Things to note after gastroscopy

Maybe everyone has encountered the examination method of gastroscopy in life, so we should know the precautions of gastroscopy in life so that we can stay away from the influence of some diseases. In fact, we generally cannot eat fried and spicy foods after doing gastroscopy, and you cannot drink water or eat immediately after doing gastroscopy, so as not to affect the health of the throat.

Gastroscopy is a kind of examination method that is helpful to our physical health. As long as we follow the doctor's advice in our life, we will generally not be affected by some diseases. Now let us learn about the things we should pay attention to after doing gastroscopy.

The general rule is to fast for four hours and eat for six hours. However, people with stomach problems may have weaker emptying ability than normal people, so this is what I suggest:

1. If the examination is done in the morning, then you should eat easily digestible food before 8 pm the day before the examination, and then you should not eat anything. You can drink some water, but you should not drink anything after 12 pm.

2. If the examination is done in the afternoon, breakfast should be taken at 6 o'clock, and you should eat easily digestible food, and you should not continue eating after that.

As for whether it is uncomfortable to do a gastroscopy, it is indeed related to the doctor's proficiency and skills, but it is more because the person doing the examination is too nervous and tends to feel particularly uncomfortable. Therefore, it is most important to have a positive mentality. A normal gastroscopy examination can usually be completed within 3-5 minutes, and the time to detect lesions will be correspondingly prolonged.

After gastroscopy, you should eat liquid food within three days, avoid hard, indigestible food, and avoid spicy, greasy, raw or cold food. About one hour after the gastroscopy, the effect of the anesthetic has not completely subsided. At this time, you cannot eat or drink water to avoid the swallowing function of the throat not fully recovering, choking, or even aspiration pneumonia.

Since the throat wall and gastric mucosa may be traumatized during the examination, it is advisable to eat some soft liquid or semi-liquid food, such as milk, porridge, etc. after the examination. Be careful not to eat too hot food, just warm food is fine, so as not to aggravate the damage to the mucosa. In order to help repair the gastric mucosa damaged during the examination, you can eat some stomach-nourishing foods, such as millet porridge, but be sure to avoid spicy, stimulating, fried and rough foods.

After doing gastroscopy in our life, we should pay attention to our diet. Generally, we should not eat within six hours after gastroscopy to allow the throat to be fully relaxed. After the gastroscopy, it is best not to eat hard food in your life. Try to eat more easily digestible food, drink plenty of water, and avoid spicy food.