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CT scan while breastfeeding
I will get a CT scan of abdomen and pelvis (non contrast) next week.
The reason of the scan is to look for kidney stones. The lady who made my appointment confirmed that I will not be injected anything. I am still wondering, even if I am not injected anything, will the scan affect my milk? Should I continue breastfeeding or should I pump and dump for some time? Thanks. |
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If you are not being injected with anything, then there is nothing to worry
about. -- Sue (mom to three girls) wrote in message ups.com... I will get a CT scan of abdomen and pelvis (non contrast) next week. The reason of the scan is to look for kidney stones. The lady who made my appointment confirmed that I will not be injected anything. I am still wondering, even if I am not injected anything, will the scan affect my milk? Should I continue breastfeeding or should I pump and dump for some time? Thanks. |
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I will get a CT scan of abdomen and pelvis (non contrast) next week.
The reason of the scan is to look for kidney stones. The lady who made my appointment confirmed that I will not be injected anything. I am still wondering, even if I am not injected anything, will the scan affect my milk? Should I continue breastfeeding or should I pump and dump for some time? Thanks. have you had a x-ray or ultrasound? I'd be very very surprised if a CT without contrast showed up anything that didn't show up on a x-ray, but either way is fine, I had a CT scan with contrast whilst breastfeeding a 14 months old. I'm no expert, but I'm fairly sure that CT is not the standard diagnostic for kidney stones, it's a lot of radiation compared to a single x-ray or an ultrasound. If you've got pain that might be kidney stones and they are not showing up on these, then I think CT is the way to go, but to save repeating it, you want the contrast in there. Commonly people think the contrast is radioactive or something, but this is not true, it's an orange die you have to drink it for 24 hrs beforehand and then they usually have to inject as well. Anne |
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"Anne Rogers" wrote in message
have you had a x-ray or ultrasound? I'd be very very surprised if a CT without contrast showed up anything that didn't show up on a x-ray, but either way is fine, It's hard to see kidney stones on a regular x-ray. Sometimes they hide in the tubes and ureters. A CT scan is much more sensitive for kidney stones. Anyway, a CT without contrast is how they diagnose kidney stones. X-rays are definitely not as sensitive. -- Sue (mom to three girls) |
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It's hard to see kidney stones on a regular x-ray. Sometimes they hide in
the tubes and ureters. A CT scan is much more sensitive for kidney stones. Anyway, a CT without contrast is how they diagnose kidney stones. X-rays are definitely not as sensitive. thanks for the info, as always there are differing ways of doing things in different places, I've noticed that CTs are used much more frequently in other places, in the UK they are much more uncommon, I understand that if you present at the ER with abdominal pain in the US you are likely to get a CT, here you are very very unlikely to get a CT in that situation. There is then a knock on effect of a general cautiousness about this kind of testing, my feeling on this one, is if you know there are kidney stones, you don't need see them, if you don't, then you might as well check for everything else at the same time. Anne |
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"Anne Rogers" wrote in message
thanks for the info, as always there are differing ways of doing things in different places, I've noticed that CTs are used much more frequently in other places, in the UK they are much more uncommon, I understand that if you present at the ER with abdominal pain in the US you are likely to get a CT, Sometimes and sometimes not. It depends on the presenting symptoms and it depends on what blood work can show. When Allison presented in the ER with vomiting and diarrhea, the CT scan wasn't done until she had been in the hospital for over a month and then they finally did a CT to determine what could be going on. It all depends on the situation and what the presenting problems are. here you are very very unlikely to get a CT in that situation. There is then a knock on effect of a general cautiousness about this kind of testing, my feeling on this one, is if you know there are kidney stones, you don't need see them, if you don't, then you might as well check for everything else at the same time. Sometimes you need to see them though, especially if they are in an area where it could obstruct and/or cause a ureter to rupture. Also the size of the kidney stone is need because if it is huge, then they need to do lithotripsy to break up the stone. These things could cause major problems. Also the contrast that is injected for CT is given a few minutes before the CT and not 24 hours. If they were doing a thyroid scan and uptake, then the dye is injected and they take scans at different intervals and then they also take another one at 24 hours. Same goes for many of the cardio CTs. -- Sue (mom to three girls) |
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Sometimes you need to see them though, especially if they are in an area
where it could obstruct and/or cause a ureter to rupture. Also the size of the kidney stone is need because if it is huge, then they need to do lithotripsy to break up the stone. These things could cause major problems. Also the contrast that is injected for CT is given a few minutes before the CT and not 24 hours. If they were doing a thyroid scan and uptake, then the dye is injected and they take scans at different intervals and then they also take another one at 24 hours. Same goes for many of the cardio CTs. I definitely had to drink it over a 24 hr period, then when I got to the hospital had to drink some more over about half an hour, then they did one scan before the injected to do another. This is what I found just now, via "A CT examination often requires the use of different contrast materials to enhance the visibility of certain tissues or blood vessels. The contrast material may be swallowed, injected through an IV directly into the blood stream or administered by enema, depending on the type of examination. " glad I only needed to drink it, not have an enema! Anne |
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"Anne Rogers" wrote in message
I definitely had to drink it over a 24 hr period, then when I got to the hospital had to drink some more over about half an hour, then they did one scan before the injected to do another. Yep, it definitely depends on the scan. Not many of them require a 24 hours though. If that was the case, scans would never get done. I type these scans up all day long. -- Sue (mom to three girls) |
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Yep, it definitely depends on the scan. Not many of them require a 24 hours though. If that was the case, scans would never get done. I type these scans up all day long. interesting, when I went to book the appointment I just got given a default bundle of stuff in a bag, including the die, as if it was fairly common that they did it that way at that hospital Anne |
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"Anne Rogers" wrote in message
interesting, when I went to book the appointment I just got given a default bundle of stuff in a bag, including the die, as if it was fairly common that they did it that way at that hospital Nope, not common at all. However, like I said, it depends on the scan. When Allison had her abdominal CT, the contrast was given about an hour before the exam. As I said, it really depends on what kind of exam they are doing and what they are trying to find. There is also an intravenous contrast that is given just before the scan. a.. Readi -Cat is an oral contrast that will coat your digestive tract. You will need to drink the Readi-Cat at least one hour and 30 minutes before your test. Most people prefer Readi-Cat cold, and you may store it in the refrigerator or pour it over ice. It does not spoil if it becomes warm. b.. A needle will be placed into your vein so that you can receive IV contrast (X-ray dye). The scan will take about 20 minutes. -- Sue (mom to three girls) |
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