Upper GI Endoscopy
A thin flexible camera passed through the mouth to examine the food pipe, stomach and the first part of the small intestine.
What it involves
We use it to find the cause of heartburn, vomiting, bleeding, upper abdominal pain, difficulty swallowing or unexplained weight loss - and to treat, in the same sitting: stopping bleeding, widening narrowed segments, removing swallowed objects or polyps, and placing feeding tubes and stents.
You might be advised this if you have
- Persistent heartburn or acidity that is not settling
- Vomiting blood or passing black stools
- Difficulty or pain on swallowing
- Unexplained weight loss or anaemia
Preparing for it
Preparation is the part patients most often get wrong, and it is the part that most often causes a procedure to be repeated. Our full instructions — including bowel preparation, fasting times, which of your regular medicines to continue and which to stop — are on the preparation page. Please read it before the day.
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