{"id":1135,"date":"2020-03-13T12:16:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-13T12:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hongkongmed.com\/?p=1135"},"modified":"2025-06-09T13:00:55","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T05:00:55","slug":"%e5%93%aa%e4%ba%9b%e4%ba%ba%e9%9c%80%e8%a6%81%e5%ae%9a%e6%9c%9f%e5%81%9a%e8%83%83%e9%8f%a1%ef%bc%9f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hongkongmed.com\/en\/%e5%93%aa%e4%ba%9b%e4%ba%ba%e9%9c%80%e8%a6%81%e5%ae%9a%e6%9c%9f%e5%81%9a%e8%83%83%e9%8f%a1%ef%bc%9f\/","title":{"rendered":"Who needs regular gastroscopy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1135\" class=\"elementor elementor-1135\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dbf29d5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dbf29d5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e9a57a5\" data-id=\"e9a57a5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a004a72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a004a72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/hongkongmed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/HKMED-Website-News-5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1136\" alt=\"OGD\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hongkongmed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/HKMED-Website-News-5.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hongkongmed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/HKMED-Website-News-5-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hongkongmed.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/HKMED-Website-News-5-18x10.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9e71204 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9e71204\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9341725\" data-id=\"9341725\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f6c1f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f6c1f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Gastric cancer is one of the top ten cancers in Hong Kong and ranks fourth in the cancer mortality rate. Early gastric cancer is less likely to be detected, so gastroscopy should be considered for persistent stomach pain and stomach discomfort. If there are one or two of the following conditions, gastroscopy should be performed as soon as possible:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9e4618c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9e4618c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b95efea\" data-id=\"b95efea\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65e1708 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"65e1708\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Over 40 years old<\/li><li>A close relative in the family suffers from gastric cancer<\/li><li>Upper gastrointestinal ulcer or bleeding<\/li><li>\u6392\u9ed1\u4fbf<\/li><li>Stomach pain, bloating, indigestion<\/li><li>Heartburn, acid reflux<\/li><li>Difficulty swallowing<\/li><li>Suspected to have gastrointestinal cancer<\/li><li>Helicobacter pylori infection<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3cc6157 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3cc6157\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-66844dd\" data-id=\"66844dd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d803d90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d803d90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Is gastroscopy necessary every year?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8874f9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8874f9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>How often a gastroscopy is needed depends on the results of the first<a href=\"https:\/\/hongkongmed.com\/en\/gastroscopy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OGD<\/a>:<\/p><div><div>1. Chronic superficial gastritis \u2013 If there is no discomfort, there is no need to review the gastroscopy. If discomfort occurs, gastroscopy needs to be reviewed promptly;<\/div><div>2. Mild atrophic gastritis without intestinal metaplasia or gastric mucosal epithelial atypia can be reexamined every one to two years;<\/div><div>3. For moderate to severe atrophic gastritis, with or without intestinal metaplasia, a gastroscopy is required once a year;<\/div><div>4. If you are a patient with gastric ulcer, you need to receive<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Treatment<\/span>\uff0c<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Treatment<\/span>after, you should have a gastroscopy at least once;<\/div><div>5. Patients after gastric cancer surgery must undergo a gastroscopy review within one year. The time for the next review will be determined based on the results of the gastroscopy and biopsy.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div>The above information is for reference only. Consult your doctor if you have any doubt.<\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u80c3\u764c\u662f\u672c\u6e2f\u5341\u5927\u764c\u75c7\u4e4b\u4e00\uff0c\u5728\u764c\u75c7\u6b7b\u4ea1\u7387\u4e2d\u6392\u7b2c\u56db\u4f4d\uff0c\u65e9\u671f\u7684\u80c3\u764c\u66f4\u4e0d\u5bb9\u6613\u5bdf\u89ba\uff0c\u6240\u4ee5\u6301\u7e8c\u80c3\u75db\u53ca\u80c3\u90e8\u4e0d\u9069\uff0c\u61c9\u8003\u616e\u9032\u884c\u80c3\u93e1 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1136,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health_info"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hongkongmed.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hongkongmed.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hongkongmed.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hongkongmed.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hongkongmed.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1135"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/hongkongmed.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3200,"href":"https:\/\/hongkongmed.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1135\/revisions\/3200"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hongkongmed.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hongkongmed.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hongkongmed.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hongkongmed.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}