Can I get a gastroenteroscopy if I’m pregnant?

Gastroenteroscopies can be done in pregnancy, but general anesthesia gastroenteroscopies are generally not allowed. Gastroenteroscopy is a tube inserted into a person’s digestive tract for examination, and pregnancy is not a contraindication, so pregnant women can have it done. Although pregnant women can do it, painless gastroenteroscopy usually requires intravenous general anesthesia, which may affect the fetus, so pregnant women must tell the doctor that they are pregnant, and the doctor can decide whether or not to do the test according to the situation. If it is just for physical examination, then try to minimize such invasive examination during pregnancy to avoid causing miscarriage. If any abnormality occurs during pregnancy, you should go to the hospital in time for examination and treatment under the guidance of the doctor.