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Just been for a CT Scan with contrast.
Why do people report that they feel as though they have wet themselves
with it?
This is my second CT scan.
(Had one years ago. Unrelated)
Neither the first nor this one have i even remotely
felt that I have wet myself.
I felt little more than a little 'flushed' and warm?
Just curious.
Why do people report that they feel as though they have wet themselves
with it?
This is my second CT scan.
(Had one years ago. Unrelated)
Neither the first nor this one have i even remotely
felt that I have wet myself.
I felt little more than a little 'flushed' and warm?
Just curious.
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Like most things that medics stuff inside one's body, from aspirin upwards, the side effects of bunging some iodine into it are bound to vary between different people.
I've had plenty of CT scans over the past few years and never experienced any side effects at all. Mind you, when I had the one with a radioactive contrast medium, and then went for a pub lunch and a bit of shopping before the scan, I didn't actually go near to any Geiger counters to test it out ;-)
I've had plenty of CT scans over the past few years and never experienced any side effects at all. Mind you, when I had the one with a radioactive contrast medium, and then went for a pub lunch and a bit of shopping before the scan, I didn't actually go near to any Geiger counters to test it out ;-)
That analogy had also occurred to me, Nailit.
It's actually rather a strange feeling (psychologically, rather than physically) when you're told, "Yes, you can take a bus into town but make sure don't sit anywhere near to young children or pregnant women".
I was a bit worried that a pregnant woman might sit near to me and I'd have to say, "Excuse me madam. I've got to find another seat, as I'm not allowed to sit next to you". She'd probably have thought that I'd got some sort of restraining order!
;-)
It's actually rather a strange feeling (psychologically, rather than physically) when you're told, "Yes, you can take a bus into town but make sure don't sit anywhere near to young children or pregnant women".
I was a bit worried that a pregnant woman might sit near to me and I'd have to say, "Excuse me madam. I've got to find another seat, as I'm not allowed to sit next to you". She'd probably have thought that I'd got some sort of restraining order!
;-)
Buen and Nailit. I had some sort of scan after a DVT incident. I had to drink a glass of water and then I was jabbed or given a needle up the elbow-pit wherein was introduced something that made me feel a warm glow all over. I was then slowly slid along on a sliding thing. Afterwards the young lad in charge said, 'Oh, usually people wet themselves when we do that.' I didn't wet myself, but I wondered why on earth they hadn't put a nappy on me. Was that a CT scan? (I was later told that I was all clear.)
>>> Was that a CT scan?
That was a 'CT scan with contrast', Atheist. (I'm assuming that the machine wasn't incredibly noisy, as that would have been an MRI scan).
>>> I wasn't warned about staying away from women.
That's only necessary when you have a highly-radioactive contrast medium, where you have to wait for several hours before the scan can be carried out. (Hence the bus trip, the shopping and the pub lunch in my post above).
That was a 'CT scan with contrast', Atheist. (I'm assuming that the machine wasn't incredibly noisy, as that would have been an MRI scan).
>>> I wasn't warned about staying away from women.
That's only necessary when you have a highly-radioactive contrast medium, where you have to wait for several hours before the scan can be carried out. (Hence the bus trip, the shopping and the pub lunch in my post above).
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