Best Doctors for Endoscopy Treatment in Vavilalapally, Karimnagar

Endoscopy is a diagnostic procedure that aims at examining the structures inside the body using an endoscope with a lighted camera fitted at the end and is performed by a gastroenterologist. Endoscopy is indicated to diagnose diseases such as gastrointestinal diseases, swallowing disorders, laryngitis, brain tumors, lung diseases and infections, urinary tract infections, kidney stones, colon polyps, colon cancer, fertility complaints, abnormal uterine bleeding and endometriosis. During endoscopy, a gastroenterologist also does treatments like sealing wounds, injecting medicine, draining fluid, stopping internal bleeding, removing damaged tissue or tumors, performing surgeries, placing stents to open a blocked organ and fixing blockages or widening organs that are too narrow. Before an endoscopy, the patient has to get their pretests done, providing a complete medical history to the doctor and the preparation for the procedure includes fasting, cleansing the bowels, also stopping certain medications like blood thinners and aspirin and stopping smoking and usage of tobacco products before the procedure.