Painless gastroscopy needs to bring toilet paper in order to wipe the saliva and sputum secreted by the patient’s mouth, as well as wipe the patient’s vomit; painless colonoscopy needs to bring toilet paper to wipe the perianal secretions and feces.
Painless gastroscopy requires patients to lie on their sides, in this position, the patient’s mouth will be open for a long time will lead to a lot of saliva secretion but can not be swallowed, and thus saliva out of the mouth, at this time it is necessary to take a tissue paper to wipe, so as not to dirty the bed sheets and the patient’s own clothes.
In addition, although painless gastroscopy will be given in the throat anesthetic drugs, such as lidocaine, etc., but when the gastroscope through the pharynx will still stimulate the throat, some patients will still have secretion, then you need to take a tissue to wipe the vomit.
When doing colonoscopy, there may be secretions and feces around the anus or brought out by the colonoscope, which also need to be wiped with tissue.