#头条创作挑战赛#
If you have an upset stomach, it must be because of a disease in the stomach, or some drugs that irritate the stomach, or it may be a sign of some serious diseases, so when you have an upset stomach, you must seek medical attention as soon as possible, and you must not take it lightly. To check the stomach, you can start with the following items:
Helicobacter pylori detection:
This most common gastric examination method is suitable for patients with bad breath, nausea, gastric acid reflux and heartburn, and can assist in the diagnosis of chronic gastritis, gastric ulcer, duodenal ulcer, gastric cancer and other diseases. This method is checked by breath test, which is not only non-invasive, painless, and accurate, but also relatively fast. If you don't want to go to the hospital, you can also buy your own test strips for testing.
Gastroscopy:
If there is stomach pain, anorexia, black stool, etc., gastroscopy can intuitively reflect the lesions of the esophagus, stomach and duodenum, and has a high diagnostic value for gastritis, gastric ulcer, gastric polyps, gastric cancer, etc. Nowadays, medical technology is developing rapidly, and it is possible to take biopsies for pathological examination while observing mucosal lesions.
Traditional gastroscopy can be more painful, so more people will choose painless gastroscopy. That is, on the basis of gastroscopy, the technique of general anesthesia is adopted. Generally, gastroscopy requires 6 hours of fasting, and painless gastroscopy requires a longer period of fasting.
Tips: Quit smoking and alcohol before gastroscopy.
upper GI contrast (barium swallow):
Patients who cannot tolerate gastroscopy may have an option for upper GI angiography. This method is less painful, more convenient, and more acceptable to people.
After oral administration of barium sulfate, X-ray fluoroscopy or radiographs were used to observe the morphology, contour, movement changes and mucosal conditions of the esophagus, stomach and duodenum.
Tips: Fasting for 12 hours and water for 8 hours before upper gastrointestinal angiography. Patients may feel nauseous or constipated after the examination. So drink plenty of water after the test.
CT abdomen:
Abdominal CT examination can observe the morphological structure of the gastric wall and the tissues and organs inside and outside the gastric cavity, and can observe the situation of the adjacent organs of the stomach, which is of great value for a variety of gastric diseases such as gastritis, gastric polyps, gastric ulcers, gastric cancer, and whether there is lymph node metastasis or distant metastasis in the stomach.
Tips: Fasting 6 hours before abdominal CT examination, you can drink water.
Other investigations:
Perform a routine blood test in a timely manner to check for infections or other conditions.
The presence of gastrointestinal bleeding can be found through stool routine, fecal occult blood test, etc.
If there is significant weight loss, anemia, etc., tumor marker testing should also be considered.
Our life activities are inseparable from the hard work of the stomach, and we must take care of our body, starting with a regular diet and a healthy life.