Can I eat before gastroscopy

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Recently, my stomach is very uncomfortable. I often wake up with pain in the middle of the night, and my stomach is always bloated. I have no appetite when I eat. I'm going to do gastroscopy. Can the patient eat before gastroscopy?

Can I eat before gastroscopy

Do gastroscopy is not allowed to eat before, should be to maintain the state of fasting examination. Because when doing gastroscope, it is necessary to extend the gastroscope into the stomach, and then magnify the image to observe the situation of the stomach. If you eat before the examination, some chyme will be formed in the stomach digestion, which will block or cover the camera, so it is difficult to observe the real situation of the stomach. So before the gastroscopy, you can't eat for at least 12 hours. After the examination, you can eat something.

What should gastroscopy pay attention to? Gastroscopy can only be done on an empty stomach, and there are rules that you can't eat within eight or ten hours, and you can't drink porridge, or it will block your sight. No water for four hours. Do not smoke before gastroscopy, because smoking will cause gastric acid production, which has an impact on gastroscopy. If the elderly do gastroscopy, do before blood pressure, ECG these processes, can't do gastroscopy at will. Gastroscope finished two hours before you can eat something, but the best is porridge, or soup these liquid food.

Usually do gastroscopy in patients with gastrointestinal diseases, in the diet to pay more attention. After finishing gastroscopy, you should first eat liquid or semi liquid light food, such as rice soup, porridge, etc., and in the process of eating, you should chew slowly to help digestion. At the same time, we can gradually increase some nutritious foods containing a lot of protein and vitamins, but we should avoid spicy, cold, greasy and other foods that stimulate the intestines, and we should not smoke and drink, and pay more attention to rest and do not do heavy work during treatment.

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At ordinary times, we should take good care of our body, pay attention to rest and exercise, and eat more healthy food.