First, why do you want to do a gastroscope?
The main purpose of gastroscopy is to find the root of the disease, understand the situation of digestive tract diseases more objectively and concretely, and then make a more accurate judgment. Of course, gastroscopy has another purpose, that is, besides definite diagnosis, it can also guide treatment and carry out some treatments other than examination. For example, various interventional treatments are performed through gastroscope, including polypectomy and ligation. When patients can't be diagnosed and treated by noninvasive examination, they need gastroscopy and treatment.
Second, is it harmful to do gastroscopy?
As an invasive operation, gastroscope will certainly cause some injuries to the mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach and duodenum, leading to mucosal injury, perforation, bleeding and other related complications. However, we must clearly know that complications and injuries caused by gastroscope are very rare and almost hard to see. Therefore, if you are worried about the harm caused by gastroscope, don't worry too much, because the harm of gastroscope is very few.
Third, do ordinary people need a gastroscope?
Gastroscopy is not just what patients need. In order to prevent digestive tract related tumors, it is also suggested that ordinary people with high risk factors do gastroscopy for physical examination, so as to effectively find digestive tract tumors early. Generally speaking, for patients with family history of digestive tract tumors, ulcers, polyps and recurrent symptoms of digestive tract, as well as the elderly, it is generally recommended to have a gastroscopy every one to two years.
Gastroscope is an important means to find diseases of esophagus, stomach and duodenum, and it is also a recommended examination item for health examination at present. So what should we pay attention to when doing gastroscopy, and how harmful is it?
In fact, doing gastroscopy is not too harmful to the human body, but the process of doing gastroscopy will make people a little uncomfortable. After all, a finger-sized gastroscope will pass through the mouth, through the pharynx, and then into the esophagus and stomach. This kind of mechanical stimulation can make people feel strong nausea, but before gastroscopy, the patient will be anesthetized, which can greatly reduce the discomfort.