Compared with ordinary gastroscopy, it means that before doing gastroscopy or microscopic treatment, the doctor will first administer anesthesia to the patient, which is actually a rapid sedative input through the upper limb veins, so that the patient will soon fall asleep and then perform gastroscopic operation, which can reduce the examination or treatment time and also eliminate the patient’s pain, and achieve the purpose of painless treatment.
Matters that should be noted before and after painless gastroscopy
1. Avoid smoking the day before the examination to avoid affecting the examination due to coughing;
2, minors should be accompanied by their immediate family members, denture wearers should remove their dentures before the operation;
3.Fast food and water for 8 hours before the examination;
4, inform the doctor of your past medical history and drug allergy history;
5, 2 hours after the examination before eating, water;
6. Do not drive motor vehicles, operate machinery or engage in overhead work within 8 hours after the examination to prevent accidents.
7. It is best not to do work requiring actuarial and logical analysis within 8 hours after the examination.
Four advantages of painless gastroscopy
Painless: Patients have no discomfort during the examination and treatment, which is especially suitable for patients with mental tension, those who are afraid of gastroscopy, those with mild cardiopulmonary insufficiency and the elderly, and painless gastroscopy and painless colonoscopy are ideal for such people;
Less invasive: Under painless electronic gastroscopy, a number of minimally invasive treatments can be performed for gastrointestinal bleeding, polyps and ulcer stenosis, saving patients from the pain of surgical incision;
Short time: excluding the preparation time before the examination, it can be completed within minutes from the beginning of the examination;
More accurate: electronic gastroscopy has the advantage that other examination means can not replace the current comparison, especially some small lesions and even mucosal layer lesions, can be clearly diagnosed. And it has the function of magnification, which further increases the accuracy of diagnosis.
Indications for painless gastroscopy and colonoscopy
1.Recurrent abdominal pain, bloating, abdominal discomfort;
2, Gastrointestinal bleeding (black stool or vomiting blood);
3, there are obvious symptoms of indigestion, such as anorexia, acid reflux, belching, nausea, vomiting, heartburn, etc.;
4, unexplained loss of appetite and weight loss;
5, unfavorable swallowing or obstructive feeling in eating, abdominal mass;
6.Unexplained anemia, dizziness, weakness, and panic;
7. Pain behind the sternum that cannot be explained by cardiopulmonary disease;
8, foreign body swallowed into the esophagus or stomach and gastric stones need to be removed;
9, diarrhea, abdominal pain, constipation, blood in the stool, the feeling of urgency and heaviness in the stool, etc;
10.Endoscopic resection of gastrointestinal polyps (stomach and intestine), and expansion of gastrointestinal stenosis;
11, family history of gastrointestinal tumors and polyps; elevated CEA;
12.Patients who still have gastrointestinal symptoms after resection of esophagus, stomach, colon, rectum, etc;
13, diagnosed gastrointestinal diseases requiring follow-up review.
Contraindications of painless gastroscopy
I. Absolute contraindications
1.Severe coronary artery disease and myocardial injury with severe cardiac insufficiency.
2. Esophageal stenosis or cardia obstruction.
3.Aortic aneurysm.
4.Hemorrhagic shock.
5.Acute pharyngitis and tonsillitis.
6.Pneumonia or other infections with hyperthermia.
7, Asthmatic dyspnea.
8.Severe pulmonary dysfunction.
9.Extreme physical weakness.
10.Patients who are uncooperative or mentally abnormal.
II. Relative contraindications
Acute or chronic disease acute attack, can be recovered after treatment, such as acute tonsillitis, pharyngitis, esophagitis, bronchial asthma attack, etc.