As we all know, the development of gastroscopic examination and treatment technology has provided powerful tools for the diagnosis and treatment of stomach and large intestine diseases, but the diagnosis and treatment of small intestine diseases, which is the blind area of gastroscopy, is still a difficult problem for gastroenterologists around the world. With the progress of science and technology, the introduction of capsule endoscopy in recent years has provided people with new means of small intestine disease examination.
In order to improve the medical level of the Department of Gastroenterology of Luohe Central Hospital and meet the growing health needs of the city and the south of Henan, with the strong support of the hospital leadership, Luohe Central Hospital spent a large amount of money for the Department of Gastroenterology purchased the world’s most advanced capsule endoscopy diagnostic system.
Unlike gastroscopy and colonoscopy, as the name suggests, capsule endoscopy only requires the patient to swallow the smart capsule like taking medicine. With the gastrointestinal movement, the capsule runs along the stomach, duodenum, jejunum and ileum, colon and rectum in turn, and at the same time, continuous camera is taken of the passing digestive tube and the images are transmitted to the recorder carried outside the body for storage. At the same time and after the examination, the doctor can analyze the real-time images or the images recorded by the recorder through the imaging workstation to understand the whole digestive tract of the patient and thus make a diagnosis of the condition. The capsule endoscope works for 6 to 8 hours and is usually excreted in the feces after 8 to 72 hours of swallowing.
Developed to achieve good complementarity with gastroscopy and colonoscopy, capsule endoscopy is currently used mainly to examine small intestinal lesions.
Specifically, such as: unexplained gastrointestinal bleeding and iron deficiency anemia; suspected Crohn’s disease; suspected small intestinal tumors; monitoring the development of small intestinal polyp syndrome; suspected or uncontrollable malabsorption syndrome (such as celiac disease); detection of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug-related ectopic damage to the small intestinal mucosa; clinical need to exclude small intestinal diseases, etc., are all indications for capsule endoscopy.
In conclusion, capsule endoscopy is becoming more and more popular among patients because of its clear image, safety and hygiene, comfort and ease of operation, and the ability to achieve early diagnosis of gastrointestinal diseases.