Do you need anesthesia for ultrasound endoscopy?

Ultrasound endoscopy usually requires anesthesia, but the specific needs to be judged according to the patient’s own situation. Ultrasound endoscopy is usually a kind of digestive examination, mainly through the combination of ultrasound and endoscopy technology, the ultrasound probe is placed in front of the endoscope, through the oral cavity into the stomach or intestinal cavity for ultrasound scanning to observe the stomach and the surrounding organs ultrasound images, usually need to be based on the patient’s own condition and tolerance level to decide whether to need to play anesthesia. Patients should pay attention to 4-6 hours of fasting before the ultrasound endoscopy, if you have taken some drugs before the examination usually need to inform the doctor in advance, the day before the examination, try to avoid eating fried or barbecue food, so as not to affect the effect of the examination. Ultrasound endoscopy with or without anesthesia, specific need to be decided at the judgment of the patient and the doctor, can not be generalized.