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MEDICAL ANIMATION TRANSCRIPT: Un examen de enema de bario o una serie gastrointestinal inferior es un procedimiento de rayos X para visualizar la anatomía interior del intestino grueso, o colon, y recto. El tracto digestivo consta de la boca, el esófago, el estómago, el intestino delgado, el colon y el recto. Los alimentos atraviesan el tracto digestivo en ese orden. Las funciones principales del colon son que el cuerpo absorba agua, convertir material de desecho líquido en material desecho sólido conocido como heces y almacenar heces hasta que se acumulen lo suficiente para pasar por el ano mediante la defecación. En el colon se pueden desarrollar condiciones anormales como cáncer de colon, pólipos, malformaciones de la pared del colon, llamadas divertículos, úlceras o áreas estrechas conocidas como estenosis. Si tiene sangrados sin explicación, dolor abdominal o cambio en sus hábitos intestinales, su médico puede recomendarle que se realice un examen de enema de bario. Antes del procedimiento se le pedirá que se recueste sobre una mesa para rayos X. Se le introducirá cuidadosamente un tubo lubricado en el recto. Se adjuntará al tubo una bolsa con bario y se dejará que el bario fluya hacia el colon. Cuando haya pasado suficiente bario al colon, se le pedirá que trate cuidadosamente de no expulsar nada de bario mientras se toma las radiografías. Es posible que se infle un pequeñísimo globo adjunto al tubo que contiene el bario para impedir que el bario se derrame durante el examen. Mientras se toman las imágenes de rayos X, se le pedirá que gire de un lado a otro o que se ponga de pie. Esto permitirá que el bario fluya a diferentes áreas para obtener imágenes de rayos X de todo el colon. Luego de muchas tomas de imágenes de rayos X, se le dará una cuña o se lo llevará a un baño y se le pedirá que expulse la mayor cantidad posible de bario. Después de que haya expulsado del colon la mayor parte del bario, se pueden realizar algunas radiografías más ya que la pequeña cantidad de bario restante ilumina claramente el contorno del colon. Después del enema de bario, puede regresar a su casa. Lo más probable es que pueda reanudar su dieta normal. La mayoría de los radiólogos indica a los pacientes que aumenten la ingesta de líquidos durante un período de tiempo para asegurarse que todo el bario sea expulsado. Es probable que note más gases que lo habitual y perciba bario en varias de las defecaciones.
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