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.
As a result, white blood cells (aka immune cells) lose some of their capability to fight off your bodyâs enemies, making you more susceptible to illnesses and infections while pregnant. With the threat of H1N1 swine flu so present among us, we need those white blood cells be able to carry out their important work.