Z: Doctor, I need a H. pylori test! Doctor: Why do you want to check ah? Z: I have an old stomach problem, and I’ve been uncomfortable, so I want to see if there’s a problem. Doctor: Yes, but have you had a gastroscopy? Z: If you check the bacteria, you don’t have to do a gastroscopy? Doctor: No, who told you that? Little Z: They said so Doctor:. Today, let’s talk about this thing: Is it true that if you check the bacteria, you don’t have to do a gastroscopy? “They are not right~~ Gastroscopy, what is the use? Gastroscopy is the doctor’s third eye, drilling into the stomach to see your stomach: what is more, what is less, so, gastroscopy is mainly to see the stomach looks good, such as color: red, white, pink, black, if you want to see whether the stomach ulcers, tumors, polyps, erosion, gastroscopy, is the best choice, because, it can not only tell you whether there is, but also can tell you how long Of course, in addition to the stomach, gastroscopy can also look at the throat, esophagus and the front part of the duodenum, in short, to know how the stomach grows, gastroscopy is the In short, to know how the stomach looks, gastroscopy is the best choice, and you can “see the picture and talk about the stomach” together. What is the H. pylori test, but not the stomach? What’s the point of looking for bacteria? H. pylori grows mainly in the stomach and can cause a number of stomach problems: gastritis, ulcers, gastric cancer, MALT lymphoma, indigestion, so it can be used for the following purposes: 1) to predict whether you are likely to get stomach problems; 2) to predict how high your risk of stomach cancer is; 3) to predict the reason why your stomach is not always cured; 4) to tell whether there is H. pylori in your body; so it s role, mainly – speculation, what exactly is the problem, still need gastroscopy or other tests to clarify, whether to sterilize or not, still need to be determined according to the actual situation of the patient, whether it is the cause of the disease or not, still need to see the effect of the patient after sterilization to determine. In short, to know whether you may have gastric disease, whether there is H. pylori, you can first check a bacteria to see, but this can not tell you exactly what disease you have. Is it possible to just have a gastroscopy without checking for bacteria? In the end, which one should I choose? Gastroscopy and bacteria, both have each other can not do things, gastroscopy can tell you what the stomach looks like, but can only speculate whether you have H. pylori, bacteria can tell you whether you have bacteria, but can only speculate whether you have the possibility of gastric disease, we, different, so, to know their stomach is good or not, gastroscopy and bacteria, both can not be missing, if you really do not want to do gastroscopy, it should be noted that: 1.Age > 35 years old 2.Symptoms of alarm (dark stools, getting thinner…) 3, family history of stomach cancer 4, living in a place with high incidence of stomach cancer The above 4 cases, gastroscopy must still be indispensable! In short, in order to have a thorough investigation, none of them should be missing, and if you are really afraid of gastroscopy, there is painless gastroscopy available. To sum up: 1, to know whether there is something long inside the stomach, gastroscopy is the best; 2, to know whether there is Helicobacter pylori, check the bacteria is the best; 3, to fully understand their stomach, no one can be missing.