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Life Sciences => Physiology & Medicine => Topic started by: Ray hinton on 24/02/2006 14:47:36
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di anyone see the article a few weeks ago about a camera designed to be swallowed,to check the digestive tract.
any comments?[^]
RE-HAB IS FOR QUITTERS.
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Ray, as a firm believer in empirical study why don't you attach some string to one of these, swallow it and then let us know the results.
(https://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv280%2Fwithdrawnmist%2F180px-TV_camera_and_tripod.jpg&hash=bcb7582dedebb90479bfc42bd6b08497)
[:D]
Men are the same as women.... just inside out !!
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judging from georges comments,i probably could neil.
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"" Technology News
Once swallowed with water, the PillCam takes about 2,600 color pictures inside the body.
After 20 minutes, the doctor can evaluate the video images and make a diagnosis"".
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/tech/news/3581629.html
Hopefully the picture of "PillCam" on the above site is not actual size [:)] .
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medical technology is just so good these days,wasnt that long ago they cut you open,(and probably killed you) for the least thing,now they view one end to the other remotely.
at least its better than neils sepository cam (above),are you sure that this is normal for cardiac patients neil ?.
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Originally posted by Ray hinton
are you sure that this is normal for cardiac patients neil ?.
Ray...yes I am sure it's safe...No one has ever survived the process to complain otherwise !! [:D]
Will they bring out a low fat diet version ?
Men are the same as women.... just inside out !!
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when i get my appointment for the sepository-cam,can you send me some KY and a leather strap to bite on[xx(][xx(][xx(]
RE-HAB IS FOR QUITTERS.
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how would you get the pil cam out of you?
i mean, if you originally had a string...and it broke?
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Originally posted by unitedkingdomsciencer
how would you get the pil cam out of you?
i mean, if you originally had a string...and it broke?
You make sure it's self developing. That way it would work itself out !! [:)]
Men are the same as women.... just inside out !!
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aha!
i get it!
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or,if you are a mathematician,work it out with a pencil,ayayayayayayaya
measure twice,cut once.
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quote:
Originally posted by Ray hinton
or,if you are a mathematician,work it out with a pencil,ayayayayayayaya
measure twice,cut once.
....or with a ruler !! [:D]
Men are the same as women.... just inside out !!
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for god sake dont use an abacus!!!!!
its the drugs,y-know.
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quote:
Originally posted by Ray hinton
di anyone see the article a few weeks ago about a camera designed to be swallowed,to check the digestive tract.
any comments ?
With conventional colonoscopy there is approximately a 1:1000 chance it will cause a gut perforation, up to 25% of those with gut perforation will die of peritonitis-septicemia:-
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/oup/jnci/2003/00000095/00000003/art00230
The pill camera avoids this small 1:4000 risk of colonoscopy causing death. The pillcam also reaches parts of the intestine that conventional endoscopy cannot reach, (to misquote the Heineken advert [:)]).
So the pillcam is not a gimmic: it has significant advantages over conventional endoscopy.
The pillcam does not store the images, it transmits them to a nearby receiver. Hopefully the pictures do not appear on any old TV set, although it would be more interesting than watching "Big Brother" [:)].
[I am sure readers could suggest titles for any unintentional intestinal reality TV shows].
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Titles for GUT TV programmes (via pillcam):-
"The Grapes of Wrath" (on hemorrhoids) [:I]
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colon the barbarian,? what if the camera took a wrong turn and went via the bladder,yyyiiikkkeeesss!
its the drugs,y-know.
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GUT TV programme titile:-
" Close Encounters of the Turd Kind " [:)]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_Encounters_of_the_Third_Kind
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Originally posted by ROBERT
GUT TV programme titile:-
" Close Encounters of the Turd Kind " [:)]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_Encounters_of_the_Third_Kind
How about: " LOST IN-TESTINE ! " [:D]....hmmm...maybe not eh ?....acually..it's rubbish !!
what about "Voyage to the BOTTOM of the Sea"...anyone remember that ?
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" Villi Wonka's Chocolate factory " [:)]
"" Villi:-
small, slender vascular projections which increase the surface area of a membrane.
They are found within the intestinal tract, where they increase the area for food absorption.""
http://www.channel4.com/science/microsites/B/bodystory/glossary.html
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Scat! Go! Be Gone!
I would believe that this thread is old, coprolitic even, and it is time to colon to a thread less infused with bile. The acerbic nature of the refluxive reaction to a new development in gas analysis leaves a bad taste in my mouth (to obscure?).
Besides, Robert doesn't give crudit where crudit is due: it is the microville that do all the work, where the crapilaries are located that absorbe the nutrients.
Jim
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GUT TV programme titles:-
"GI Jane", "GI" = GastroIntestinal, also "GI Jane" = crap movie.
http://www.totalfilm.com/cinema_reviews/gi_jane
"Bridget Jones's Diarrhoea"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2001/04/02/bridget_jones_diary_2001_review.shtml
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GUT TV incidental music:-
"Sweet chyle o' mine" (Guns n' Roses)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chyle
http://www.lyrics007.com/Guns%20N'%20Roses%20Lyrics/Sweet%20Child%20O'%20Mine%20Lyrics.html
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Then there's that famous Tom Jones song
"What's Poo ***** Scat ?"
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GUT TV incidental music:-
Maurice Ravel's "Bowelero",
or any song sung by Sir Harry Caecum.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caecum
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I did a search on google about this..and came upon your forums.
Im having this PillCam procedure done on friday 5/5/06. And am abit suspicious about it now.
It says on the Intructions i received that
"Esophageal Capsule Endoscopy is associated with a very small risk of intestinal retention of the capsule, If this is the case it will have to be removed surgically or endoscopically."
They say "very small risk". But who knows if this is accurate since we dont have decades of evidence to analyze here. And usually when a medicine has a very rare side effect, I am the one that gets those. Plus, this whole "intestinal retention" thing isnt too accurate. I mean, are there some really serious organs it could get stuck on? Im not too found on specifics of our digestion system.
So i dont know now.. What do you guys think? Wish i had more evidence and data regarding this particular test.
If it works normally, its suppose to pass through my bowel. (obviously)
any input would be great.
thanks
mike
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Hi Mike 2110,
the only obvious reason to reject PillCam is if you have poor peristalsis,
as this could cause "retention":-
http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/digestion/basics/peristalsis.html
Poor gut motility can be caused by vascular or neurological diseases.
So the nature of your intestinal disorder would determine whether PillCam is appropriate.