Can gastroscopy detect stomach problems? What other diseases can be checked

Many people know about gastroscopy. It is a common medical examination in clinical practice. Gastroscopy may be used to treat many diseases. Gastroscopy will cause certain pain to patients. The rate of gastroscopy is very high. As the name suggests, gastroscopy can also detect many gastrointestinal diseases. In clinical practice, in addition to identifying diseases through obvious symptoms, the most direct and accurate way is to undergo medical examinations. Gastroscopy may cause some pain, or anesthesia may be required before the procedure. Gastroscopy is also widely used in clinical practice. In addition to gastroscopy, it can also be used to examine other diseases, such as some benign diseases.

1. Digestive system diseases

For most diseases of the digestive system, our first choice is gastroscopy, including chronic inflammation and ulcers of the esophagus or stomach, and some polyps. These are common stomach diseases. Of course, we can see them under gastroscopy, especially those with gastric polyps, which are also benign diseases. However, if the base of the polyp is wider, larger than two centimeters, the chance of cancer will be greater. Therefore, we still recommend that he undergo surgery to remove it.

2. Benign diseases

Then there are some benign diseases, such as adenoma, which we can also remove under gastroscopy to reduce the chance of disease. Of course, in the case of gastric cancer, especially ulcerative gastric cancer or diffuse gastric cancer, the tumor tissue can be seen under gastroscopy. By taking the tumor tissue and seeing the extent of the disease, this is also one of the most important methods for diagnosing gastric diseases.

3. Others

Endoscopic examination is an important means of clinically diagnosing upper gastrointestinal diseases. With the development of modern medicine, painless gastroscopy technology is more and more widely used in clinical practice. It has the following characteristics: it combines observation, diagnosis and treatment functions in one, can directly detect esophageal and gastric mucosal lesions, and can treat them simultaneously. It can clearly examine the lesions in the stomach and effectively avoid misdiagnosis, missed diagnosis, etc.