Gastroscopy

An adult needs to prepare for the test in advance. It is necessary to limit heavy foods in the diet for 2-3 days:

pasta
bread, muffins
legumes
chocolate
smoked meats
lard
milk;
nuts;
spices;
sauces;
fatty meats and fish;
carbonated beverages;
coffee
alcohol.
It is recommended to eat foods that do not irritate the mucous membrane of the digestive tract before the procedure. Among them:

dietary chicken meat;
porridge on water (oatmeal and buckwheat);
steamed vegetables
low-fat soups
mashed potatoes;
sour cream with a low percentage of fat;
herbal teas.
Recommendations before gastroscopy in Lviv
Before the gastroscopy procedure in Lviv, you should follow the following rules.
The last meal should be at least 8-10 hours before the procedure.
If the patient has a tendency to bloating, then the day before the doctor prescribes medications that help reduce gas formation (these are simethicone preparations in capsules or drops - espumizan, bobotik, colicidal afletin).

There are medications that are strictly prohibited before the procedure (blood thinners, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, iron preparations) or may interfere with obtaining a full-fledged image (Almagel, activated black carbon). In such cases, you should consult a doctor.

Usually, diagnostics is scheduled for the first half of the day. If it is carried out in the morning, the patient is prohibited from eating any food in the morning.  It is also advisable to refrain from drinking water. In special cases, you can drink half a glass of pure still water four hours before the examination. If the procedure is planned in the afternoon (after 14:00), then a light breakfast at 8:00 will not harm the procedure (light food, tea, yogurt without cereals; coffee and sandwiches with cheese (homemade) are prohibited. You can drink liquids 3 hours before the procedure, but no more than 100 ml.

On the day of the examination, it is also forbidden to smoke, nicotine significantly increases secretory activity and this can complicate the examination and distort the informative content of the gastroscopy results. You can not brush your teeth before the procedure; it is forbidden to use chewing gum before the procedure, because hypersalivation occurs (increased saliva production), and chewing gum also provokes increased gastric juice secretion). As a result, there will be an incorrect diagnosis due to incorrect interpretation of the findings.

How is the gastroscopy procedure performed in Lviv at NOVO
Before the procedure, you should remove contact lenses (or glasses), dentures, and empty your bladder.

The procedure of gastroscopy in Lviv is not painful, perhaps a little unpleasant. It is possible to perform gastroscopy with anesthesia if the patient wishes. It lasts a few minutes, but together with all the preparatory manipulations, the time of the visit to the endoscopist is 45 minutes.

The doctor will tell the patient how to behave properly during the examination to minimize all unpleasant sensations. If during the examination it is necessary to take material for additional research, the doctor will do so. There will be no painful sensations. A biopsy (taking a pinch of mucous membrane for analysis under a microscope) is absolutely painless.

The procedure is usually performed with the use of local anesthesia of the oropharynx by irrigating the mucous membrane with a spray of 10% lidocaine solution in the absence of contraindications and allergies to this drug. This significantly reduces discomfort during endoscopy.

The patient lies down on the medical couch on the left side and focuses on his or her breathing. The endoscope does not interfere with breathing at all. During the examination, it is necessary to breathe deeply, this helps the patient to distract from the feeling of a foreign body in the oropharynx and to perform the procedure quickly and efficiently.

Gastroscopy under anesthesia (in a dream) at the NOVO Medical Center in Lviv 
Patients who know that they will not be able to adequately undergo the procedure under local anesthesia and do not want to experience any discomfort during the diagnosis choose to undergo gastroscopy under anesthesia in Lviv. The NOVO Medical Center has all the necessary equipment to monitor the patient's cardiovascular and respiratory systems during such a medication sleep. And highly qualified anesthesiologists provide gastroscopies and colonoscopies under general anesthesia.

After the procedure, the patient will have time to rest. After 20-30 minutes, you are allowed to eat and drink in small portions. After completing the description of the examination protocol, which necessarily includes several images of the main anatomical areas or detected changes, the endoscopist will explain the result in an accessible manner and provide appropriate recommendations regarding the feasibility and frequency of subsequent examinations or planning of endoscopic manipulation or surgery, if necessary.

It is forbidden to drive and drink alcoholic beverages within 24 hours after the procedure.

NOVO endoscopic equipment

The NOVO Medical Center uses a video endoscopic system from the well-known manufacturer OLYMPUS (Japan), which is the world leader in the production of such equipment.