Endoscopy–what to expect

I, too, am supposed to have an endoscopy. I’ve never had one before and would also like to know what to expect. I know they are going to sedate me, but I’m still worried that I might feel something down my throat.

Its a simple procedure. For the baby, the tough part is that the baby has to fast,so try to schedule it as early in the morning as possible.Also, sometimes after anesthesia, the child can be cranky.

For an adult-you won’t feel a thing! You’ll be asleep, & wake up when it’s over.

Good luck!

I had 2 endoscopies done on my son,one when he was 5 months and another one when he was 10 months. He is now 4 so I dont remember exactly how the fasting was, I think he couldn’t eat or drink after 2 or 3 in the morning because he was scheduled for his test to be around 9.

He didn’t exhibit any symptoms of anything going wrong after the test.he ate and drank a bottle like regular when we cake home. I did this in a city hospital and felt like we were in good hands. They did want to see him be able to drink before we left the hosp.

The anesthesia is probably the scariest thing but it is nothing like the heavy forms used in surgery. It is usually some form of valium for adults, so you can figure it being something light like that the baby will wake up from very quickly after the procedure. They will give the child something to drink and crackers/cookies to eat within 10 to 20 minutes after waking up. There is no throat pain afterwords just some grogginess till you sleep off the remainder of the anesthesia.

MiI -That’s a diagnostic endo, so it’s like I and others have said.

my baby has anesthesia when she had an endoscopy and she did not re act how i would have liked…. it is very scary

The anesthesia is the wprst of it; the endoscopy itself is a short procedure and if under anesthesia, the baby will not be aware of it at all. For anyone who is older and having this done, it really is no big deal at all. One second you are getting an IV, the VERY NEXT SECOND (as far as you will be concerned), the procedure is already over. You will have no recollection of time passing, though ti will probably take about 20 minutes or so.

While we are on the subject, if you have not yet had a colonoscopy and are 50 or more years old, or if you are younger and there is a family history of a problem, PLEASE arrange to have this test done ASAP. It really is nothing with nothing, and the test itself can save lives. The prep the day before is nowhere near as awful as I always envisioned it.

I had an endoscopy & a colonoscopy done @ the same time.

when I orignally tried to post it, the Mods deleted it… maybe they thought I was kidding, but I wasn’t.

MiI, my daughter did not require a cleanout before her endoscopy–just the fasting because of the anesthetic.

I never had to have a baby fast, but I’ve had to have older kids (toddler and up) fast for procedures/tests. I try to change their routines so that they are less likely to notice that they’re not eating, and of course I don’t feed my other kids around them.

Health, since you are in the medical field, and I don’t mean any disrespect to you, YOU should know that the scariest and most serious part of many surgeries on children IS in fact the anesthesia. Putting children under general anesthesia can be a very dangerous situation. A procedure such as endoscopy or colonoscopy does not use heavy duty anesthesia and therefore the risk factors are heavily reduced. However, we avoid putting any child “to sleep” as much as possible because the outcome CAN turn sour.

Aries -In this case you’re right. It’s just a diagnostic endo. But like I posted before if the risks outweighed the benefits, we wouldn’t give anyone anesthesia, adults or children.