Electronic
Pill
-Blog By Bhawana Moon (Final Year Student, ETC, ACET, Nagpur)
One of the main challenges for a
doctor is what is happening inside the stomach and intestines. Doctor can
inspect the colon and peer into the stomach using endoscopic instruments, but
some areas cannot be easily viewed ans it is difficult to find out how muscles
are working. People often suffers for year without accurate diagnosis.
Digestive diseases can include symptoms such as reflux, bloating, heart burn,
abdominal pain, and constipation difficulty in swallowing or loss of appetite.
After the year of investment and
development, wireless electronic device
that can be swallowed are now reaching the market. This electronic pills are
being used to measure muscles contraction, ease of passage and other factors to
reveal information. These capsule contains a sensor and a tiny camera that
collects the information as they travel through gastrointestinal tract before
being excreted from the body within one or two days.
This capsule transmit the
information such as acidity, pressure and temperature levels or images of the
esophagus and intestine to your computer/laptop for further analysis. Basically
doctor uses catheters, endoscopic instruments or radioisotopes for gaining this
information.
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