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 individual constitution and the severity of the condition. 1. For a single polyp, removal and pathological examination can be performed simultaneously. 2. For polyps prone to occurrence or larger polyps with signs of malignancy, pathological biopsy can be conducted through anorectal anoscopy and colonoscopy 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 easily recurring 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.