{"id":788,"date":"2023-10-24T03:58:57","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T19:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/2023\/10\/24\/doctor-performs15-minute-colonoscopy-on-himself\/"},"modified":"2024-05-22T15:26:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T07:26:40","slug":"doctor-performs15-minute-colonoscopy-on-himself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/doctor-performs15-minute-colonoscopy-on-himself\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctor Performs15-minute Colonoscopy On Himself"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>In order to better understand what his patients go through, Dr. Feng Zhuo, a deputy director of the Proctology Department at a Shanghai hospital, recently performed a 15-minute colonoscopy on himself.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In order to better <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/jobs?nationId=36\">understand<\/a> what his patients go through,\u00a0Dr. Feng Zhuo, a deputy director of the Proctology Department\u00a0at a Shanghai hospital, recently performed a 15-minute colonoscopy\u00a0on himself.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/doctor-performs15-minute-colonoscopy-on-himself\/#Photo_Nextshark\" title=\"Photo: Nextshark\">Photo: Nextshark<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/doctor-performs15-minute-colonoscopy-on-himself\/#Photo_Internet\" title=\"Photo: Internet\">Photo: Internet<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-5'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/doctor-performs15-minute-colonoscopy-on-himself\/#Photo_Oddity_Central\" title=\"Photo: Oddity Central\">Photo: Oddity Central<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photo_Nextshark\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FtaYBxuj2miZuGUNzA9BdsbhwPYK?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"NextShark.jpg\" width=\"589\" height=\"549.304189435337\" title=\"\">Photo: Nextshark<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Ask anyone who\u2019s ever had a colonoscopy and they\u2019ll tell you that it\u2019s one of the most painful and uncomfortable things they\u2019ve ever experienced.<\/p>\n<p>Despite sedation being used to relieve discomfort, having a flexible instrument about the diameter of an index finger inserted through your backside and poking around through your colon is not the most pleasant thing in the world, but it is the most effective way of detecting bowel diseases like colon cancer.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FiFbBk1V4dpUgjJ_EtkCF2TN0W_6?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"colonoscopy-s1-what-is-colonoscopy-illustration.jpg\" width=\"589\" height=\"589\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photo_Internet\"><\/span>Photo: Internet<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>On August 31, Dr.\u00a0Feng Zhuo\u00a0became his own patient, inserting the colonoscope into his anus and guiding it through his colon for 15 minutes, just to see how it feels. Feng is\u00a0not as crazy as you might think, he just wanted to experience a colonoscopy so he could\u00a0improve his surgical skills in order to make the procedure more comfortable for his patients.<\/p>\n<h5><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Photo_Oddity_Central\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FrPYoKZ8NctaVRl05Kl1BoDiArNi?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"Oddity Central.jpg\" width=\"750\" height=\"378\" title=\"\">Photo: Oddity Central<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h5>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Following the unusual intervention, Zhuo posted detailed notes about the experience on his WeChat profile, emphasizing that doctors must perform colonoscopies very gently in order to avoid causing excruciating pain, and also recommending\u00a0the use of better tasting laxatives. He said that he made the decision to undergo the procedure after careful consideration, ultimately deciding that the well-being of his patients was worth the risk.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/Fn8MP1_dyIEQsOPiBiwLoKGdx4t1?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"Notey.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"356\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.hiredchina.com\/FlXXlKXBxtykYAuKbjvAxKMwIbVH?imageView2\/0\/format\/webp\/q\/75\" alt=\"GIC.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"543.2937181663837\" title=\"\">.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In order to better understand what his patients go through, Dr. Feng Zhuo, a deputy director of the Proctology Department at a Shanghai hospital, recently performed a 15-minute colonoscopy on &#8230;","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[60,464,306,29],"class_list":["post-788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-china","tag-doctor-performs15-minute-colonoscopy-on-himself","tag-hiredchina","tag-jobs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=788"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8796,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788\/revisions\/8796"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}