Can I drink water during B-ultrasound?

The diagnosis of many diseases requires an ultrasound examination, which is a very common examination method, but can you drink water while doing an ultrasound? We know that women should drink more water when doing gynecological B-ultrasound to fill their bladder with liquid; but if it is B-ultrasound of other parts of the body, there is no need to drink water. Therefore, whether or not to drink water during the B-ultrasound examination depends on the part of the body being examined. In some parts of the body, you cannot even eat before the examination.

What to eat when doing B-ultrasound

Whether you can eat before having an ultrasound depends on the part that needs to be examined. If you are doing an abdominal examination, it is best not to eat, and you need to fast for eight hours before the examination, because eating will affect the examination results of organs such as the liver, gallbladder and pancreas, and may also cause organ changes. Therefore, it is best not to eat when doing an abdominal examination.

The time for B-ultrasound examination depends on the specific part of the body. For example, when examining for heart disease, there is no need to fast. Also, when doing routine gynecological B-ultrasound, there are only so many requirements and there is no need to fast.

In addition, pregnant women can eat before doing B-ultrasound. Only by eating a full meal can the baby grow more healthily. Pregnant women do not need to be on an empty stomach when doing B-ultrasound.

Can I drink water before doing ultrasound?

Whether you can drink water before doing an ultrasound also needs to be determined based on the part being examined.

If you are having a liver and gallbladder ultrasound examination, you cannot eat within 8 hours and cannot drink water within 6 hours before the examination. Only in this way can the authenticity and accuracy of the examination results be guaranteed. Because eating or drinking will empty the gallbladder, it is not conducive to observing the shape and characteristics of the gallbladder, which will affect the results of gallbladder examination.

When doing some organ examinations, drinking water before the examination has no effect, but in order to ensure the authenticity of the examination results, drinking water and holding urine can more clearly see some conditions inside the examined organ. If you want to determine whether there are urinary stones, it is best to choose to drink water and hold urine for examination, which will be more accurate, because ureteral stones blockage will affect urine excretion, and drinking water can show renal pelvic dilatation, leading to hydronephrosis.

When doing a routine gynecological examination, you need to drink water and hold your urine before the examination. This will allow the bladder to be filled, allowing you to see the specific conditions inside the organs more clearly and fully check out the correct results. If you are using vaginal B-ultrasound, there is no need to drink water or not, you can do it as you like.