Dietary precautions after gastroscopy and colonoscopy need to be based on the contents of the examination, and the specific should follow the doctor’s advice.
1. Gastroscopy: If gastroscopy does not take pathological specimens for biopsy or other treatments, it is necessary to abstain from food and drink for one hour after the examination, and after two hours, you can eat semi-liquid diet such as rice porridge, and then return to normal diet on the next day.
If biopsy is performed, 2 hours after the examination, light liquid food can be eaten, and normal diet can be resumed the next day. If it is painless gastroscopy, i.e. gastroscopy under intravenous anesthesia, it is necessary to eat normally 2 hours after the examination, and it is necessary to wait for the metabolism of anesthesia to be carried out, so as to avoid choking and coughing.
2. Enteroscopy: If the examination is simple enteroscopy, after the examination, if the patient has no abdominal pain and other symptoms after defecation, he can eat a light diet.
If biopsy or painless colonoscopy is performed, the dietary precautions are the same as those for gastroscopy.
In conclusion, after the gastroenteroscopy should follow the doctor’s instructions, pay attention to dietary care. If symptoms such as abdominal distension and heartburn persist after the examination, it is necessary to go to the hospital for examination in time.