Joined: 04 Mar 2006 Posts: 1 Location: St. Louis, MO
Disida Scan Results Posted: 03-04-06 21:10pm
Hello,
i have recently had a disida scan. I was
able to see the scan as it was being done
and saw that the tracer dye showed the
liver very well. However, the galbladder
showed with some of the small bowel but no
dye showed in it. It was completely clear
of the dye. What does that tell you. The
test took only 50 mins. To get the gb to
show with the small bowel with one does of
the tracer. Any information will be most
appreciated and yes I understand it's just
your analysis and i'm to wait until I get
the definitive word from my doctor.
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Re: Disida Scan Posted: 03-09-06 20:22pm
Sometimes the radiopharmaceutical used in
the disida scan (also called "hida scan"
or "hepatobiliary scan") doesn't fill the
gallbladder very well, or not at all. It
could mean one of a couple things...
1. Your gallbladder is real sick.
2. You ate or drank (other than
small sips of plain water) something
within 4 hours of starting the scan.
3. You haven't had anything
significant to eat in the last 24 hours
prior to the scan. (personally I don't
recommend fasting longer than 12 hours.)
4. Chronic use of narcotics.
Why the radiopharmaceutical fills the
gallbladder and not the bowel (or
vice-versa) is an act of nature you cannot
control. You can make the gallbladder
more likely to fill by fasting at least 4
hours, but no longer than 12. (idealy 6
to 8 hours) this means a meal with at
least some fat content to stimulate the
gallbladder. Not clear liquids. What
happens is that the unstimulated
gallbladder gets so filled up with bile,
there's no room for the
radiopharmaceutical.
Now if after 1 hour, if the
gallbladder still doesn't show up, but the
bowel does. They may decide to give you
a small amount of morphine. If the
gallbladder is not badly sick, it will
fill up within a half hour after morphine.
Someone else will need to drive home.
Very important!!! You cannot have a
gallbladder ejection fraction study done
after receiving morphine. The result
will be useless.
