How accurate is a CTscan of your abdomin and pelvis? IBS : c Posted: 04-26-07 09:34am
How accurate is a CTscan of your abdomin
and pelvis? If all your organs were
visible, like mine were. I worried about
appendicitis and after a few monts my Dr
ordered a CTscan of my abdomen and pelvis,
and they said all my organs were normal
and healthy. Also my appendix was visible
and it was also normal size and healthy.
After 4 months of this odd pain in my
lower right area (just mild sometimes its
there others its not) Would the CT scan be
accurate, and the IBS diagnosis be the
right diagnosis?
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a
functional disorder of the intestines,
which means that no organic disorder of
the digestive tract is present in the form
of tumors, inflammations, congenital
anomalies…etc . An IBS Diagnosis is
established when all organic diagnosis are
excluded. A CT-scan is one of the
diagnostic procedures used for diagnosing
such disorders, especially tumors.
Disorders such as inflammation, however,
can’t be diagnosed with CT-scan. this
is why doctors use colonoscopies with
biopsy to reveal chronic inflammation.
In your case the CT-scan, ultrasound and
colonoscopy didn’t show anything
abnormal. Therefore, you could be
experiencing IBS.
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