There are many people in life who have long-term stomach upset, but they would rather buy medication than seek medical examinations!
Why is that? In fact, the answer is only two words: gastroscopy!
Casually search on the Internet, you will find that netizens share a variety of nightmare experiences after doing gastroscopy, many netizens said that ordinary gastroscopy will bring abnormal pain, the whole process of nausea and vomiting, this life will never do gastroscopy again.
It is because of these sharing that many people are full of fear of gastroscopy and choose painless gastroscopy when it is necessary to do gastroscopy. So the question is, what is a painless gastroscope, and what is the difference between it and ordinary gastroscopy?
First of all, the so-called gastroscopy is actually a gastric endoscopy, which is the most accurate and effective examination method for the upper gastrointestinal tract. Because the lesion of the upper gastrointestinal tract may be a change in the color of the mucous membrane and erosion. Since the digestive tract is a cavity state, these lesions cannot be detected by ordinary imaging examinations, while gastroscopes are not the same;
The gastroscope is through a thin, soft fiber tube, with the human mouth, esophagus transported to the stomach, its front end with a high-definition camera, can be the digestive tract mucosa for the most direct observation, subtle lesions can be found.
At the same time, when suspicious lesions are found and the nature cannot be determined, doctors will also take tissues for pathological biopsy and cell histology. Therefore, gastroscopy is the best way to diagnose peptic ulcers, inflammation and cancer.
In the process of ordinary gastroscopy, patients may indeed have various discomforts, because it is an invasive examination, such as patients may feel pain, nausea and vomiting and other uncomfortable symptoms. As for the degree of pain, since everyone's sensitivity to pain is different, it cannot be completely generalized.
The so-called painless gastroscopy is actually based on ordinary gastroscopy, first through the intravenous administration of a certain dose of short-acting anesthetics, such as propofol, fentanyl, lidocaine, etc., so that the patient into a state of anesthesia. During the examination, the patient has no pain at all, and because the ring pharyngeal muscle is more relaxed in sleep, it is more conducive to gastroscopy.
However, although painless gastroscopy is good, it is not suitable for everyone, especially the following four groups of people, and it is not suitable for painless gastroscopy:
1. Cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease
Under normal circumstances, if the patient has severe coronary heart disease, myocardial damage, myocardial infarction, or severe cardiac insufficiency, it is not recommended that the patient undergo painless gastroscopy. Because painless gastroscopy requires anesthetic cooperation, if there is a problem with heart function, injecting anesthetics may cause cardiovascular accidents or even the risk of sudden death;
2. There is inflammation
Painless gastroscopy screening is not appropriate if the patient has acute laryngitis, tonsillitis, pneumonia or other infections accompanied by symptoms of high body fever, because during gastroscopy, the examination equipment will enter the stomach with the mouth, throat and esophagus, which may cause irritation to the body tissues, leading to further development of the disease, and because the respiratory tract function is poor during inflammation, if anesthetics are injected, there may also be accidents;
3. Pregnancy
Extra attention needs to be taken during pregnancy, whether it is a drug or a disease, it may affect the fetus, and some tests may also cause harm to the fetus, such as painless gastroscopy. Because painless gastroscopy requires the cooperation of anesthetics, anesthetics may affect the state of the fetus with blood circulation after entering the blood vessels;
4. Hemorrhagic shock
Patients with suspected severe gastrointestinal bleeding or perforation of the digestive tract, or even signs of shock, can not be performed painless gastroscopy in order to avoid accidents and aggravations during painless gastroscopy.
Written in the end: the process of painless gastroscopy screening can avoid pain in patients and reduce the risk of mechanical injury, especially for people who are nervous, timid, and more sensitive to pain.
However, if you do not meet the conditions for painless gastroscopy, it is also necessary to choose other tests for the sake of good health.