When doing a gastroscopy, why do you need to do a biopsy?

The main purpose of biopsy is to clarify the pathological classification of tissues, further clarify the diagnosis of diseases, and distinguish benign malignant tumors.

If the gastroscopy is normal, a biopsy is not required, and if there is an erosion or ulcer, a biopsy is routinely required.

Gastroscopy is the fastest way to examine the artificial stomach, duodenum and other organs, but not all of them can be detected, and doctors who cannot detect them with gastroscopy must do a biopsy.

Nowadays, there are more and more stomach diseases, and the types of stomach diseases are endless, most people have suffered from gastritis, which is the most common stomach disease now, mainly caused by not paying attention to their own life regularity at ordinary times, after all, everyone's life competition is relatively strong now, many people do not have time to pay attention to their diet and matching, so when suffering from this disease, you should go for a gastroscopic biopsy, In this way, you can determine the cause of your disease.

Objective To study the nature of fundus bulge lesions and to provide a basis for the selection of clinical methods. Methods In the case of gastric fundic bulge lesions found by conventional gastroscopy, biopsy and endoscopic ultrasound were performed at the same time, and the diagnostic results of patients undergoing endoscopic ultrasound were carefully compared with the histopathological results of biopsy to guide clinical **.

Biopsy refers to biopsy, which is to remove part of the tissue from the body through an instrument for pathological examination, which can be taken through endoscopy or puncture. The biopsy material can be used to diagnose and exclude the diagnosis of the disease through pathological examination, and whether a biopsy is necessary is comprehensively judged according to the medical history.

1) Gastric juice analysis: Gastric juice analysis is one of the oldest and most commonly used methods for diagnosing gastric diseases. It refers to the removal of gastric juice for measurement and examination of relevant indicators (such as gastric acid) to determine whether the gastric juice is normal.

It mainly consists of three parts, namely general trait examination, chemical examination and microscopic examination. Gastric juice analysis can not only reflect whether a person's gastric acid secretion is normal, but also has certain significance for the diagnosis of gastric ulcers, duodenal ulcers, and even gastric cancer.

2) X-ray barium swallow examination: X-ray barium swallow examination, also known as X-ray barium swallow imaging, refers to the patient's oral administration of barium sulfate filler, which can clearly show the contours of the stomach during X-ray fluoroscopy. Barium x-rays can diagnose a variety of conditions, including gastric and duodenal ulcers, gastric perforation, gastric bleeding, and pyloric obstruction.

In addition, in the past decade, there has been great progress in the dual imaging of barium swallow on the digestive tract.

This gastroscopic biopsy method is divided into two kinds, it is now the oldest and most commonly used method of diagnosing gastric diseases, especially the analysis of the patient's gastric juice, if the liquid in the stomach has shown an abnormal situation, then it means that the patient's stomach has some symptoms, and even for diseases such as gastric cancer, it has a very good diagnostic effect, which can be well diagnosed.

It is important not to eat, to empty the stomach and intestines, to drink water before the examination, and to maintain your mental state, which are all issues that need attention.

Be sure to pay attention to your physical condition, and try to go for a gastroscopy on an empty stomach, otherwise you will feel very nauseous and you will not be able to detect anything.