Medical Checkup
Endoscopy (Gastroscopy/Colonoscopy)
Gastroscopy and colonoscopy are effective for early detection of digestive system cancers.
Gastroscopy (upper gastrointestinal endoscopy) is an examination to insert an endoscope through the mouth and observe your esophagus, stomach, and duodenum at once. (For the nasal endoscopy which inserts an endoscope through the nose, please refer to the website page of Full Medical Checkup, Kaikoukai Josai Hospital.) If you have any symptoms such as discomfort in your esophagus, stomach, or no appetite, consider applying for gastroscopy.
Colonoscopy (large intestine endoscopy) is an examination to insert an endoscope through the anus, observe and diagnose polyp, cancer, or inflammation of the large intestine (colon and rectum) and a part of the small intestine.
Gastroscopy and colonoscopy are possible to have examination individually, also possible to apply for the endoscopy as an optional menu of PET-CT medical checkup. (If you apply endoscopy as an optional menu, the examination day of endoscopy and PET-CT medical checkup must be scheduled on different day.) Please note that even if polyps are detected and you wish to have them removed, we can only observe them during the gastroscopy and colonoscopy of medical checkup.
※If you do not require to have PET-CT medical checkup, you can apply only endoscopy.
※Gastroscopy and colonoscopy are performed at Nagoya Kyoritsu Hospital.
Endoscopy
| Contents | Gastroscopy (esophagus/stomach/duodenum) |
Colonoscopy (large intestine <colon and rectum> and a part of small intestine) |
|---|---|---|
| Required time | 2 hours or more | 7 hours or more |
※If you have gastroscopy and colonoscopy on the same day, they take approximately 7 hours in total.
Procedure on the day of endoscopy
Arrived at the hospital reception
- ・Submit your passport
- ・Fill out a registration form, get an explanation of “The Rights for Foreign Patients” and sign it.
- ・Fill out a medical questionnaire on the examination day.
Vital check
- ・Measure your height, weight and blood pressure.
Interview by a doctor and explanation by a nurse
- ・Interview by a doctor: a doctor confirms about your chief complaint and medical history.
- ・You will be checked if you are suitable for the examination on the day.
- ・Examination guidance by a nurse and sign on an examination consent form.
Preparation
- ・Follow the instruction by a nurse and take laxative.
- ・Clean the intestine to prepare for endoscopy.
- ・After the check by a nurse, please change into examination clothes.
Examination (in the afternoon)
- ・You will be administered sedative during examination.
- ・The examination takes approximately 30 minutes (gastroscopy + colonoscopy).
- ・Take a rest for approximately 1 hour at a recovery room after examination.
Result & Payment
- ・Explanation of the result by a doctor after you have recovered (no examination report or DVD).
- ・If you have remaining payment, back to the reception and make payment.
Notes for endoscopy
Booking schedule for medical checkup
- You cannot have endoscopy on the same day as PET-CT medical checkup.
- Please apply for your reservation at least 1 month in advance.
Reservation fee and cancellation fee
- If you have endoscopy as an optional menu of PET-CT medical checkup, the handling of reservation fee and cancellation fee is same as PET-CT medical checkup. If you have only endoscopy, please check the examination fee when you inquire.
Medical history/oral medicine and endoscopy
We will hand over a medical questionnaire after you apply for endoscopy, so please fill out as detailed as possible about your medical history and oral medicine.
- If you are currently taking any oral medication to prevent blood clots or improve blood flow, you may be required to stop taking medication about 1 week to 10 days before the endoscopy, so please consult your home doctor. Do not stop taking medication by your self-judgement.
- We may change a medicine to use for examination depending on your current oral medicine or medical history.
Endoscopy (observe/excise polyp)
Due to a determination of Nagoya Kyoritsu Hospital as a medical examination institution, endoscopy performed on medical checkup for international patients is only allowed to observe the condition.
Please note that even if polyps are detected in the examination, neither excision nor biopsy will be done in the examination.
Examination suspension
The examination might be suspended depending on your condition on the day.
- When preprocessing of colonoscopy cannot be done by an appointed time caused by constipation. (We recommend you have meals which are easy to digest a few days in advance.)
- In case decreasing blood pressure or respiratory depression is happened caused by sedative which is used on the examination.
Notes on the day before examination and the day of the examination (Please see details with a guidance of examination.)
(Gastroscopy)
- Please do not eat anything after 09:00pm on the day before the examination. You can drink water and sugarless tea with no restriction.
- Do not eat anything on the day of the examination. You can drink water and sugarless tea approximately 350ml or less before you come to the hospital.
- Please take medicine by 8:00am on the day of the examination. However, taking medicine for diabetes and insulin are not allowed.
- Please do not smoke on the day of the examination.
(Colonoscopy)
- Please have meals which are easy to digest from breakfast on the day before the examination. Do not eat anything after 9:00pm on the day before the examination. You can take water and sugarless tea with no restriction.
- Please take a laxative that you are given as directed by 9:00pm on the day before the examination.
- Do not eat anything on the day of the examination. You can take water and sugarless tea, but if you have gastroscopy at the same time, you can drink them approximately 350ml or less before you come to the hospital.
- Please take medicine by 8:00am on the day of the examination. However, taking medicine for diabetes and insulin are not allowed.
