HIDA-Scan Protocol...was test performed correctly? Posted: 08-21-06 07:39am
I have severe pain after i eat or even
drink something. I had a colonscopy and
endoscopie ,ultrasound which all came back
normal. My reg doctor said only thing left
is to have a hidascan to see if your
gallbladder really is working ok. I fasted
like they told me to. They injected me
with radioactive stuff and my gallbladder
wouldnt show up. Even the resident from
the place came out and said we cant get
your gallbladder to show. They couldnt
give me morphine cause im allergic to
morphine. All they said after that is lets
give it time and see what happens. The
girl giving me the test said im gonna
inject more of the radioactive stuff in
your iv and see what happens. Well 2 1/2
hrs almost 3hrs later she saw my
gallbladder might i add she said its
barely showing up. She told me ok we are
done here. I was never given the CKK like
they are suppose to do. They told me to
call my doc that afternoon. Well next day
doc calls me and says i got the results
everything is fine. have a appintment with
the GI next week and he is gonna see all
my test results. I know its my
gallbladder. Im so confused
A HIDA-scan is used for evaluation of the
gallbladder function. You'll need to
provide more information about the
ejection fraction in order to understand
what is happening. If the doctors didn’t
give you cholecystokinin, then they
didn’t measured the ejection fraction at
all. It IS confusing as to why your
gallbladder was filling with the
radioactive substance so slowly. It might
be necessary to perform an endoscopic
retrograde cholangio-pancreaticografy
(ERCP) to investigate the passage of the
billiary canal. Yes, go to your internist
and talk about your misgivings about the
testing!
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