Patient's question:
What kind of assistance is needed for your son's condition with multiple colon polyps: I found online that hospitals can use traditional Chinese medicine to treat multiple colon polyps. I want to ask if traditional Chinese medicine can really work?Doctor's answer:
Traditional Chinese medicine can treat polyps within a certain range, but it depends on the individual's constitution and the severity of the condition. 1. For a single polyp, removal combined with pathology examination can be performed simultaneously. 2. For polyps that are prone to occur or are large with signs of malignancy, pathological biopsy can be conducted through anorectal anoscopy to rule out malignancy. 3. Low-lying or polyps with long stalks that have detached can be treated with anoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, ligation, or direct removal through the anus. 4. Broad-based or prone polyps can be treated with partial resection of the intestinal wall through the abdomen, perineum, or sacral region. 5. High-lying polyps can be treated with high-frequency electric cutting using a fiberoptic colonoscope.