Have you heard a lot about body scans in the news lately and now you're thinking that maybe you'd like to have a body scan yourself? If so, you are not alone, more and more people are requesting
body scans. A body scan is a very simple and painless procedure that can assist your doctor in identifying problems and diseases at a very early stage.
Some Body Scans Include• Urinary tract. A CT scan can find kidney stones, blockage, growths, infection, and problems or diseases of the kidneys, bladder, and the rest of the urinary tract. A special CT scan, called a multi-detector row CT urogram, can look for kidney stones and an enlarged prostate, benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH without the need for other tests.
• Liver. A CT scan can find liver tumors, bleeding from the liver, and liver diseases. A CT scan of the liver can help determine the cause of jaundice.
• Pancreas. A CT scan can find a tumor in the pancreas or inflammation of the pancreas.
• Gallbladder and bile ducts. A CT scan can be used to check for blockage of the bile ducts. Gallstones occasionally show up on a CT scan, but an ultrasound test is usually used to find gallstones.
• Adrenal glands. A CT scan can find tumors or enlarged adrenal glands.
• Spleen. A CT scan can be used to check for an injury to the spleen or the size of the spleen.
• Arm or leg. A CT scan can look for problems of the arms or legs, including the shoulder, elbow, wrist, hand, hip, knee, ankle, or foot.
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body scan can detect early or advanced heart disease, aneurisms of the aorta, vascular disease, lung tumors, kidney tumors and liver tumors, calcified kidney stones, calcified gallstones, and certain conditions involving the abdominal and pelvic region.
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