Do I need to fast for color Doppler ultrasound of the liver, gallbladder, spleen, pancreas and kidney?

The liver, gallbladder, spleen and pancreas are relatively important organs in the human body. If there are problems with the liver, gallbladder, spleen and pancreas, it will easily cause some physical diseases, which is very bad for the body. Color ultrasound of the liver, gallbladder, spleen, pancreas and kidneys is a common medical examination method. It can be used by instruments to check whether the liver, spleen, pancreas and kidneys have diseases. Color ultrasound is clearer than ordinary black and white ultrasound, and you need to fast before the examination.

Is fasting required for liver, gallbladder, spleen and pancreas ultrasound?

Before the liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen and kidney examination, you are required to fast and not eat or drink for more than 8 hours. If there is food or water in the stomach, it will interfere with the ultrasound examination of the liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen and kidneys. It is recommended that you follow the doctor's instructions and requirements and go to the hospital on an empty stomach for liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen and kidney examinations to find out your physical condition so that the doctor can guide the treatment.

What does liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen and kidney ultrasound check?

Color Doppler ultrasound of the liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen and kidney mainly checks whether there are masses in each organ, whether there is hepatitis B, cysts, hemangiomas, calcification symptoms in the liver, whether there are stones and polyps in the gallbladder, whether the pancreas has inflammatory wall edema, gallstones, cholecystitis, gallbladder cancer, bile duct stones, bile duct cancer, etc., whether the spleen is enlarged, whether both kidneys have stones, cysts, tumor masses, splenic tuberculosis, splenic metastatic cancer, splenic rupture, subcapsular hematoma, splenomegaly, splenic atrophy, etc. Pancreas: pancreatitis, pancreatic head cancer, pancreatic mass, etc. It can also occur in fatty liver, hepatitis, alcoholic liver, hepatic hemangioma, liver cancer, cirrhosis, and intrahepatic bile duct lesions.

What is the difference between color ultrasound and B-ultrasound

If B-ultrasound is compared to a black and white photo, color ultrasound can be said to be a color photo. In addition to having a higher resolution than B-ultrasound, color ultrasound also has more functions and can examine a wider range and provide more detailed information. At present, color ultrasound is more widely used and is almost replacing B-ultrasound.

Color Doppler ultrasound can intuitively display the distribution of blood flow, which is very helpful for the identification of vascular lesions. It can also show the properties of blood flow, such as speed and direction.

You must pay more attention to some small details in your daily life, develop good living and eating habits, and go to the hospital for a physical examination every month to prevent yourself from getting sick. Only by keeping yourself healthy can you