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Anyone with similar symptoms & test results for abdominal pain?

Digestive Health | Last Active: Aug 26, 2020 | Replies (17)
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@edijoke

Thank you for that information.

My GI doctor mentioned doing a CAH test(I think it was called this) to check for vascular problems, but they did ask of me to give them the CT scan. They said they could check for vascular problems there from the CT scan after a radiologist looks at it.

However, I'll definitely keep the abdominal doppler ultrasound in mind. I don't think I've done this test to my memory, but I might have.

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Ingegerd Enscoe, Alumni Mentor | @astaingegerdm | Feb 9, 2020

@edijoke - Thanks for the update! I’m not a specialist in this but I have learned from my own experience. I was tested at a well known major medical center- the abdominal Doppler ultrasound was abnormal but it was thought to be a false positive. The doctor also checked regular CT and MRI I had with radiologist and it looked like there was normal blood flow. Much later, at another hospital, I learned it has to be a specific CT angiogram of the abdominal blood vessels to show where the problem is.
Therefore, if it was a CT with contrast and not a specific angiogram, they may say it’s normal. The Doppler ultrasound is a good test to start with, non invasive.

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