How to prepare for gastric gastroscopy

Gastroscopy is a stomach examination, in which a flexible probe with a camera at the end is introduced through the esophagus into the organ under study. The image of the inner walls of the esophagus and the stomach is transmitted to the monitor facing the doctor. Gastroscopy is made through the mouth or through the nose, but to both types of surveys it is necessary to prepare equally.

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How to prepare for gastroscopy of the stomach - mode and diet

The procedure must begin to prepare in two days. At this time, it is excluded from the diet:

• smoked;
• spicy dishes;
• chocolate and coffee;
• seeds and nuts;
• alcoholic and carbonated drinks.

The last meal before gastroscopy should be for 16-18 hours. If the procedure is assigned at 10 am, you can dine at 18-19 hours. For dinner it is allowed to eat a portion of fresh green lettuce with boiled chicken breast or steam cutlets. Putting down dishes recommended by fastening tea. Instead of lettuce, it is allowed to use a strained buckwheat porridge, potato mashed potatoes without milk, low-fat cottage cheese without sugar or vegetable soup.

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How to prepare for gastric gastroscopy on research day

Gastroscopy Doctor appoints only for the first half of the day. This is due to some restrictions in food and receiving medicines.

• In the morning, on the day of research, food and drinks are prohibited at all. An exception can be 100-150 ml of ordinary water, but it can be served in 2 or 3 hours before the procedure.
• If the patient takes any tablets or capsules, then the morning reception he will have to skip.
• Before making gastroscopy is not allowed to smoke.

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How to prepare for gastroscopy 30 minutes before it

This procedure is quite unpleasant and many patients fear it. It is not worth doing this, but you just need to completely trust the doctor. For half an hour before the introduction of the probe in the stomach, the patient usually make premeditated by any sedative preparation. The injection is done subcutaneously and it is aimed at ensuring that the patient is psychologically calmed down. 2-3 minutes before the procedure, the root of the language is processed by an aerosol containing lidocaine or other detailed substance. Lidocaine has an anesthetic and freezing property, so gastroscopy passes easily.

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How to prepare for gastroscopy - a few more recommendations

The procedure is carried out lying on the side on a high couch. The doctor will surely ask the patient to relax as much as possible. In order for relaxation to be complete, you should not wear too close clothes. With gastroscopy, it is not recommended that the throat was pulled by a tight collar of a shirt or sweater. It is also necessary to weaken the belt on the trousers, and the skirt is generally unzipped.

In good private clinics, a couch for gastroscopy is covered with disposable sheets and patients offer to wear hospital boots. If the procedure is carried out in a conventional district polyclinic, then the patient must be brought with him a domestic sheet and buy booties alone.

If the patient has previously passed the gastroscopy procedure, then it should be taken with it a detailed description or a disk that was issued to him. The doctor may need to compare the results of the study to put the correct diagnosis.

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What to do after making gastroscopy

At the end of the procedure, you should not immediately run on your affairs. It is necessary to sit quietly minutes. You can eat after gastroscopy after 40 minutes, but very light dishes. Dietary mode of power should be observed throughout the day. The next day it is allowed to return to its usual power mode.

For those who are very afraid of making a stomach survey procedure, some clinics offer the introduction of a probe under a slight medical sleep. Preparation for this survey occurs in the same way as described above.