How Ultrasound will be performed

An Ultrasound also known as Sonography is the medical test which uses high-frequency waves that helps to capture real-time images from internal parts of the body. This way, it allows the doctor to check for the problems with internal organs, and tissues. It involves no opening to view the internal parts. Unlike another kind of imaging techniques, this includes no radiation. This plays as the main reason to choose this method in order to view the growing child in a fetus during pregnancy.

Benefits of Ultrasound

• This method is usually painless
• It doesn’t require any cuts, openings, needles or any other.
• The patient won’t be exposed to any kind of radiation, thus builds a safe zone unlike other diagnostic technique such as x-ray and ct scans
• Includes no harmful effects when it is done by a certified doctor or physician
• Helps to capture images of soft tissues which is little hard in x-rays
• It can be easily accessible and are less expensive than other imaging technique.

Why Ultrasound is performed on people?

Most of the people that are often recommended to undergo this technique are pregnant women. This scan will let the mother take the first view of her unborn child.

If you felt any pain or swelling or other symptoms, then your doctor will recommend you to have the ultrasound test. This way, it enables the doctor to check the internal parts of the body. Plus, it also helps surgeons to analyze the movements during the specific medical test such as biopsies.

An Ultrasound also helps in viewing

• Brain (in infants)
• Liver
• Pancreas
• Spleen
• eyes
• Uterus
• Blood vessels
• Bladder

How to prepare for an Ultrasound

• The preparation may vary depending on the organ that the patient will be examined.
• For a patient to test their abdomen, the doctor will be asked to fast for 8 to 12 hours before going for an Ultrasound. Since Undigested food may block sound waves thus making it difficult for the examiner to get a clear image.
• To examine gallbladder, spleen, liver, pancreas, they may be advised to intake fat-free meal before the test. But can drink water and medications as guided.
• For some examinations, the patient will be asked to drink more water and to hold urine, so that examiner will clear image.

So when going for an examination, it is important to follow the doctor advice.

How Ultrasound will be performed

1. First, the patient must be changed to a lab gown
2. Then Patient will be lying down on the table with some part of the body exposed for the test
3. Now examiner will apply some cream on patients' skin to prevent friction while rubbing ultrasound transducer on skin
4. This transducer sends sound waves through the body and when they hit an object like bone, it will reflect the image into the computer.
5. The patient might need to change position depending on the area that is examined
6. After that, the gel will be removed from the skin