Unlike colonoscopies, endoscopies are only done if a patient is feeling symptoms—they're not done for screening purposes. So, if you’re having an endoscopy, usually [that means] something's going wrong. One thing endoscopies miss is they don't tell us too much about the microbial ecosystem in the small intestine.
So, good news, you just had your colonoscopy and everything came back fine. Wonderful! That's what I love to hear; however, your colonoscopy isn’t perfect. What did they miss? They do miss a few things. I always encourage patients when they get the good news of having a clean colonoscopy (no polyps, no other lesions): what's the next step?…
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