barium enema

British

noun

an injection into the rectum of a preparation of barium sulphate, which is opaque to X-rays, before X-raying the lower alimentary canal

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Fortunately, in most cases, X rays taken after a barium enema show a distinctive picture of one or the other.

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Even before the conference, however, other physicians were questioning why it had not been detected earlier either by a colonoscopic inspection or a barium enema.

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In a double-contrast barium enema, a technician coats the inside of the intestine with the metallic dye and pumps the colon full of air.

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Provided the colon is clear, a barium enema should be repeated every five to 10 years.

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I then out of curiosity had another barium enema and X-ray to validate my results.

From How and When to Be Your Own Doctor by Steve Solomon

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