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… Overview A transesophageal echocardiogram is a test to help your doctor look at the inside of your heart. A small device … your heart. You will be given medicine to make you sleepy and comfortable during the test. The doctor puts a … procedure Follow your doctor's instructions exactly about when to stop eating and drinking before the test. This may …
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… Do not eat or drink for 4 to 8 hours before the angiogram. You may be asked to not take aspirin, aspirin products, or … bring something to do or read to pass the time. Arrange to have someone take you home because you may get a sedative … to watch the movement of the catheter in the blood vessels. When the catheter is in place, the dye is injected through …
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… test ("tox screen") checks for drugs or other chemicals in your blood, urine, or saliva. Drugs can be swallowed, … test. So give your doctor a list of all the medicines you have taken in the past 4 days. Be sure to include any … or Ask you to spit into a tube. How It Feels Blood test When a blood sample is taken, you may feel nothing at all …
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… liver and spleen after a belly injury. How To Prepare If you are breastfeeding, you may want to pump enough breast milk before the test to … liver or spleen may be enlarged because of a disease or may have an abnormal shape because a tumour is pressing against …
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… material , fluoroscopy , and X-ray . Before the test, you drink a mix of barium (barium contrast material) and … Generally, an upper GI series is not used if you do not have symptoms of a gastrointestinal problem. An upper GI … series of X-rays that follow. The radiologist will tell you when and how much to drink. By the end of the test, you may …
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… ultrasound , or CT scan . The MRI makes pictures that show your breast's normal structure; tissue damage or disease, … is done to: Find breast cancer . Breast MRI may be done when a mammogram or breast ultrasound scan cannot tell if a … with: Gene changes (such as BRCA). Close family members who have had breast cancer. A history of radiation therapy to …
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… needed to diagnose internal hemorrhoids. How To Prepare If you have hemorrhoids, tell your doctor before the examination … a DRE painful. You may feel some pressure or discomfort when your doctor presses on your belly to feel the internal …
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… (agglutinate) at low temperatures. Healthy people generally have low levels of cold agglutinins in their blood. But … can cause blood to clump in blood vessels under the skin when the skin is exposed to the cold. This causes pale skin … blood test. How To Prepare In general, there's nothing you have to do before this test, unless your doctor tells …
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… with an X-ray , ultrasound , or CT scan . For an MRI test, you are placed inside the machine so that your knee is … arthroscopy is needed. MRI may also find a bone fracture when X-rays and other tests do not give a clear answer. MRI … problems. How To Prepare In general, there's nothing you have to do before this test, unless your doctor tells you …
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… of ammonia in the blood. Most ammonia in the body forms when protein is broken down by bacteria in the intestines . … working, especially when symptoms of confusion, excessive sleepiness, coma, or hand tremor are present. Check the … sample is taken from a vein When a blood sample is taken, you may feel nothing at all from the needle. Or you might …
