rid of mine, I would just have to choose another one in the same healthcare provider. It's easier to be on the roles of a doctor if I get sick and need an antibiotic or something.
Why would you want to leave Europe for the US?
@@benjaminhoffman3848 $$$$$$$ 😀😀😀
Almost 64, never had a colonoscopy and not going to. Never had a mammogram and not going to. BTW, I am a medical interpreter and I hear a lot about the side effects of those procedures. You are 100% right Dr. Dhand.
What side effects do you hear about?
@@juliamihasastrology4427 abdominal discomfort, bleeding, general deas ease
Wow. Good to hear your experience
@@juliamihasastrology4427 Serious and persistent gastrointestinal problems after colonoscopy. Some even end up with a stoma.
I had several precancerous polyps removed 11 years ago. I was having painful symptoms and bleeding, that is why I had it done. I was told it was a hereditary kind of pre cancer and that I should have a colonoscopy every 3 to 5 years. I waited and had another one just over 5 years later. No polyps, but a week later I was hospitalized for a very painful partial paralysis of my colon that lasted 2 days, thankfully it started working again before they decided to have surgery. I asked if this had anything to do with the recent colonoscopy and of course I was told, “no”.
It has been another 6 years and I am due to have another one soon. I am scared of having the procedure again but also scared of developing cancerous polyps. I read that colon cancer is slow growing and can take decades to actually develop. Is that true?
I just fell for this last year at age 55 they said I don’t have to come back for 10 years. I’m never going back!!!
I became skeptical of colonoscopies when I worked briefly as a nurse in an outpatient hospital GI unit that mainly did routine screening colonoscopies. It was nothing but an assembly line. They slammed these patients through the colonoscopies so fast that I wondered how closely the docs really examined them.
Sounds like a colon carwash
Many people think that we are only this physical body. I believe our emotions also play a major role when it comes to our health. Emotions like anger, fear, resentment have a uncomfortable feeling and when we habour them long term they manifest as sickness.
For our physical body we need healthy food, exercise ect. But it is also very important to have a peaceful, stress free mind. As an elderly person I would be happy if many people understood this.
In Australia senior citizens have special benefits but I do not go for any of these tests and I do not take any medications either . I will be 81 next month and I believe it is my lifestyle that keeps me healthy.
I hope more people become aware of the importance of taking care of their health without depending on the health care system.
A little early but here goes...
🎉🎈 HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎈🎉
@@thisisme3238 Thank you very much. Stay healthy ❤
@@lakshmiillangasinghe2799 yw
The Body Keeps The Score is a fantastic book that documents the way toxic emotions can physically cause issues in our body
THIS!💯Cancer is often sparked from trauma which can be mental or held in the physical-it’s a released/ unlocked genetic expression.
My Dr. has been trying to schedule me for a colonoscopy since I turned 50. That was 18 years ago and he has since retired. I'll get another Dr. when I feel like I need one. I always felt it was just for the $$$.
My good friend had a colonoscopy and the Dr who was older and about to retire punctured her intestine. She had to have emergency surgery. She couldn’t not sue for malpractice because here in the US you sign a waiver.
Finally, a physician who can think for himself.
Thankyou Dr Dhand. I have been telling my doctor “NO” for years when she mentions a routine colonoscopy. I eat no processed foods, no fast food, only organic whole foods such as veges and organic meats. I consume fruit and nuts for snacks. My weakness is ice cream twice a month. And it’s organic most times. I drink water, herbal tea and coffee with a little organic whole milk. I just don’t see the need for an invasive revenue generating test.
Just get a blender and make your own fresh fruit ice cream. I had the same weakness and got a good smoothie blender. No more added sugar ice cream and healthier.
@@fazole wow. That sounds good. And healthy!
@@fazole That is delicious! I freeze bananas and blend them up for banana ice cream and top with fresh fruit. It so easy.
@Floki-pi7mo Which she still makes money from.
@@fazole Yep. I have a Vita-Mix and use it all the time. It makes great, healthy smoothies.
My brother in law had a "routine" colonoscopy done and they rammed the scope through his colon. Lots of surgery later after nearly dying, he's still not right. Cheers from Chinada 🇨🇳🇨🇦🍻
😢❤
My aunt had her colon nicked during a colonoscopy and she spent over a week in the hospital recovering so she refuses to get one ever again.
Sorry to hear about your brother in law!
And yes, may God save Canada! 🍁
🇺🇲♥️🇨🇦
@@billh.5360 it's weird though. Some people WANT doctors to look for problems that they will inevitably find. So there's that
Chinada 🤣 sorry about BIL
Wow. Mammogram found my cancer. Colonoscopy found my mother- in- law’s cancer.
Totally agree! Look into the 1980’s mandatory folic acid added to our foods, in America. Look at the reasons why countries banned folic acid! Saw the article in a peer reviewed medical journal.
I’m 53 and I do no testing or screenings of any kind.. in fact I don’t have a doctor and haven’t been to one in a few decades.. I take zero meds not even over the counter
Thank you for speaking out against the Medical Industrial Complex!
I am an RN, and while I agree with some of what you say, we would have had my grandfather around for another 10-15 years HAD HE HAD ROUTINE COLONOSCOPIES. He avoided doctors and he thought he was “healthy” until he wasn’t. After having experienced bowel symptoms for a while he agreed to get a colonoscopy-advanced colon cancer so bad that he only lived 6 weeks. By the time you have symptoms it can be way too late. 😭 You have to decide if you are ok with gambling with your health.
Thank you very much for not scaring the crap out of us that we have to take these tests or we will die. Love the videos.
Scaring the crap out of us! Thanks for the intended or unintended pun
I'm 72 and refused the colonoscopy test many times. Highly invasive and there is a small chance of a perforated colon. That's very serious. It does happen.
Well, it is NOT highly invasive.
@@Person-mh6xqare you serious? Of course it’s invasive!
The skill of the surgeon doing the colonoscopy is paramount.
Two of my uncles nearly died from this procedure, bad inexperienced doctors.
In different hospitals Ireland 🇮🇪
It's extraordinary invasive.@@Person-mh6xq
There is still enormous pressure in Australia to have colonoscopies at the very slight symptom or even just because of age. It is even considered by some people in my age group ( 60+) as an avoidable rite of passage. All through my adult life I went through the same over-servicing with respect to breast cancer "preventive" screening. Of course there is the greed factor and he medical industry just keeps people constantly terrified so they will play along but we don't have to! We can resist, by getting to know our bodies, looking after them and being alert to changes, whilst retaining faith in their capacity to heal. Thank you fort his video which validates my stance.
I’m an RN in a hospital and while I do see a tendency toward sick care rather than well care and prevention, my grandma died of colon cancer within about 6 months of having any significant symptoms. She ate lots of vegetables from her own garden with minimal pesticide use. She ate wild venison fairly frequently which is supposedly one of the healthiest meats. She didn’t receive any treatment because by the time they got her diagnosed she was too far advanced. So I don’t believe the “your body will tell you if something is wrong” mantra. It was too little too late by then for my grandma
In the doctor office and hospital.
The most important department is the billing department !
Especially if you are on Medicare or Medicaid !
There's something about colonscopy in the UK that few people realise. Colonoscopy instruments cannot be sterilized because they are optical instruments. In the UK they are 'cleaned' between patients, in the US each instrument receives a new sleeve between patients - a disposble condom like tube with lens on the end. In theory cleaning is fine, however. like any system or activity reliant on human dilligence things often don't follow protocol. You can be 100% certain that colonoscopy instruments in UK hospitals have with some regularity gone from patient to patient without adequate cleaning or no cleaning at all. It's undoubtedly why post procedure infection rates in the UK are very high. There is scientific evidence that supports the idea that cancers can be seeded, a colonoscopy including biopsy could concievably retain cell matter if not cleaned adequately, it could then be introduced into the next patient. It's an absolute scandal that is not being addressed by the NHS on grounds of cost.
@@jennifermarlow. Wrong, they've been in use for over 20 years, whether they are commonly used depends on how much you are spending on your procedure.
How can it be sleeved if the tool has to cut out a polyp? Sleeving must be rare. I’m in U.S. and refuse colonoscopy. I’ve no symptoms and no family history.
Thanks for this critical information. The things that the medical establishment does not tell patients. I think I won't get a colonoscopy since i don't have sxs. I have had two in my life at 36 yrs. old and at 62 yrs old.
Same with catheters after bladder operations, 90 percent of people get infections afterwards. Bloke in sterile services department knew that and his wife was going to have a bladder op. He personally gathered the instruments and tubes that would be used and cleaned them thoroughly, then addressed the whole package to the surgeon, with his wife's name inside. Eye-opening experience for me, one , that it's such a problem and two, that he could do that but as NHS staff, I guess there are some perks.
They are generally "high level disinfected", "some" specific type scopes cable be sterilized but very FEW. The major effecting problem is that the scopes cannot be taken apart to be cleaned/decontaminated effectively. As a sterile processing expert I have had multiple training, attended educational symposiums annually and listened to doctors AND studies. I'll NEVER forget the one study that took TEN brand new scopes and used each one 100 times - they cleaned each scope between usage/cases PER MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDATIONS (*legally you MUST follow their specifications*) THEN after following the prescribed process, REPEATED the cleaning process (doubling the recommendation). AFTER the hundred uses each scope was then tested and it was found that SEVEN of the ten scopes were STILL FOUND TO BE CONTAMINATED! *NO sterilization OR high-level disinfection can be achieved when a scope cannot be effectively cleaned - Period! And this was found after DOUBLING the decontamination process. You WILL develop an infection and that VERY likely can be life threatening. BE cautious. And my favorite Doc enfactically stated the RISK of perforation on the table (= death) is FAR greater than the majority of what other issues may be found that if discovered routinely (not do to issues/illness being addressed) will highly unlikely affect you before normal age of death.
Dr. Nand did you know you cannot sterilize a colonoscopy endoscope? They can only disinfect them. They use interesting words such as "sterilizing chemicals" to describe their solutions they use. I used to be a lab tech for water and wastewater (sewage) and all of my procedures are available online via EPA protocols. My hospital refused to give me their cleaning procedures of their endoscopes in writing. I just wanted a pdf not a ton of paper. So I said go pound sand. In 2012 there were 4 VA people that had colonoscopies that contracted AIDS after the procedure. I am currently trying to get my congress people to give us laws so hospitals have to disclose endoscope cleaning details.
My nice works in the hospital in Norway. She says the same about very harsh chemicals being used for disinfecting the tubing.
Great idea of an excuse to give for refusing to astonish the nagging doctor.
I guess it depends how much you are paying. As I understand it most colonoscopies in the US are carried out with instruments that have a disposable sleeve like a condom with a lens at the end, costly but replacable between patients. It isn't so much the "sterilizing chemicals" that are the worry, it's the fact that the cleaning process is entirely dependent on human dilligence and we all know such commitment in the workplace has all but vanished. See my similar comment above.
@@asiagrabowska5092 Yup, like a condom with a clear optical plastic lens.
Outside of perforation, this is my second reason for avoiding a screening colonoscopy. I found this info at the CDC site years ago and it’s still in my iPad Notes: “About 80 percent of endoscopes are cleaned using Cidex (glutaraldehyde), which does NOT properly sterilize these tools, potentially allowing for the transfer of infectious material. Asking what solution is used to clean the scope is a key question that could save your life. Make sure it’s been sterilized with peracetic acid, to avoid potential transfer of infectious material from previous patients.”
I don’t want someone else’s biological stuff shoved up my butt. No thanks!
My first colonoscopy was about 12 years ago and they found and removed 5 polyps/benign and went smoothly. 5 years later, I went for my 2nd colonoscopy. Same doctor. This time, they had to use less anesthesia because I lost oxygen. It was so painful and I was unable to scream! The results were no polyps but I’ll never get another one because of the pain! Oh by the way, no one ever told me about the risk of perforation or death!
I really like you and your style!
Direct, intelligent, and fearless!
Please don’t stop!
You’re very much appreciated!
It’s a cash cow.
For the entire medical industry and insurance companies too!
No... WE are the cash cows.
I refuse those
Me too.
Me too. At age 70 I think it is my decision to make.
Same here!
Thank you! I am done with drs! My dr fired me because I refused to do screenings like, Pap test, mamograms, MRI…She was so agresive to send me. I am 66 and healthy, she did not care😢
me to i am 63 no doctors if I can help it is for profit
I live in Las Vegas, NV USA. I have believed colonoscopies were a scam for many years. At 69 years of age my physician pushes for testing at each year. Staying strong and refusing to have this test as I display zero symptoms. Thank you for your very informative video.
I will not be doing any screening tests going forward. For anything. I am am tired of having this rubbish forced on me. I am 59, fit, healthy yet, I somehow 'need' all of these screenings. I have experienced IBS since the covid vaccine however, dietary changes have helped immensely and the symptoms are all but gone.
I applaud you. Probiotics? Worked for me.
Why dietary changes have you done? Thank you
I was in hospital for gut issue. Mega dose Probiotics. Food diary. Anything that inflamed my gut is kept track of. Start with safe foods when gut is inflamed and add to diet slowly. My gut is 100% healthy now. I don't eat hardly any processed foods. @lvlv1225
You're healthy, yet took the jab? That makes no sense.
I have never had a colonoscopy because my digestive system has worked just fine, doing it's job without outside interference. Working in GI for over 20 years, I have seen too many "Oops!" moments where the attending or fellow, slips up, causing a puncture, nick, scrape -- changing a patient's life forever. For those that want to be tested in some way, request a fecal test kit -- non invasive and done in the privacy of your own home. Blessings...
And what do you plan to do if the fecal test comes back positive? Without a colonoscopy, how are you going to determine the problem?
@@darylfoster7944 At that point, a second test would be advised, just as it would be if another sort of cancer were to be detected, to make sure it is not a false positive. If the results are the same, then there is clearly a Need for a colonoscopy or -- depending on age, the person may wish to forgo one completely and concentrate on their remaining quality of life. Blessings...
My doctor recommended a screening colonoscopy. No symptoms at all. I had the good sense to follow his advice and found myself in surgery 4 days later to remove a large tumor. That doctor saved my life. Glad I was skeptical of Dr. Dhand’s expert opinion. I think it better to pay the gastroenterologist than the undertaker.
My mom had cancer, which was detected by a colonoscopy. Also a large advanced precancerous polyp was found on one of my colonoscopies. So, I'll get them as long as my doctor recommends it.
I've just had a look at a study in jama that states the cumulative risk of complications for outpatient colonoscopies to be 3.4%. So if you start at 45 years old and have one every 5 years to 75 years old thats 7 events, so your risk of complications is around 24%. Some of those complications are extremely serious including death.
That is not how statistics and probability work. It is still 3.4% per event. Proving it is easy. Let's say (if it were possible in a lifetime) to have 33 exams. By this math that would put a patient over 100%, a perceived mathematical certainty.
Yet, let's say the patient escaped with their life the first 32 times. Would that
mean a guarantee of an event on the 33rd? No it would not. The risk on #33 would still be 3.4%.
They start you at 50, and they recommend it every 10 yrs - unless you have polyps. Also, risk isn't cumulative. Each event is independent.
@@Flea-Flicker Are you trying to tell me that if you have one exam and your risk is 3.4 % then you have another exam with the same risk that your possibility of a complication isn't twice as much? Of course it is.
I just looked up how many colonoscopies are performed in the US every year.
The top search hit was for the year 2012, with 15 million colonoscopies performed.
So take 15 million x 3.4 %, and you get 510,000.
That is 510,000 "COMPLICATIONS" from colonoscopies for that year, in the US!
It may appear to be a tiny amount when a potential patient hears that the rate is, "only 3.4 %" out of 15 million performed, but 510,000 complications is a LOT!
I do not want to be one of them.
AND, I seriously doubt that the percentage is that low!
I am sure that what is allowed to be accepted into these reported statistics is a very narrow time-frame and has other restrictions that keep the percentage artificially low!
@@tonyg9511 No, each time you flip a coin, getting heads is a 50% chance. Even if you flip the coin 9 times and get tails each time, the chance of getting heads on flip 10 is still 50%. Of course, if you don't flip the coin, you have no chance of getting any result.
Preach it, Doc! I'm right there with you. My acquaintances in the medical industry tell me I have to do it, since it's the "gold standard of care," and then won't listen when I tell them why I'm boycotting that, and mammograms, and the other stupid, harmful "screenings."
I think mammograms are important if I didn't get one I wouldn't have known I had breast cancer the mammogram can detect cancer a colon screening is too invasive I won't do that
@@diannbajewicz8952same for routine mammograms. Do some more research.
You’re right. The prevention is eating healthy, and other lifestyle improvements. And that helps for everything!!