Preventive Screening Test of the Geriatrics Community Population

Preventive screening test of
the geriatrics community
population

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Introduction
The paper will discuss one of the specific preventive screening that is faced by the
geriatrics community population. The preventive screening that has been selected for this paper
is a colonoscopy for the geriatrics population whose age ranges from 65 to 80 years. The essay
will demonstrate a brief view of this screening test so that the reader can get a clear idea
regarding its preventive measures.
Main context
Colonoscopy is a procedure that enables a gastroenterologist to evaluate the inside
appearance of a colon (Bibbins-Domingo et al., 2016). This can be done by inserting a long tube
called colonoscope, which is about the finger thickness into the anus and after that the
colonoscope enter slowly into the rectum and lastly into the colon. It is seen that the geriatrics
community population suffer from colon cancer, and for them, this screening test is done by the
physicians. This colon cancer screening test allows the physicians to explore the intestines
through a video camera and remove the dangerous polyps from that part immediately (Meester et
al., 2016). Colonoscopy is appropriate for the geriatrics community population, and this takes
place when they possess some abdominal symptoms such as feeling uneasy, bleeding, weight
loss, and iron deficiency syndrome such as anemia (Schreuders et al., 2015). If all these
symptoms occur in the geriatrics community population, then the physicians do this preventive
screening tests. The preventive test takes about 30 to 60 minutes, and it must be repeated after
ten years if only no abnormalities are found in the colon. If risk has been present in a geriatrics
community individual, then colonoscopy has to be done once in every two years by that person.
The primary advantage of colonoscopy is that with the help of this screening test, the
physicians can view the entire rectum as well as the colon of the geriatrics community
population. In addition, the test also helps them to remove the tissue samples and polyps from the
colon during the exam (Lauby-Secretan, Vilahur, Bianchini, Guha & Straif, 2018). However,
improper colonoscopy procedure can create bleeding at the site where biopsy takes place and
also on the abnormal tissue wall so that it is necessary that the doctor must be careful while
doing this preventive screening tests. In today's environment, colonoscopy is considered as the
pricier screening tests that often exceeds a cost of 1000 dollars (Schreuders et al., 2015). If the
doctors found any fecal occult blood by sigmoidoscopy, then they referred that geriatrics