Are colonoscopies safe?
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With no insurance, it's interesting how few tests doctors order.
"Business first people second"
In EU and Canada you mean or is your comment based on your feelings???
@@wms201 didn't mean to hurt your feelings but it's just a quote from the video
My dear brother-in-law had a perforation during a colonoscopy several years ago. The resulting infections nearly killed him and he has been on a colostomy bag ever since. Talk about regrets!
How sad.
Could not be fixed? Why a bag?
I am so deeply deeply sorry that happened to your brother-in-law. :(
Well that should’ve healed by now where they can remove the colostomy bag.
Wow!
Thank you so much Dr. McDougall for this helpful information! I have been anti-colonoscopy for years. I’ve had 3 in the past and they have been clear. My doctor pushes me every year to get another one. I’m 71 years old and I’m JUST NOT DOING IT!! ❤
I knew a person who had a colonoscopy and died from it. I did the Cologuard test. My health insurance paid for it 100%.
Thank you!! I had one around age 55 and my reaction to the drugs I had to take to "clean me out" lasted for over 2 weeks. Now I just do fecal tests.
The colonoscopy TORE several holes in my colon. IT ALMOST KILLED ME.
Oh no! How are you now?
Such powerful words of truth re the US: business first, people second. I love this man.
We need to replace the CEO's with that attitude with honest ones.
I just had 1 last month. Such a relief no polyps ! And I've been fine since my dad had rectal cancer at 59. I insisted he go to the dr. It was caught early. He lived til 89!
I work in insurance now, and the new recommendation is 45 years. They are considered preventive and covered at 100% on most insurance plans. I'm not having one thanks to you Dr. John McDougall, MD! Yes, I'll go with the stool sample version. Besides eating whole foods, now, my colon is getting healthier!
I thought I’d be able to skip it but I had a positive stool (FIT) test and my dad died of colon cancer, so I’m getting one in August.
@@idunsgarden Couldn't you still get the Sigmoidoscopy instead? How did your procedure go? Hope you are well.
The diet recommendations are bunk. My father ate perfect diet and died of colon cancer. It is genetic.
Invasive! 74 years young, never had a colonoscopy…hubby is 79 has had two….
This is beautiful! I feel so coonected, listening to how he explains things, sees things...
perfect trustworthy wisdom! Thank you!
I am glad that I learned this information. Thanks
I had a polyp removed at age 17, and it bled. Luckily, I had the exam when I was very young, or I surely would have died. I lost an enormous amount of blood. When I felt the urge to have diarrhea (which was confusing since I had an empty colon) I passed so much blood, the force of it flushed the toilet.
age has nothing to do with that Satanic procedure aka Colonoscopy
Doctors don’t get rich giving you a stool $50 test. Every time I go in n for my annual physical, the GP offers this upsell to me. “No thanks. I only came because you wouldn’t renew my prescription for Prozac. I’ll be on my way now.”
Sorry for my previous question. It’s a Sigmoid exam! I’ve just read it in the transcript. Thank you!
Thank you for this!
THANK YOU!
Thank you Doctor 🙏
Thank you!
So what are you supposed to do if blood is detected in the stool, and again after a retest? Presumably then a colonoscopy is required as that's how polyps are found and removed
Thank you Doctor! Love you and your family! So my MD told me to get a colonoscopy and I got one. After being a starch eater for the last 7 years, I am happy to report that I was polyp free and told that my next one is in 10 years! I had polyps removed 7 years ago before I changed my diet. All, please note that your HMO will NOT renew any prescriptions you have unless you get these screenings whether you want them or not. I have to get another mammogram for the same reason. HMO's make their money from these screenings.
That should be illegal.
@@rons5319 Exactly. The only restrictions I have on Rx renewals is that I show up for the annual physical. Hate doing it but have to for my one Rx refill, Synthroid. I have refused both the mammogram and colonoscopy. But they keep sending me reminders anyway. So annoying. I'm in a Medicare Advantage HMO.
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What is the name of the bowel exam called that you recommend between ages 60 and 75? I couldn’t catch the name. Thank you very much for very clear, vital information. You are so kind to do these talks.
Do you mean sigmoidoscopy? He also mentioned stool tests that look for blood or altered DNA.
My friends Mom had one in Boston, Massachusetts. They must have perforated her intestine. She was home for about two days and had some pain but just ignored it because she didn't want to make a big deal. Well she died! I guess she got an infections and gangrene. She was in her late 60's I think. I had a colonoscopy in my early 50's and I was terrified. So anxious. Using all that liquid to clean me out was harsh, yellow liquid was coming out. I assume it was bile.
A friend age 65 just got diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer, i think he ignored the warning sign of blood in stools, put it down to hemorrhoids. He was on a eat as much as you can diet
I'm going to look for the book you mention...
Thanks Doctor ,how about(mp MRI).
what BEAUTIFUL skin he has!!
He told in a different interview that he eats a mostly vegetarian diet.
Really the timing, 😂 I just had one, 7 years ago I did as well, since my mother and her sister had colon cancer, first time I had a polyp removed, this time found out I have Diverticulosis, I have eaten plant-based mostly all my life, glad I know what I am dealing with now anyway. Won't be getting another one, though I'm glad that polyp is removed.
Good
What are your thoughts on colonography?
dr what do you think about having a camera down your throat is it safe love to n what you think
No surgical procedure is safe.
I had a colonoscopy about 2 years ago because the prior at-home test showed sone blood. I regret it as I had nothing wrong, not even polyps .. blood may be from stomach or other areas .. I asked to be taken off the National Register .. I changed my diet / nutrition and I'm very active!! I just don't think it's necessary for everyone .. & wasted costs & time too.
There can be small amounts of blood there from the BM itself sometimes. I'm sorry you had to experience one of the worst things about the medical industry. It has happened to plenty of us. Medical tests are like that -- False positives can lead to more and more invasive and uncomfortable and dangerous tests (even surgeries) to "rule out serious disease." Then there is the anxiety and misery of thinking you have some terrible disease for weeks while their little game plays out.
Thanks ... so true !!
Recommended by medical establishment simply due to cost.
If you go to a car dealer and ask them "should I buy an expensive car or a cheap car?" what do you think the answer will be?
If one has polyps in their colon, do you recommend having them removed or simply following a starch-based diet and keeping an eye on them?
Hi- I had them too and the doctor removed them. I haven't had a reoccurrence in 7 years.
REMOVE THEM!!! Please read/lsten to plant based gastroenterologist, Dr. Bulsiewicz, author of Fiber Fueled. He speaks of longterm plant based patients who refused colonoscopies and died of colon cancer. If those polyps are found and removed early, many lives can be saved. My respect for Dr. McDougall dwindles everyday. I'm convinced he's good for one thing: Climate Change.
Is there any evidence that a starch based or plant-based diet makes polyps go away? Not that I have seen. Only that vegans might have a lower incidence, but only 16% lower, not 100% lower, of colon cancer and much less of a chance of recurrence. It doesn’t mean you can’t get it. Polyps are considered precancerous and removing them is the treatment. I’ll take that any day over colon cancer which is a horrible disease.
Surgery including colonoscopy is a big money maker. Greed rules standard American medicine. Stool analysis, virtual colonoscopy, and barium enema are all much safer alternatives.
Is it possible to cure the polyp issue with diet?
I used Cologuard, it's recommended every three years. I will consider a sigmoidoscopy when I get to my 60's, depending on my diet.
I had my first colonoscopy done three years ago when I was 61 years old because I had obviouse blood in my stool, nothing was found. Since then I get regular blood every now and then when wiping, I get dark red blood and at times I get what looks like clots or congealed dark red blood, is there a chance that i've got a perforation from the Colonoscopy I had done, if so is there anything I can do about this?
Dr. McDougall what do you suggest if 10 years ago they did a colonoscopy and found a few polyps and remove them should I continue or is it not necessary?
Here in the UK screening is a stool sample analysis every two years from the age of 60-75. Screening is free on the NHS of course.
Nice!
It's not free. Nothing is free. You pay for not only your healthcare but all of your countrymen's healthcare through taxes
The doctor knocked out my front tooth when she took the camera out of my stomach. I have no idea what damage may have been done in the other end.
I just would like to clarify something.....aside from the age factor when should you have a sigmoidoscopy....if they find blood in your stool or in combination with a stool test for blood? It seems they will probably find polyps and then you will need a colonoscopy also?
My first one was done in 2011 at age 50 and it was clear , do I have another one now at 62? Or go with the colo guard test ?
Wiseman speaking, so I listen , thanks for sharing.
Some one can be wise about some things and not others. For example, Dr Mcdougall is wise about climate change. Colon polyps, not so much. I suggest you listen to whole food plant based gastroenterologist and author of Fiber Fueled, Dr. Busiewicz, to learn more about the digestive tract and the importance of screening for polyps with colonoscopies.
@@sectionalsofa , It sounds like you have issues concerning the subject resulting from your own life or others around you. I would like to get a colonoscopy, however it’s too dangerous! I knew this before listening to this guy he just verified my concerns. If the colonoscopy is done correctly, there should be no problems. However you don’t know who’s gonna do it, you don’t know how they’re gonna do it, you don’t know who cleaned the instruments previously, you don’t know anything! You’re trusting a whole bunch of strangers with your very life. So unless I have a reason to, I’m not going to have a colonoscopy and I don’t think anyone should , unless they have a specific medical reason to. Did I just rent? You decide and then you can tell me
You think you haven't put your life in the hands of a stranger but you have: Dr. McDougall. He's just one doctor with his opinion based on faulty science and faulty math. Everything in life is a risk/ benefit scenario. Every time you cross the street or consume food of any kind, you've entrusted your life to strangers.The risk of being injured during a colonoscopy is not as great as the risk of getting into in an accident while driving in a car. The benefit of getting a colonoscopy is catching a precancerous polyp (which is quite common) and avoiding a deadly cancer.
Colonoscopy is dangerous.
Have a LARGE inguinal hernia.
Seems to me that a colonoscopy could be dangerous plus I'm 81 years old.
I'm off to get this procedure this month - The way I think about it - unfortunately, many of us weren't plant-based eating from birth. Even though we're plant based now, doesn't excuse the damage that may have already been done. 😢
As am I! I wasn’t nervous until I heard the huge tube😟
@@NanaPiper yah, it's not nice. I'm *hoping* I won't be getting the procedure, however my symptoms are angry/worryingly enough that I believe it's justified in my case. I *suspect* I have a plant-based protein allergy of sorts that's then causing havoc in my digestive tract. It's been very hard to isolate - all it takes is one random meal of eating out and I'm in all sorts of trouble for over a week. :(
@@karlstenator try digestive enzyme capsules get at your serious health food store; avoid coffee n alcohol and sugar of course.
@@Lauren-vd4qe thanks Lauren. I’ve also been asked to try plant-based fodmap. I note today with fodmap that it’s “reduce” certain types of foods, but not necessarily eliminate. I would struggle to be happy without a tiny amount of lentils in my life 😂
@@karlstenator I LOVE lentils they are delicious
I have polyps also and diverticulitis. I’ve been eating a little popcorn every day to get things to move. Will popcorn cause problems with the diverticulitis?
I believe dietary recommendations for diverticulitis have changed and now it is ok, but do check with your doctor. If you want to learn more on the subject, there's a much better place than a McDougall video. Follow world renown plant based gastroenterologist, Will Bulseiwicz.
I get polyp and eta most of the time plantbased lowfat, only when I travel is not possivble. And they find someone...
Wow, you had me going until you said "starch based diet with fruits and vegetables and no animal products or added oils" This is literally the first time I have heard anyone recommend a starch based diet. Most people are now urging a severe restriction of carbohydrates or as close to that as we can get. What are we supposed to believe??? But thank you for clarifying the risks of a colonoscopy. I may cancel the one I have planned and go back to the FIT testing that I have been doing for years.
Quacks and youtube bros recommend no or low carbs.
If you eat how Dr. M eats cancel appointment if not get one.
What if there is a family history of colon cancer?
Get regular colonoscopies!
By starch-based diet do you mean plant-based?
I am a Canadian and in Ontario we are encouraged to have colonoscopies every 5 years after aged 50.
What are your thoughts on coffee enemas?
Wrong end !
@@workonitm8 🤣🤣🤣🤣
what happens if you find blood in the stool by an exam, then what happens?
Perforations occur in 0.03-0.7% of colonoscopies. Overall complications from colonoscopy is 1.6%. A study published in BMC Gastroenterology put the risk of complications at 0.15% over a 3 year period and over 10,000 procedures. The chance of having colon cancer is however in the 4-5% range.
You do the math.
I would like to see the studies that Dr. McDougall picks and chooses from when he quotes his not quite true statistics.
His dietary advice is excellent. This advice is not.
Thank you. I think this is dangerous advice. I watched my dad die of colon cancer, it was absolutely horrific and I think this scaremongering is irresponsible.
All the studies Dr. McDougall has extensively researched and quoted are cited in his articles. Each article has a long list of references.
My grandfather died of colon cancer, so I've always been told to have a colonoscopy every 3-5 years, which I've done. Some polyps were found and removed. But now I'm rethinking this after this video.
Don't rethink! You absolutely need to have colonoscopies every 3-5 years. Everything has a risk benefit. I enjoy leaving my house, but I risk being hit by a car when I do. Read or listen to Dr. Bulsiewicz, plant based gastroenterologist, author of Fiber Fueled, not Dr Mcdougall. And don't ignore your own doctor either.
Thanks for the info!
Don’t listen to this video. Listen to your doctor who knows your history.
@@idunsgarden Good point.
I have a colonoscopy coming up , but I’m really worried about the procedure because I have vertigo and if I’m placed on my left side I will wake up wi severe dizziness and nausea ! I have trained myself to sleep on my right side to avoid getting the vertigo!
Is it possible to do the colonoscopy with me on my right side ?
I have had three colonoscopies and each time they had me lying on my left side.
Whatever was recommended in the past in Canada is no longer in effect. Colonoscopies are routinely recommended and done!
Cologuard. Covered by most insurances and non-invasive.
That's what I did...and it came back positive despite having a pretty good plant based diet for the last 5 years, and vegetarian for 10 years before that. [Of course the previous 52 years I ate like crap...] Now I get to do a colonoscopy. If I had just done it in the first place I wouldn't have to do both. But this is what I thought too, and I was super shocked that it was positive : (
@@sharit7970Same here. Did the FIT stool test annually before and was always negative. Cologuard the first time was positive. Now I’m scheduled for a colonoscopy. My diet is balanced and I’m regular in bowel movements and active. Been suffering from severe bloating, and getting an ultrasound. Cologuard false positives are common. A friend of mine got Crohn’s disease from her first colonoscopy. Don’t know what to do.
@@sharit7970I also read that Cologuard is super sensitive and results in positive if you eat certain foods. Anyway, it sucks.
@@plumeria66 I go in a month. According to cologuard, they did a study, [if I get this right...] about 10,000 participants did cologuard, about 1600 had a positive result. Of those, roughly half had polyps, roughly half had nothing, and 4% had cancer. I'm clearly hoping I'm not in the 4%. Let me know how yours goes!
@@sharit7970 Thanks! I saw the study too. Where I am they’re are so backed up with patients that I’m not scheduled till next year! I hope I’ll be ok.
What about if there is a family history of Colon cancer? Is there a test that would be better? Should a test be done earlier than age 60 in that case?
Speak with a qualified gastroenterologist who will most likely advise you to get regular colonoscopies, and take what you hear on RUclips with a grain of salt. I'm a whole food plant based eater but Dr McDougall is wrong about a lot of things.
@@sectionalsofa Can you give some examples of where he is wrong? I haven't found any yet and I've been following his plan for over 30 years.
@@sl2608 I really like Dr. M, but here's an area where I'm concerned about his advice; he emphasizes starch, but doesn't emphasize other vegetables like greens. His logic is that many populations have lived on just a few main foods. With newer studies showing how beneficial it is to have a more diverse diet [with many different veggies and fruits] that seems to me the way to go. No disrespect.
So sus that most push colonoscopies then! And yet now more young adults are getting colorectal cancer! Why not other tests? Plus it takes years for it to form into cancer but they want to scare you!
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Is it possible for a doctor to fake a polyp removal just to charge you?
Probably
Why are no questions answered?
What GI doctors also don’t discuss is that even after a PERFECT prep by the patient, if they don’t IMMEDIATELY perform a second screening, even the BEST GI doctors tend to miss a polyp up 6% of the time. Just multiply that error times the 10 - 20 colonoscopies he or she does in a day.
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I live in Europe, and colonoscopy is very prominent here! It is strongly advised by doctors around here.
What country? Not in UK
@@peterscuba Belgium. Been to several doctors and all advised colonoscopy.
@@brightmorningstar9449 ok, in UK it's yearly stool samples for men over 50, only a colonoscopy based on those results and Dr
Recent LinkedIn post I saw, of emotional woman who lost husband in his 30s to colon cancer. She wanted to stress that his last recommendation to everyone would be to 'always have your colonoscopy, when offered'.
Its so sad. I wonder if (a) he'd have known about the likes of Dr M and the WFPB community early on, if he'd still be alive - we'll never know I guess - but (b) if she was at all aware of the risks, efficacy and medical profiteering around colonoscopy. Suspect not.
I respect totally the grief and sadness of her loss, but it's so sad that money and ignorance continue, in the wake of the outlier emotional examples like this dictating to the masses, and misdirecting most people sadly.
If I recall, her story had thousands of likes - might even have been over a hundred thousand... 😑
I'm not sure any country recommends a colonoscopy in 30s? Unless symptoms of course
So no bison chicken or Turkey burgers :/ that’s all I eat. I feel better eating meat and I also eat potatoes and sweet potatoes
At 6 feet tall and 215 lbs( I weighed 140 in high school). I had Asthma, hay fever, diverticulitis, arthritis, high blood pressure internal and external hemorrhoids, I had no energy and just felt terrible.
6 months on the McDougall diet and I lost 50 pounds and all the health Issues are gone.
God bless John and Mary McDougall.. you saved my life!
@@paulb4496 I like the second part of your story. Many of us have similar ones. Whole food plant diets restore health!
With cologuard there's false negatives n false positives. So it's stupid
I am a 77 yr old female. Have had IBS-C since i was 5. Suffered my whole life. Brutal pain. In 2000 i got a really bad pain and went to my doc and he did an anal and there was blood so he sent me to the ER and admitted me. They did a colonoscopy and it was completely clear. Diagnosis was IBS as usual. Then in 2008 i had not pooped in 4 days so i did a suppository and it did nothing so i did another and still nothing so i did a Fleets enema and still nothing so i took a Laxative and a in a couple of hours i had the worst pain ever so my husband called an ambulance. I told the nurse all i did and was crying and screaming in pain. Then i started throwing up and it was neon green. Then i started pooping and it was all blood. The pain was unreal. I was scared to death. I kept pooping and it seemed like it was all blood. They gave me a pain killer which lasted about an hour. After i stopped pooping they gave me a Barium enemas which was not pleasant. The diagnosis was once again IBS but with Ulcerative Colitis. Then i started doing the Cologuard Tests and they were neg but then last yr it was Positive and i also did a FIT and it was Positive. So my doc sent me to a Gastro. She didn't even let me talk. She said i had to get a Colonoscopy and that's that. She was so cold and abrupt and wouldn't let me talk. It was very disturbing. So i told her i would think about it and never went back. She was since fired thank God. I know i would not be able to handle the bowel prep or the 24 hr fast. So i am in limbo and very scared. I loved your video and thanx much.
How come the rock star Sammy Hagar looks so much better than McDougall at the same age?
Do you believe people have parasites???
NO! NO! NO!
Now theres a colonscopy- VIRTUAL! IS this better it seas other other organs,and its not invavise.?
There is a large amount of radiation with those.
@@rons5319 No there's not. I had one.
@@rons5319 Virtual colonoscopy exposes you to a low dose of radiation. You'll be exposed to more radiation than a chest X-ray, but far less than a regular CT scan.
Well yur scareing alot of people
My husband (54 yr old) is now dying of colon cancer because he watched this video and the others like it by this doctor and did not get a colonoscopy for two years. His doctor talked him into it a few months ago and they found a mass. No symptoms. Blood test, cat scan, and upper endoscopy all showed nothing so they said surgery should be all he needed. The surgery revealed signet ring cell carcinoma metastasized to lymph and peritoneal lining. Stage 4. Incurable. Chemo can only prolong his life a couple of years. If he'd gotten the colonoscopy when his doctor first recommended it at 50, it could have been caught before it spread. I hold Dr. McDougal responsible. I'm going to be a widow in my 50s. This was preventable.
It's the same here in Australia,putting profits before people and trying to force sedation on you.
Yes they are safe and they save lives. Anyone who speaks negative about them is taking on a liability and I would not want that on my conscience
Ummm...eating a starchy diet is no good for many people as well. They might not die of colon cancer but they might die due to Diabetes and obesity complications.