The precautions after gastroscopy are divided into ordinary gastroscopy and painless gastroscopy, as well as whether or not there is microscopic treatment during gastroscopy.
1. Ordinary gastroscopy: before doing ordinary gastroscopy, it is necessary to do local anesthesia of the larynx, and you can not eat until 2 hours after the end of the examination, so as to avoid the patient swallowing food into the trachea by mistake.
2. Treatment during the examination: If there is a biopsy in the gastroscopy process, there will be a small local wound in the stomach, and the gastrointestinal mucosa of the patient is damaged after the gastroscopy, so it is necessary to focus on light, easy-to-digest food, such as millet porridge, yam porridge, buckwheat porridge, as well as rice, noodle soup, egg custard and other fluids and soft foods.
If there is endoscopic treatment, according to the size of the wound, the bleeding situation, to decide the time of fasting, whether the need for fluids.
3. Painless gastroscopy: the usual precautions for painless gastroscopy are basically the same as those for normal gastroscopy, and it should be noted that because painless gastroscopy is a general intravenous anesthesia, the patient needs to be fully awake after the examination, accompanied by family members, and the day of the operation, avoid driving, climbing heights and other strenuous activities. Eating needs to wait for 6 hours after the gastroscopy. Eating requirements are the same as ordinary gastroscopy.
After gastroscopy, patients need to rest properly, follow the medication, pay attention to observe the stool and other conditions, such as lower abdominal pain or black stool, go to the hospital in time to avoid adverse consequences.