How to determine whether you need to have a gastroscopy: If you have symptoms of upper gastrointestinal diseases, such as epigastric pain, bloating, belching, nausea and vomiting, acid reflux, heartburn, anorexia, poor gastric motility, indigestion, hiccupping, bad breath, black stool, etc., you must pass gastroscopy.
Gastroscopy is the clearest and most direct means of examination through intubation, examination of the esophagus, stomach and duodenum. Most diseases of the upper gastrointestinal tract can be diagnosed by gastroscopy and pathological examination, such as inflammation of the upper gastrointestinal tract, ulcers, polyps, and tumors.
According to the results of gastroscopy, the next diagnosis and treatment plan is determined. The high incidence of stomach cancer in our country may be related to usual dietary Xi, such as smoking and drinking, spicy and stimulating food.
It is generally recommended that people over the age of 40 can do a routine gastroscopy to improve the detection rate of early gastric cancer, and if you have a family history of digestive tract, you also need to do a routine gastroscopy.
There are also some patients who are not suitable for gastroscopy
1. Patients with serious cardiopulmonary diseases cannot withstand gastroscopy at all2. Low blood pressure;3. If there is a serious infection in the lungs, such as the old patients with chronic branches, they can't catch their breath, and it is very difficult to do gastroscopy4. Patients with hematologic diseases, because of more or less friction during gastroscopy, it is easy to cause bleeding. 5. If you have cardiovascular diseases or cardiopulmonary diseases, you can't do gastroscopy. We need to recognize our specific situation and choose the right examination to protect our healthList of high-quality authors