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Home Care after Upper Endoscopy with Dilation or Esophageal Banding
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Home Care after Your Upper Endoscopy
(including Dilation or Esophageal Banding)
What to Expect
You may notice a mild soreness in your
throat. You may wish to gargle with lightly
salted water or suck on hard candy.
When you have received sedation, you are at
an increased risk of falling. You may need
help with things you don’t normally need
help with. Falls can result in serious injury.
To prevent a fall:
• Ask for help.
• Get up slowly.
• Wear your eye glasses.
• Use your assistive devices such as a
cane or walker.
You may have a feeling of fullness or gas
pains.
You may feel mild chest discomfort, this
should go away within 24 hours.
At Home
• You must have a responsible adult
support person to take you home.
You should not drive today.
• Do not drink alcohol. Do not take
tranquilizers or sleeping pills tonight.
• There may be some soreness and
redness at the IV site for a day or
two. You can relieve this by placing
a warm, moist washcloth over the
area. Please contact your primary
doctor if this does not improve in a
couple of days.
• Do not make any important personal
or business decisions today.
• Rest today. You may resume your
normal daily tasks tomorrow.
• You may resume your routine
medicines unless told otherwise.
• If the doctor took biopsies, you will
get the results in the mail in 1-2
weeks.
• If you do not get the letter after 2
weeks, call 890-5000, select “clinic”
when prompted. Ask for your
doctor’s nurse.
Diet
• If you have had a routine endoscopy
or have been given no other
instructions, you may resume your
normal diet. Start with a light diet to
prevent nausea.
• If you have had a dilation or a
banding of varices, follow your
doctor’s instructions on diet.
Call your doctor right away if you have
• Vomited blood
• Lightheadedness
• Bloody stools: including black tarry
stools
• Chest pain
• Abdominal pain
• Fever or chills
• Difficulty swallowing or Pain on
swallowing
• Difficulty breathing
Phone Numbers
Digestive Health Center, 8am to 5pm
weekdays, (608) 890-5000. If after clinic
hours, leave your name and phone number
with the area code. The doctor will call you
back.
If you live outside of the Madison area,
please call 1-855-342-9900.
UW Health Digestive Health Center
750 University Row
Madison, WI
(608) 890-5000
(855) 342-9900
University of Wisconsin Hospital &
Clinics
GI Procedure Clinic
600 Highland Avenue
Madison, WI
(608) 263-8097
(800) 323-8942
Meriter Hospital Digestive Health Center
Lower Level
202 S. Park Street
Madison, WI
(608) 417-6389
Your health care team may have given you this information as part of your care. If so, please use it and call if you
have any questions. If this information was not given to you as part of your care, please check with your doctor. This
is not medical advice. This is not to be used for diagnosis or treatment of any medical condition. Because each
person’s health needs are different, you should talk with your doctor or others on your health care team when using
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