How to check gastrointestinal function

Gastrointestinal function examination methods include doctor physical examination, laboratory examination, imaging examination, etc.

1, doctor physical examination

doctors need to make a preliminary judgment of gastrointestinal function through inspection, percussion, auscultation, palpation, etc., and can also screen for organic lesions.

2, laboratory examination

including blood routine, liver and kidney function, stool routine and occult blood test, carbon-14 breath test, etc., can check for Helicobacter pylori infection, liver and kidney organ dysfunction, parasite infection or gastrointestinal bleeding, so as to judge whether gastrointestinal function is abnormal.

3, imaging examination

including barium meal enema, gastroscopy, etc., can observe whether gastrointestinal mucosa lesions, tumors or peptic ulcers and other diseases, such diseases can lead to gastrointestinal dysfunction.