Colonic Transit Time

Colonic transit time is a simple and painless diagnostic technique that combines the administration of contrast (radiopaque markers) and the use of X-rays to measure the time it takes for the fecal bolus to travel through the colon, that is, to pass from the cecum to the anus. Based on this, the specialist will determine if you have a normal intestinal transit or, on the contrary, a slow intestinal transit that makes it difficult for you to evacuate normally.

Colonic Transit Time

What does it consist of?

To visualize how waste moves through the intestine and thus know how long it takes for the fecal bolus to travel through the colon, the patient must ingest two capsules with “radiopaque markers”, similar to feces, which are detected, once inside the intestine, by several x-rays of the abdomen. This allows you to visualize its passage through the digestive tract and calculate the colonic transit time in hours.

CASES IN WHICH IT IS RECOMMENDED

Who is it for?

The Colonic Transit Time test aims to study the alterations that cause chronic constipation refractory to usual treatments, as well as in patients with suspected Irritable Bowel Syndrome, functional diarrhea, assessing, in short, disorders of colon motility. Distinguishing constipation that occurs with a normal colonic transit time from that which does so with a prolongation of it.

INSTRUCTIONS

How should you prepare?

The test does not require any prior preparation.

When you make the appointment, our team inform you about the pills that you have to take.

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