Providing Zaafarana digestive system capsule testing technology and promises of repentance

Mona Al-Hamoudi (Abu Dhabi)

The Zafarana Center and the promises of repentance for diagnosis and comprehensive examination began to use the technique of examining the digestive system of patients using the capsule.

Dr. Mohammed Khallouf, consultant in gastroenterology and endoscopy at the Zafarana Center for diagnostic and in-depth examination, explained that capsule endoscopy is a gastrointestinal examination using an independent radiographic device capable of transferring images from the digestive system to an external receiver. , An area that was difficult to describe in the past, indicating that the device is the size of the drug capsule, which is easy to swallow orally, and it contains a video camera, a lens and a light source .

He pointed out that the camera films a continuous video and transmits information to a receiver placed on the patient's belly in the form of a belt, and then the receiver records the video information sent to it from the capsule . Where the program is prepared for presentation to the specialist doctor to study the video and the examination of the entire small bowel this way.

For his part, Dr. Ahmed Shibli, a gastroenterologist at the Oud al-Tawbah Center for Comprehensive Diagnosis and Examination, said that intestinal capsules include several applications, the most common of which is the detection of the source of gastrointestinal bleeding, and suspicion tests for Crohn's disease (a chronic inflammation that can affect any part of the digestive system), in addition to the suspicion of tumors in the small intestine , include control of polyp capsules and polyps suspected of infection by malabsorption syndrome. .

He explains that the examination period lasts 8 hours, that the patient can exercise his normal life and can take liquids two hours after the start of the examination and that he can eat a meal 4 hours after the start of the exam. Very safe and very rare complications, unless severe oppression, prevent the passage of the capsule which is rare.

He reported that the capsule is unloaded with stool within 12 to 24 hours without the patient's noticing it, and it's not necessary to extract it since all the information filmed were stored in the receiver and then in the computer. Emphasizing that capsule endoscopy is a modern technique that has a significant impact on the diagnosis of the small intestine, gives the doctor pictures of the digestive system and takes pictures of everything from the lymphatic system. small intestine for 12 hours, which is not possible. Traditional