WHEN IS USG ABDOMEN PRESCRIBED
- Find cause of abdomen pain
- Inflammation and gall stones in gall bladder
- Look for enlarged spleen
- Liver disorders with complaints of jaundice, cirrhosis and
fatty liver
- Pancreatic disorders
- Kidney and gall bladder look for stones, tumours
- Look for fluid inside the abdomen
- Pregnant females
- Routine health check-up
TECHNOLOGY USED IN USG ABDOMEN
Ultrasound is a type of imaging. It uses
high-frequency sound waves to look at organs and structures inside
the body. Health care professionals use it to view the heart, blood
vessels, kidneys, liver, and other organs. During pregnancy,
doctors use ultrasound to view the foetus. Unlike x-rays,
ultrasound does not expose you to radiation
HOW IS USG ABDOMEN TEST PERFORMED
During an ultrasound test, you lie on a
table. A special technician or doctor moves a device called a
transducer over part of your body. The transducer sends out sound
waves, which bounce off the tissues inside your body. The
transducer also captures the waves that bounce back. The ultrasound
machine creates images from the sound waves.
WHY IS USG ABDOMEN TEST DONE
- Help to monitor the growth of an unborn child, and check
for abnormalities. An ultrasound scan is routine for pregnant
women
- Detect abnormalities of heart structures such as the heart
valves. (An ultrasound scan of the heart is called an
echocardiogram.)
- Help to diagnose problems of the liver, gallbladder (such
as gallstones), pancreas, thyroid gland, lymph nodes, ovaries,
testes, kidneys, bladder and breast. For example, it can help to
determine if an abnormal lump in one of these organs is a solid
tumour or a fluid-filled cyst
- Detect abnormal widening of blood vessels (aneurysms)
USG ABDOMEN TEST RISKS
No known side-effects
