
Understanding Your Colonoscopy Results, From Normal to Polyps
Your colonoscopy results, decoded: a normal exam typically points to a 10-year recheck, while found polyps usually mean closer follow-up, not cancer.

Your colonoscopy results, decoded: a normal exam typically points to a 10-year recheck, while found polyps usually mean closer follow-up, not cancer.

Colonoscopy complications are rare—major bleeding affects about 2.4 in 1,000—but knowing normal spotting from a true warning sign matters most.