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What Does My Abdominal CT Scan Report Indicate?

Posted on Wed, 12 Nov 2014

Question: I have to do an abdominal / pelvic ct scan with contrast. ..how long does XXXXXXX stay in system and how to flush out? Also how risky is this scan?

Answered by Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (26 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Detailed below.

Detailed Answer:
Hello!

Thank you for the query.

If it will be a contrast injected in your veins, it does not stay long in the body. The half life of it is about 2 hours. After that time the half of it will be excreted with urine. Complete removal from the body should take no longer than 12 hours.
The scan is quite safe. The contrast itself very rarely causes any side effects. The most common is an allergic reaction. You will feel a kind of warmness inside the body during the injection.
CT scan gives some radiation to you, but the dosage is also safe.

Hope this will help. Feel free to ask further questions.
Regards.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (7 hours later)

They said I would have to drink something too what is that do they do both oral and intravenously

Answered by Dr. Grzegorz Stanko (8 hours later)

Brief Answer:
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Detailed Answer:
So you will get both oral and intravenous contrast. If is used fo see the intestines from inside. Oral contrast is also very quicly metabolized and excreated. Both contrasts are quite safe.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar