{"id":121703,"date":"2022-03-16T09:52:09","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T15:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.granitepeaksgi.com\/?p=121703"},"modified":"2022-03-16T15:31:46","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T21:31:46","slug":"the-quick-and-easy-way-to-learn-about-a-colonoscopy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.granitepeaksgi.com\/the-quick-and-easy-way-to-learn-about-a-colonoscopy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Quick and Easy Way to Learn About a Colonoscopy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Originally posted on 3\/11\/2019<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Updated on 3\/16\/2022<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re not sure what is involved in having a <a href=\"\/procedure\/colonoscopy-procedure\/\">colonoscopy<\/a>, this easy-to-read infographic developed by the doctors at Granite Peaks Gastroenterology may answer your questions. A physician may use a colonoscopy to test for <a href=\"\/condition\/colon-cancer\/\">colon cancer<\/a>, <a href=\"\/condition\/ulcerative-colitis\/\">ulcerative colitis<\/a>, <a href=\"\/condition\/crohns-disease\/\">Crohn\u2019s disease<\/a> and many other digestive health ailments. It allows a physician to visually examine the inside of your large intestine and remove polyps, gather biopsies or evaluate damage from other conditions.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s easier than you think and could uncover the answers to your digestive health problems. <a href=\"\/contact-us\/\">Contact<\/a> Granite Peaks Gastroenterology, in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.granitepeaksgi.com\/location\/sandy-office\/\">Sandy<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.granitepeaksgi.com\/location\/lehi-office\/\">Lehi<\/a>, to determine what is the next step to diagnosing your digestive issues.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--\n<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/ColonoscopyInfographic3-22.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ui fluid image alignnone\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/ColonoscopyInfographic3-22.jpg\" alt=\"colonoscopy micrographic\" width=\"1920\" height=\"11095\" \/><\/a>\n--><\/p>\n<div class=\"infographic-download\" style=\"width: 500px\">\n<div class=\"ui fluid centered rounded image\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ui dimmer\">\n<div class=\"content\"><a class=\"ui inverted button\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/ColonoscopyInfographic3-22.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download Information<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"ui centered rounded image alignnone\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/ColonoscopyInfographic3-22.jpg\" alt=\"colonoscopy micrographic\" width=\"613\" height=\"486\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Originally<a href=\"http:\/\/www.granitepeaksgi.com\/condition\/heartburn-acid-reflux\/symptoms\/\"> <\/a>posted on 3\/11\/2019 Updated on 3\/16\/2022 &nbsp; If you&#8217;re not sure what is involved in having a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.granitepeaksgi.com\/procedure\/colonoscopy-procedure\/\">colonoscopy<\/a>, this easy-to-read infographic developed by the doctors at Granite Peaks Gastroenterology may answer your questions. A physician may use a colonoscopy to test for colon cancer, ulcerative colitis, Crohn\u2019s disease and many other digestive health ailments. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":123587,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[402],"tags":[72,60,14,461,45],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.granitepeaksgi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121703"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.granitepeaksgi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.granitepeaksgi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.granitepeaksgi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.granitepeaksgi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121703"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.granitepeaksgi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127918,"href":"https:\/\/www.granitepeaksgi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121703\/revisions\/127918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.granitepeaksgi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.granitepeaksgi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.granitepeaksgi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.granitepeaksgi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}