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Ultrasonography of internals

УЗИ внутренних органов Ultrasonography of internals is the informative way of diagnosis which is widely applied in modern medicine based on an echolocation method. Practically all abdominal organs well reflect ultrasound that gives the chance easily to scan them by this method. During the procedure the doctor determines their sizes and a form, an arrangement, structure of fabrics and components, thickness of walls, and also defines absence or existence of chronic and acute inflammatory changes, new growths, traumatic damages.

During ultrasonography of internals of an abdominal cavity the doctor investigates: retroperitoneal space, liver, 12-perstny gut, kidneys and adrenal glands, pancreas, gall bladder and bilious channels, stomach, spleen, vessels.

Indications to ultrasonography of internals

bitterness in a mouth;
existence of feeling of weight in right hypochondrium;
any painful feelings in a stomach;
the increased gas generation;
feeling of "raspiraniye" after meal;
attack of an acute or girdle pain in right hypochondrium;
the postponed hepatitis (And, In or C);
dynamic control of the diseases which are already revealed by ultrasonography (pancreatitis, cholelithiasis, a cyst of a liver and pancreas, a hemangioma or other education in a liver, cholecystitis).

Indications to ultrasonography of internals of the child:

sharp pain in a stomach;
suspicion of appendicitis;
increase in the size of a spleen or liver;
aortic aneurysms;
pochechnokamenny or cholelithiasis.

In general for the purpose of routine inspection of ultrasonography of internals pediatricians recommend to do to the child once a year. Inspection allows to define inborn features, to reveal undesirable anomalies of development, polyps, stones in a gall bladder and kidneys.

Preparation for ultrasonography of internals

Ultrasonography is conducted on an empty stomach or 6 hours later after the last meal, in case of need performing ultrasonography of internals to the child is younger than 5 years there are no 4 hours before the procedure enough, the baby is done before the next feeding.

Проведение УЗИ внутренних органов For obtaining qualitative results to patients suggest to carry out additional preparation for ultrasonography of internals – to adhere to a diet: in 1-2 days on procedures to exclude from a diet fresh fruit and vegetables, vegetable juice, black bread, bean and dairy products as all of them can provoke the intestines swelling undesirable to a research. Do not recommend the day before and to drink liquid, to use chewing gum.

As conduct ultrasonography

Ultrasonography of internals is carried out by two ways: external (scanning) and internal (transvaginal at women and transrectal at men when the sensor is entered into an organism).

Rather new method of a research is dopplerography. Thanks to ability to change length of the ultrasonic wave reflected from a moving object it apply to diagnosis of a blood-groove and vessels.

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