What tests does a stomach physical examination include

When the patient's stomach is in trouble, it must be checked in time. When the stomach disease becomes more and more serious, a gastroscopy is needed. The gastroscopy itself is very painful. Not only will the patient feel uncomfortable in the stomach, but also in the throat. In addition, the stomach examination requires the examination of many systems, because the spleen will also be injured after the stomach is injured. So what kind of examinations are included in the stomach physical examination?

What are the stomach examinations?

1. C14 breath test

This method is used to detect Helicobacter pylori. Helicobacter pylori is one of the causes of stomach diseases. Redness, swelling, erosion, and even ulcers on the inner surface of the stomach are basically caused by this bacterium. Therefore, by finding out whether you are infected with Helicobacter pylori, you can diagnose the cause of your stomach disease and make a corresponding treatment plan.

Preparation before the examination: No special precautions.

Advantages and disadvantages: Painless, but very little information is provided. It can only understand the situation of Helicobacter pylori and has no effect on other conditions such as edema, congestion, erosion, and mottling.

2. Ultrasound examination

The principle of ultrasonic diagnosis is to use the reflection of ultrasonic pulses to determine whether there are lesions in deep tissues. It has a high diagnostic value for lesions of solid organs in the abdomen, such as the liver, gallbladder, pancreas, and spleen. It also has a certain diagnostic value for gastric cancer with obvious masses. The stomach and intestines are hollow organs and are anechoic in ultrasound reflection. Major gastrointestinal lesions, such as tumors and ulcers, are also anechoic or hypoechoic and cannot produce obvious contrast during examination. Therefore, ulcers with very small mucosal defects are difficult to detect with ultrasound, and mucosal erosions cannot be detected with ultrasound. Crucially, ultrasound examinations cannot detect early-stage gastric cancer.

Preparation before the examination: fasting examination.

Advantages and disadvantages: Painless, unable to understand the condition of bacteria in the stomach and whether cancer has occurred, insensitive to subtle symptoms.

3. Barium meal examination

The patient takes contrast agent. After a period of time, the contrast agent passes through the peristalsis of the digestive tract and fills the entire digestive tract. X-ray examination can be used to understand the morphological characteristics of various organs in the digestive tract.

Preparation before the examination: fasting examination.

Advantages and disadvantages: Slight discomfort, you can get detailed information about the signs of various organs in the digestive tract.