Can I do an ultrasound without holding my urine?

B-ultrasound is a very common examination method in modern medicine. It covers a lot of content. Different diseases have different examination requirements. Some examinations require holding urine in advance, while some do not. For example, when a pregnant mother is doing an abdominal B-ultrasound, she does not need to hold urine. Women need to hold their urine when undergoing a gynecological examination. Let’s take a look at this aspect below.

1. Can I do an ultrasound without holding my urine?

Except for pregnant women who do not need to hold their urine for abdominal B-ultrasound examinations after 12 weeks of pregnancy, other women need to hold their urine for gynecological B-ultrasound examinations, so that the examination results are more accurate. B-ultrasound is a procedure in which a probe is placed on the female abdomen to check whether the internal organs in the uterine and abdominal cavity are healthy. Before the examination, the female needs to fill her bladder, which is what we call "holding urine." When the liquid in the bladder is filled to an appropriate level, it will push away the intestinal tract that originally covered the uterus and appendages, providing examination conditions for the ultrasound probe.

Normally, B-ultrasound examination is provided for women who have no sexual life and those who have vaginal bleeding.

2. Why do you need to hold your urine during a gynecological B-ultrasound examination?

If you are going to have a gynecological abdominal B-ultrasound examination, you need to hold your urine beforehand. This is because, when performing an abdominal B-ultrasound examination, you need to drink a lot of water to keep the bladder full, so that the intestine can be moved upward, and the peristalsis and contents of the intestine will not interfere with the image of the uterus and ovaries, so that the display will not be unclear during the examination, causing the doctor to make an inaccurate diagnosis.

If you don't drink more water and hold your urine, your small intestine will sag in the pelvic cavity. The uterus and ovaries located in the pelvic inflammatory disease will be affected by the sagging small intestine during examination, causing misdiagnosis or missed diagnosis. Therefore, within half an hour to an hour of undergoing a gynecological B-ultrasound examination, women should drink plenty of water, about 6 to 8 cups of water, and wait until they feel the urge to urinate before going for the examination to ensure the accuracy of the test results.

Experts recommend: For gynecological B-ultrasound examinations, it is best to choose vaginal B-ultrasound examinations, which is more accurate. However, unmarried women are not suitable for vaginal ultrasound examinations as they can easily cause rupture of the hymen. People who are menstruating, have irregular vaginal bleeding, or have gynecological infectious diseases such as vaginitis cannot undergo this examination.

This article introduces in detail whether it is necessary to hold urine during B-ultrasound gynecological examinations, and also introduces why it is necessary to hold urine during B-ultrasound gynecological examinations. If you are a pregnant woman, you will need to have more than one ultrasound examination during your pregnancy. It is best for you to understand the relevant matters about the ultrasound examination.