what is a pelvic ultrasound?
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Ultrasound is a technology that uses sound waves (the waves are outside of the range of human hearing) and based on the time it takes to echo the sound wave back, it can draw a 'picture' of what the sound waves bounce against.\n\nThink of it like "bouncing a ball" on the ground, the quick the ball comes back to you, the less distance it travelled, and you can "vizualize" that the ground is higher in some spots than other spots.  You can put that information together in order to draw a picture.\n\nA 'pelvic' ultrasound just means that an ultrasound is done in the pelvic area, most likely used to examine the bladder, lower intestinal region or the uterus for females in order to make sure that everything looks normal.\n\nAn ultrasound is a non-invasive, painless procedure.  The device used is usually lubricated with a water-based lubricant and then pressed to the skin and moved over the area that is being 'photographed' by the ultrasonic sound waves.
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Ultrasound makes an image using sound waves instead of x-rays. It is very good for looking at organs such as the heart, veins, arteries, gall bladder, liver, spleen, kidneys and bladder
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It is like SONAR.  A high frequency sound is emitted that bounces off surfaces inside your body.  The bounced back sound is collected and is used to generate a picture of your insides.
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ultrasound is anything over what the human ear can hear over 20 kHz.\nUltrasound is produced by a transducer, this can both emit and detect ultrasound. By varying the size of the pizoelectric discs frequency of the emited ultrasound is altered.\nThe higher the frequency the better anatomical detail however less penatration is attchived.\n\nthere are 3 main types of scan\n\nA-scan (ampitude mode)\nThis shows the differenc between tissue interfaces and is used in mesurement e.g foetal skull maturity\n\nB-scan (brightness mode)\nThis shows a 2D image in a specific plane. It shows different types of tissue in gray scale. This is shown in real time. This is used to image abdominal areas.\n\nM-scan this shows the way tissue interfaces alter with time. Moving traces produce a wavy line on the screen where static interfaces produce a straight line m scans are used in cardiac imaging to show valves of the heart.
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I am a medical sonographer and have done many liver ultrasounds.  Not sure what your question is....I hope you get good results tomorrow!
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Read the below, but I would guess they are looking for uterine anomalies.  The best thing you can do is call the doctor or nurse in the office and ask instead of guessing.  Hope this helps!! \n\n"For women, ultrasound examinations can help determine the causes of pelvic pain, abnormal bleeding or other menstrual problems. Ultrasound images can also help to identify palpable masses such as ovarian cysts and uterine fibroids, as well as ovarian or uterine cancers. Hysterosonography is a relatively new procedure in which sterile saline is injected into the uterus while a transvaginal sonogram is performed. The purpose is to distend the uterine cavity (endometrial cavity) to look for polyps, fibroids or cancer, especially in patients with abnormal uterine bleeding. Other applications include evaluation of the uterine cavity looking for uterine anomalies (abnormal uterine shapes since birth) or scars. The saline outlines the lesion and allows for easy visualization and measurement. Some physicians also use hysterosonography for patients with infertility. Saline and air are injected into the uterus and the physician looks for air bubbles passing through the fallopian tubes, which would indicate patency of the fallopian tubes. See the Hysterosonography page for more information."
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What this means is that either the doc or the lab screwed up.  Your cervix is like a donut with an almost closed hole.  That hole is the endocervix canal which is actually the opening to the uterus.  The pap test is really two smears.  They take a sample of cells around the outer part of the cervix and then they use a small brush or wooden spatula to get a scraping from just inside the cervix.  When the lab got your pap, they looked at the cells on slides, found the outer part of the cervix cells but could not find the endocervical cells (or component) of the smear.  Call the doc's office and speak with the nurse to see whether you need the test repeated or if you can wait until your next exam.
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no. you will need a laposcopy, to see it. an ultrasound will only at best show a shadowing and a cat scan will do nothing. Your doctor sounds like a drug dealer, please see a gynecologist.
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The first ultrasound visit is typically scheduled between 8-10 weeks to confirm the heart beat.
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When was your last pelvic exam? If you haven't gone to the doctor this year, schedule an appointment soon.\n\nA vagina is supposed to smell like a vagina. That's a little musky with a tinge of vinegar. But if you notice really foul odors from the vagina (or odd or discolored discharges), that may indicate infection. You will need to see the doctor to determine if you have a disease. The doctor can do an examination of your genitals, and swab the inside to look for bacteria or parasites.\n\nSo if you really think something's wrong, don't hesitate to see a doctor. If you don't, and there *IS* something wrong, it can progress to pelvic inflammatory disease and cause permanent infertility.
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During a bimanual exam of the female (ie a pelvic exam), if you are an obese women it is difficult to feel the uterus and the ovaries.\n\nfundus = the body of the uterus\nadnexa = ovaries\npalpate = to feel\nhabitus = overall body shape, ie fat skinny
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A kegel is the name of a pelvic floor exercise, named after Dr. Kegel who discovered the exercise. These muscles are attached to the pelvic bone and act like a hammock, holding in your pelvic organs. To try and isolate these muscles trying stopping and starting the flow of urine.
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do pelvic floor excercises
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Supporting framework for your pelvic gurtile. Boney protection for the spine, reproductive system circulating blood and nerves.
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Check out ultrasound tech.
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It's an ultrasound scanner.\n\nIt works by sending out a wave of very high frequency sound waves into the body. The sound waves are reflected back from boudaries between fluid and solid matter, where the physics of sound waves affects how the wave travels. The 'echo' is detected by the scanner and displayed graphically on a screen.\n\nUsed by radiographers in the UK and ultrasonographers / sonographers in the US.
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If you only have pain around the time of your period you shouldn't need an ultrasound.  Now if you have pain at other times ie. around ovulation, you might have cysts on your ovaries that an ultrasound would show.  I had severe endometriosis with very severe periods.  The ultrasound showed fluid in my abdomen and then at different times the ultrasounds would show cysts on my ovaries but not always.  You can give the pills a try for a few months and see if that helps.  If it doesn't then request the ultrasound.  Just my two cents.