Screening colonoscopy

If patient had diagnostic colonoscopy prior to age 50 can he still have a screening at age 50 regardless if it it was only ago when the diagnostic was done.

re: Screening colonoscopy

It depends. The time of the previous scope and the findings should dictate when the next one is done. If it was at age 49 and was normal, the next one should not be until 59. Polyps do not know that they cannot grow before the patient hits age 50 so a scope at 49 is ok