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Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: Apr 11, 2023 | Replies (116)
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My doctor wants me to have a cat scan with radioactive contrast every six months for my liver. I am curious about the ultrasound your doctor is asking for. I told my doctor no to radioactive contrast testing. Another doctor also wanted a cardiac stress test with radioactive contrast. One of these doctors said I would be dead before the radioactivity builds up enough to harm me but research states that even one of these tests leaves you with as much radioactivity in your body as some Hiroshima survivors. Do you have more information on what ultrasound your doctor recommends?
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@mayo99824, I'm not sure who you have directed your question to.
I have not any cat scans for my liver, but I have had an ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography) . It involves a sedation and a scope is passed through the esophagus. A dye is injected in the biliary tubes to get an image of the bile ducts, specific to diagnosis of a particular liver disease- Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC). I don't think this is what you are referring to.
Each kind of test/scan is for a specific piece of information. Have you asked your doctor if there is any other test that would achieved the same purpose since you object to the dye? Do you know why he wants that particular test?