- pain in the lower back;
- change in color of urine;
- painful urination;
- the appearance of swelling;
- increased blood pressure.
Quite often, women who have this procedure, a question arises that relates directly to how to prepare for ultrasound of the kidneys and bladder. Let's try to give an answer to it, considering the main features of the manipulation.
How correctly prepared for urinary system research?
First of all, it must be said that the preparation of this study is preceded by the preparation - the observance of a diet that, before ultrasound of the kidneys and the bladder, is an integral part.
So, during the 3 days preceding the examination, a woman should completely exclude from her diet spicy, fried and fatty foods, and also refrain from eating sweets, cabbage, legumes. The last meal should be done no later than 8 hours before the scheduled time of the study.
Some doctors recommend literally 1-1.5 hours after the last meal to drink activated charcoal (1 tablet / 10 kg of weight). This drug allows you to remove the accumulated gases from the intestine, which improves the visualization of the kidneys themselves during ultrasound.
Approximately one hour before the study, you need to drink half a liter of ordinary water without gas. After that, you can not go to the toilet. The thing is that ultrasound is always performed with a filled bladder, which allows you to better inspect its contour and estimate the size.
As for the duration of the study itself, it usually rarely exceeds 20-30 minutes.
How is the transcript of the ultrasound of the kidneys and bladder?
First of all, it must be said that it is physician who can solely make any conclusions based on the data obtained after the research - only he knows all the features of the violation, its severity.
If we talk about what the ultrasound of the kidneys shows and the bladder examination, then, as a rule, this manipulation allows us to evaluate not only the severity of the disorder, the site of the affected organ, but also the stage of the pathological process, if any.
Each conclusion of the examination of the organs of the urinary system carried out with the ultrasound apparatus contains such information as:
- size, shape of the kidney;
- condition of the renal pelvis, renal tubules;
- patency of ureters, their size and length;
- the volume of the bladder, its shape, the thickness of the walls.
Ultrasonography of the kidneys and bladder in children at an early age can reveal possible congenital malformations (abnormalities of kidney vessels, abnormalities of the vessels, anomalies in size, shape, number and location of the kidneys).
Thus, we can say that this kind of instrumental research, such as ultrasound of the kidneys, bladder and urinary system as a whole, allows not only to establish the existing violations, but also to establish developmental anomalies. It provides an opportunity to accurately reveal the localization and prevalence of the pathological process, the degree and form of the disorder, which in turn promotes the adoption of the correct treatment algorithm.