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Precautions After Health Screening
After Your Endoscopy: Important Information
Stomach discomfort may happen from air used during the test. A warm compress on your stomach can help. For your first meal, eat soft, easy-to-digest foods.
- The sedative may cause dizziness, nausea, vomiting, or coughing.
- Do not drive or do any activities needing focus or safety for the rest of the day after a sedative endoscopy.
- The scan usually takes 20 minutes to over an hour.
After Upper GI Endoscopy:
- Throat discomfort and pain, Blood-tinged saliva or phlegm
- These symptoms should go away with time. Gargling with lukewarm water can help ease them.
- Jaw pain
- This is usually temporary. Applying a warm compress to the painful area can help relieve it.
After Colonoscopy
- Changes in bowel movements
- This may be temporary, but monitor your symptoms. If they continue, please see a doctor.
- Bleeding and pain around the anus
- Minor bleeding may occur. Sitz baths are recommended to relieve pain.
Precautions After a tissue biopsy
- Fasting for 1 hour is required after the biopsy. For the next 2 days, avoid alcohol, coffee, cigarettes, and other irritating substances.
If you experience any of the following symptoms after the procedure, please contact us or visit the nearest emergency room.-
Vomiting · hematemesis -
Severe abdominal pain -
Difficulty breathing -
Abnormal fever -
Persistent bloody stool -
Severe sore throat
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