Precautions before gastrointestinal endoscopy:
1, fast.
Fasting before gastrointestinal endoscopy is very important. Generally speaking, doctors will ask patients to fast for more than six hours before gastrointestinal endoscopy, and the water ban time should be more than four hours. In other words, you can't drink water or eat anything on the morning of gastrointestinal endoscopy.
Moreover, you should eat some digestible liquid food before 8 pm the day before the examination, and it is best not to eat anything after 8 pm, and don't drink water after 12 pm. It should be noted that if you do gastroscopy in the afternoon, breakfast should be arranged at or before 6 o'clock that day, and you should be on an empty stomach at noon, without water or food.
2. Don't smoke or drink.
Smoking will lead to an increase in gastric acid secretion, which will also have a certain impact on the test results. Therefore, it is recommended to quit smoking in time three days before gastrointestinal endoscopy. Drinking is more harmful to the body, especially for people with gastrointestinal diseases, which will lead to aggravation of the condition, so avoid drinking before doing the examination.
3. Relax your mental state.
Most people will be very worried and nervous when doing gastrointestinal endoscopy, and even can't successfully complete this examination. In fact, gastrointestinal endoscopy is not as terrible as imagined, but it will not cause discomfort during the examination, so don't worry too much. Of course, in order to reduce the tension of the subjects and slow down the speed of gastrointestinal peristalsis, painless gastroscope or appropriate sedative treatment can be chosen to facilitate the smooth progress of the examination.
4. Don't take drugs that affect blood coagulation function.
Because gastrointestinal endoscopy will cause certain irritation and damage to gastrointestinal tissues, which will lead to bleeding, it is necessary to avoid taking drugs indiscriminately before gastrointestinal endoscopy. In particular, avoid taking drugs that will affect blood coagulation function to avoid increased bleeding or bleeding.
5. Wear comfortable and loose clothes.
Don't wear some tight clothes that are not easy to put on and take off on the day of inspection, but wear comfortable and loose clothes. And before entering the examination room, remove unnecessary items such as jewelry, coins and mobile phones.