Piercings and colonoscopy

Hi guys,

Not sure if this is the right place to post, but am having a colonoscopy soon. I don't think I'll be under general anaesthetic. Any worries about having to remove my piercings?

Star Lord

Can't see why there'd be any need. AFAIK, they don't use general for that too.

Esoteric_

They generally only use a general for it if you have a medical reason for needing it, be it physical or psychological. With a local, you should be fine.

Big Nasty

You've got your ass pierced!?! :eek::eek::eek:

Esoteric_

MCMLXXV wrote: »

You've got your ass pierced!?! :eek::eek::eek:

Er..... there are some anasthetics that you can't get if you have pieces of metal in your body.....:rolleyes:

Please Kill Me

Esoteric_ wrote: »

Er..... there are some anasthetics that you can't get if you have pieces of metal in your body.....:rolleyes:

I didn't know that.

0ph0rce0

MCMLXXV wrote: »

You've got your ass pierced!?! :eek::eek::eek:

I was thinking that too, Hmmmm how does one pierce their asshole :pac:

Sorry

GRMA

0ph0rce0 wrote: »

I was thinking that too, Hmmmm how does one piece their asshole :pac:

Sorry

So many puns.... must resist

raze_them_all_

0ph0rce0 wrote: »

I was thinking that too, Hmmmm how does one pierce their asshole :pac:

Sorry

Check bme. It exists.

LOL, no I don't have my ass pierced. I've heard plenty of stories of people having to remove all their piercings for operations, so thought I'd better check.

Why DO you sometimes need to remove them, BTW? Why are they dangerous under anaesthetic?

Big Nasty

Please Kill Me wrote: »

I didn't know that.

Me neither!

January

I thought it was more to do with keeping the theater sterile?

Esoteric_

January wrote: »

I thought it was more to do with keeping the theater sterile?

Could be that. I don't know the actual reason for it, but I remember they asked my grandmother recently when she was going for an op if she had tatts or piercings, as they could affect the anasthetic?

Big Nasty

Esoteric_ wrote: »

Could be that. I don't know the actual reason for it, but I remember they asked my grandmother recently when she was going for an op if she had tatts or piercings, as they could affect the anasthetic?

Does she? :cool::cool::cool:

Avasa

I thought it was incase they have to restart your heart using defibrillator and the metal of piercings would burn the skin? I could be wrong???

raze_them_all_

Avasa wrote: »

I thought it was incase they have to restart your heart using defibrillator and the metal of piercings would burn the skin? I could be wrong???

Pure and utter bull****, you would actually have to have the shock pads side by side for it to ark and burn.

Avasa

They lied to me so!

Macca07

I had a colonoscopy last year and was asked to remove my piercings, but I was under general anesthetic so maybe that's why.

But I did hear recently that if you have nipple piercings, then you would have to change the positions of the pads with a defibrillator, so maybe that could be it too.

If the nurse asks you to remove piercings, you're probably better off doing it.

raze_them_all_

Macca07 wrote: »

I had a colonoscopy last year and was asked to remove my piercings, but I was under general anesthetic so maybe that's why.

But I did hear recently that if you have nipple piercings, then you would have to change the positions of the pads with a defibrillator, so maybe that could be it too.

If the nurse asks you to remove piercings, you're probably better off doing it.

The reason for this is a myth.

Macca07

raze_them_all_ wrote: »

Pure and utter bull****, you would actually have to have the shock pads side by side for it to ark and burn.

If there is a piercing in the line between the two pads, then it would severely burn you, i.e. nipple piercings.

raze_them_all_

Macca07 wrote: »

If there is a piercing in the line between the two pads, then it would severely burn you, i.e. nipple piercings.

IT doesn't they pads have to be litterally no more than an inch for it to ark and burn you. IT has been tested loads, it even made it onto mythbusters

Macca07

raze_them_all_ wrote: »

IT doesn't they pads have to be litterally no more than an inch for it to ark and burn you. IT has been tested loads, it even made it onto mythbusters

Fair enough, I'll trust you over trained professionals that teach it, and multiple articles online.

Avasa

Yeah it was a nipple piercing I had.

Macca07

Macca07 wrote: »

I had a colonoscopy last year and was asked to remove my piercings, but I was under general anesthetic so maybe that's why.

But I did hear recently that if you have nipple piercings, then you would have to change the positions of the pads with a defibrillator, so maybe that could be it too.

If the nurse asks you to remove piercings, you're probably better off doing it.

:eek:

I was going to get my nipples pierced. Hadn't even thought about this issue. Is it true?

There seems to be a billion reasons NOT to get your nipples pierced.

Avasa

Yeah I had it for two years and it still never fully healed.