ENDOSCOPY: WHAT IS IT FOR, HOW TO PREPARE AND POSSIBLE RISKS - DIAGNOSTIC EXAMS

How Endoscopy is done and what preparation is needed



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Upper endoscopy is an examination in which a thin tube, called an endoscope, is inserted through the mouth into the stomach to allow observation of the walls of organs such as the esophagus, the stomach, and the beginning of the intestine. Thus, it is a test used to try to identify a cause for some abdominal discomfort that lasts a long time, with symptoms such as pain, nausea, vomiting, burning, reflux or difficulty swallowing, for example