Team seeks to make endoscopy pleasurable

NoPasaran

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Mon Dec-27-04 03:05 PM
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Team seeks to make endoscopy pleasurable

Scientists are developing a new way of carrying out internal examinations on patients - based on a wriggling worm.
In an endoscopy, a long flexible tube is fed into the body. It can be very uncomfortable.

But a team from the Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, found the ragworm, which lives in seashores, could offer a model for a more comfortable test.

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"Ultimately our idea is to turn the current ordeal of the colonic endoscopy procedure into something akin to a pleasurable experience!"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4083557.stm

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Mon Dec-27-04 03:08 PM
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1. May I suggest Pink Floyd on headphones and lots of opiates?

With some laughing gas!

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demosincebirth

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Mon Dec-27-04 03:08 PM
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2. Screw that!

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sui generis

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Mon Dec-27-04 03:11 PM
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3. so what are they going to do with an old geezer

laying there with a wiggly tube up his ass and in flagrante delicto?

What if they get a screamer? Do they smoke a cig or cook breakfast afterwards if it's really good?

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eaprez

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Mon Dec-27-04 03:11 PM
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4. I don't think homophobic men will like the idea of

a pleasurable anal experience --- they might suffer psychological damage if they enjoyed it too much.... for them the pain is proof they don't have HS tendancies! :)

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bobbobbins

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Mon Dec-27-04 03:14 PM
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5. No Sex Threads!

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eaprez

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Mon Dec-27-04 03:22 PM
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6. if you think the subject of endoscopy's is a sex thread then...

...you are definitely in need of some counseling!

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Historic NY

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Mon Dec-27-04 03:33 PM
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7. I've had several since my late 30's and have seen improvement....

each time. The biggest discomfort is the prep before the test, it truly can be a PIA. A nurse girlfriend recommends using Vaseline, it protects.

On a serious note if your having problems or your family has a history of cancer or digestive disorders get an endoscopy done. 20-30 minutes of discomfort could just save your life. Its the best piece of preventative medicine equipment out there.

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frictionlessO

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Mon Dec-27-04 03:49 PM
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8. Ive had two in the last 7 years and it was decidedly not fun each time.

Edited on Mon Dec-27-04 03:51 PM by frictionlessO

I think a pleasurable approach to this proceedure would be great, but may in fact lead to the "Hysteria" epidemic in the late 1800s to early 19s I believe. The way many doctors alleviated the symptoms was to stimulate the woman (clitorally I think) into full blown orgasm... many women showed symptoms of hysteria after it became somewhat common practice.

edit: clarity

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