How to check out gastrointestinal dysfunction

Gastrointestinal dysfunction generally refers to functional gastrointestinal diseases, including functional dyspepsia, irritable bowel syndrome, functional constipation and other types, which are considered to be related to mental disorders, gastrointestinal tract infections, family genetics and other factors. Functional gastrointestinal diseases can be detected by physical examination, laboratory examination, imaging examination, etc. Details are as follows: 1. Physical examination The doctor can carry out physical examination on the examinee. Through abdominal inspection, percussion, palpation and auscultation, it is clear whether there is abdominal mass, explore the size and position of the mass, judge whether there are abdominal tenderness, rebound pain and other symptoms, can hear mobile dullness, judge whether there is ascites, understand gastrointestinal function, and rule out obvious organic diseases. 2. Laboratory examination The examinee can do blood routine examination to determine whether there is anemia or infection according to the red blood cell, hemoglobin and white blood cell count. The examinee can also do stool routine examination and occult blood test to determine whether there is parasite infection in the intestinal tract and gastrointestinal bleeding. The subject can also do carbon 13 breath test, clear whether there is helicobacter pylori infection. 3, imaging examination The subject can do barium enema imaging, to determine whether there are gastrointestinal mucosal lesions. The subject can also do gastroscopy, gastroscopy through the mouth or anus to observe the esophagus, stomach, duodenal mucosa, can directly diagnose gastrointestinal lesions. In addition to the above common examinations, gastrointestinal dysfunction can also be diagnosed by rectal electromyography, colonic pressure monitoring, defecography, etc. Functional gastrointestinal disease is a benign process, through improving living habits, active intervention treatment, can obtain a good prognosis, do not worry too much.