Barium meal examination of the stomach has a certain degree of accuracy, but also has its limitations, should be based on the actual situation, if necessary, gastroscopy can be carried out.
Barium meal examination mainly shows the presence or absence of lesions in the digestive tract under X-ray by contrast agent, which can roughly observe the esophagus, local intragastric lesions, such as gastric ulcers, duodenal ulcers, as well as tumors and foreign bodies, and its diagnosis has a certain degree of accuracy. However, it has certain limitations for subtle intragastric lesions and gastrointestinal bleeding.
Clinical should be based on the actual situation, choose the appropriate examination method, if necessary, can be carried out gastroscopy, direct observation of gastric mucosa lesions, but also on the lesion tissue biopsy to clarify the nature. The two can be combined with each other, the advantages and disadvantages complement each other, and improve the diagnosis rate.