NFZ gastroscopy
Date Reservation: Required
Referral: Required
Age range: Depends on the doctor - please check the doctor's business card for details
Waiting time for the result: Result available immediately after the test. Result of any histopathological analysis up to 21 working days.
Important
Minors report for the examination with a parent or legal guardian. It is important that a doctor qualifies for the test after taking a history and providing the necessary information about the test.
Preparation
- You should remain fasting for 8 hours before the test.
- 4 hours before the test, do not drink water.
- No gum chewing is allowed during the 2 hours before the test.
- Smoking on the day of the test is discouraged.
- Avoid taking medications before the examination, as they dissolve making it difficult to accurately assess the mucosa. Exceptions are absolutely indicated medications, which the patient cannot stop taking.
- Do not perform the test during antibiotic treatment. After its completion, wait a minimum of 5 days.
- During the examination, pain-relieving and sedative medications may be administered. It is necessary to come with a companion to ensure a safe return home. For 12 hours after the administration of medication, the patient must not drive.
- The doctor may determine the need to take sections for further histopathological and possibly immunohistochemical analysis.
If the test will be performed under general anesthesia with an anesthesiologist:
- Requests for examination under general anesthesia with an anesthesiologist must be made at the time of enrollment!
- A few days before the test, a personal appointment for an anesthesiology consultation is required.
- Do not eat 8 hours before the test.
- Refrain from drinking and chewing gum for 4 hours before the test.
- On the day of the test, it is recommended to refrain from smoking.
- You should not take medications before the test, as dissolved pills make it difficult to accurately assess the mucosa, or alternatively, you can only take solid medications, which are absolutely indicated.
- The test should not be performed during antibiotic therapy - antibiotics can interfere with the image of the test, the patient can perform the test at least 5 days after stopping antibiotics
- Prior to the examination under anesthesia, it is not necessary to remove nail polish from the nails or remove hybrid/gel nails.
- The patient should report for the examination about 30 minutes before the scheduled examination time. Before the examination, a questionnaire about the patient's health is filled out and the anesthesiologist decides whether anesthesia can be administered.
- After the examination, the patient remains at CM Luxmed for about an hour.
- The administration of anesthesia involves coming to the facility with an attendant who will be waiting for the patient immediately after the test.
- You should also have adult supervision at home until the next morning.
- For 24 hours after anesthesia, you cannot drive motor vehicles.
Description of the study
Gastroscopy involves a detailed examination of the upper gastrointestinal tract, including the esophagus, stomach and the initial section of the duodenum, using a flexible camera endoscope through the mouth. During the examination, local anesthesia is applied to the throat using a spray of lignocaine. It is a diagnostic technique that is safe and painless, the examination does not take long from a few to several minutes and is not very burdensome for the patient. During the examination, it is possible to collect material for histopathological evaluation and assessment of the presence of Helicobacter pylori bacteria, i.e. urease test. During the collection, the patient does not feel any discomfort.
Indications
- Symptoms of dyspepsia (abdominal pain, bloating, heartburn, etc.),
- Suspected gastric or duodenal ulcers,
- Suspected cancer,
- Swallowing problems,
- Suspected gastrointestinal bleeding,
- Suspected drug-induced damage to the mucosa of the upper gastrointestinal tract,
- For the control of advanced diseases such as gastric ulcers, duodenal ulcers, esophageal varices.
Contraindications
- Antibiotic treatment (wait 5 days after the end of treatment),
- Recent history of heart attack,
- Acute coronary insufficiency or respiratory and circulatory failure, severe cardiac arrhythmias,
- Symptoms of "acute abdomen",
- Aortic Aneurysm,
- Postoperative period shortly after abdominal surgery.
