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What is Coronavirus

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CORONAVIRUS The 2019 novel coronavirus is a global health emergency.   Since they began using the designation in 2005, the World Health Organization has declared global health emergencies only 5 times before.   The first case was reported in the Chinese city of Wuhan on New Year's Eve.   Now over 30,000 people in at least 26 countries have contracted the coronavirus.   The vast majority of confirmed cases are in mainland China where the numbers continued to skyrocket and were more than 600 people have died as a result. Border closings, suspended flights, a citywide evacuation, and quarantine. So what is it we're really talking about when we talk about the coronavirus and what can we do to protect ourselves.  C ommon signs of a Coronavirus infection include fever, cough, and difficulty breathing; in more severe cases, it can lead to pneumonia, kidney failure, and even death. Corona viruses are a family of virus that cause the common cold and are named for the spike proteins
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What is colonoscopy

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What happens during and after a colonoscopy? A colonoscopy is a medical procedure that lets your doctor look inside your colon and rectum for problems such as ulcers, inflammation, bleeding, polyps and tumors.  A colonoscope is the tool used to perform a colonoscopy.  It is a thin flexible tube with a light and video camera on the end.  It is inserted through the anus into the rectum and is carefully guided up through the colon, all the way to the cecum.  The colonoscope can usually be used to enter the very end of the small bowel known as the terminal ileum.  The front tip of the colonoscope contains a video camera, which sends real-time images to a computer screen so that your doctor can examine the colon.  The front tip also has a light, a channel for water irrigation, a channel for air and water, as well as an instrument channel.  The irrigation channel is used to flush water or air in to the colon to remove debris or stool, and see more clearly what the inside of the co
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