You should have a colonoscopy every 10 years starting at age 50. Alternatively, you may get a flexible sigmoidoscopy every five years, a double-contrast barium enema every five years or a CT colonography (virtual colonoscopy) every five years. However, a colonoscopy will be needed if any of those results are positive.
Jena Pincott explains that even after a mother gives birth, her babyâs cells remain inside her body â and work tiny wonders. In an excerpt from her book Do Chocolate Lovers Have Sweeter Babies?, Pincott explains that pregnancy is really only the beginning for mother and baby cell-sharing.
Hereâs why: During pregnancy, a womanâs immune system adjusts to avoid attacking the baby, and experts think this lower immune activity can reduce the inflammation that causes nerve damage. After childbirth, some of your babyâs cells remain in your body and may keep immune-system activity â and MS risk â down.