Re: Normal Ultrasound results

June 13, 2003

Hey all

Next time you are told your ultrasound results are normal aks the following

questions.

Was all of my pancreas veiwable in the ultrasound? After Cassie's last

ultrasound her pcp told me that they could not see any of the head at all but

ber

altrsound was normal. When I ask " if you cant see all her pancreas how do

you know its " normal " ? He didn't know how to reply and after a minute he said I

guess we can't say for sure it's normal. After looking at past ultra sound

results and seeing that the head was not visable in any of the ultrasounds they

had done I brought this up last Monday to her GI. He said that I was right

they can't say and that the only way to know for sure was ERCP or other

invasive procedures. I also want to mention that when you are pregnant

ultrasounds

are approx 23% correct, the other 77% of results are wrong. Now they do

preganancy ultrasounds by the thousands everyday with those poor results, how

much

experience and accuaracy do you think they have looking at the pancreas? In

every ultrasound Cassie has every had it shows one kidney significantly

smaller than the other. They say its a machine glitch. Doesnt give one much

confidence in these procedures now does it? .

Patty Hurst

Bangor, ME

Maine State Rep

PAI

Recommended Posts