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4 Reasons You Might Need An Ultrasound

8 January 2016 by Charlie Berry

There are numerous reasons why you might need to get an ultrasound examination. It might be the case that you need a transvaginal sonogram, a form of an ultrasound, in order to see your child to be, or perhaps you need an ultrasound performed on your leg to see if you have deep vein thrombosis, another common name for a blood clot. The reasons are almost innumerable. In this article you will learn of 4 of the specific reasons you might need to have an ultrasound performed on you.

Pregnancy

If you're a pregnant person, there are a variety of ways in which an ultrasound can be performed on you and for a variety of reasons, as well. Early on in the pregnancy, an ultrasound can be used to determine a rough due date for the child. It can also be used to reveal the presence of multiple children or rule out the possibility of an ectopic pregnancy during this stage. An ultrasound can also be used to determine any number of health related issues regarding your future child. For example, the ultrasound can be used to determine if there is any potential breeching or if the child will have any congenital birth defects, etc. An ultrasound can also help the doctor determine the sex of your child when you are far enough along.

Diagnostics

An ultrasound can be used to determine or diagnose a number of issues that might be wrong with your health. Ultrasounds are particularly adept at examining the soft tissues of the body and determining whether or not there are any issues regarding them and their health. For example, an ultrasound can easily determine if there is anything particularly awry with your heart and blood vessels, gallbladder, liver, spleen, kidneys, pancreas, bladder, ovaries, uterus, eyes, thyroid, or testicles.  Chances are, if there is an issue that is affecting a softer tissue or organ of the body, your doctor will order an ultrasound test to determine what is going on.

Use During Medical Procedures

Ultrasounds can prove to be particularly helpful to doctors, surgeons, nurses, technicians, and other types of medical professionals during a number of medical procedures. Especially during procedures that require some sort of precise movement or ability to see the totality of the area in which a surgeon is moving, ultrasounds have proven to be particularly useful tools. For example, biopsies require that the surgeon remove a tissue in a very specific manner, and there is little margin for error. As such, an ultrasound is usually performed during the procedure, which will give the surgeon a much greater scope of what he or she is working with. It will literally allow him or her to "see the bigger picture".

Therapeutic Applications

Although this particular form of ultrasound is not used as frequently as other forms, it is still used with a relative amount of frequency. There are some cases where ultrasounds can be used to provide therapy to areas of soft tissues, such that they can begin the process of healing, or can start the process in a much quicker, more robust manner.

Ultrasounds can be used to detect any number of issues that might be wrong with your body. While particularly adept at allowing a technician or doctor to view the soft tissues and organs of your body, it can help in providing access to some denser portions of the body, as well. Hopefully, you have learned a little bit about the application and use of ultrasound throughout the course of this brief article so you know why your doctor might order an ultrasound for you. 

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