Question 1

what is a fluoroscopy exam?

Accepted Answer

Real time x-rays: There are many types of fluoroscopy exams.  Fluoroscopy allows us to watch x-ray images acquired repeated over a short time segment to give a video appearance - such as watching you swallow or watching fluid move within the bowel.

Question 2

what is a fluoroscopy exam? what should i expect?

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A Dynamic study.: You should expect to drink a suspension of barium sulfate (sometimes flavored) and you will be asked to move to certain positions in order to obtain the best possible pictures of the esophagus, stomach, duodenum and small bowel, depending on which body parts your doctor wants evaluated. For a barium enema the contrast is inserted through a rectal tube and the colon is evaluated.

Question 3

what is the definition or description of: fluoroscopy?

Accepted Answer

Live X-rays: Fluoroscopy refers to a moving image of x-rays used by radiologists to guide needles, wires and catheters in the body. Using pulses of x-rays, a computer displays the image on a tv screen. It is used in GI radiology for barium a studies as well.

Question 4

does anyone know from experience how painful fluoroscopy is?

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Not painful.: Fluoroscopy is the live visualization of your body with x-rays.  No pain is felt.  If it is done with probes in the body, that can cause pain.  But the visualization is not felt at all.

Question 5

how common is it for someone to need a video fluoroscopy?

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Difficult 2 swallow?: Video fluoroscopy is usually ordered in the setting of having difficulty swallowing or aspiration. Sometimes this happens following a stroke. Usually a speech therapist and radiologist perform the study together with the speech therapist giving liquids and solids of varying consistency. The images are analyzed for normal swallowing mechanism and to exclude aspiration (food/liquid entering airway).

Question 6

will i have to get poked with a needle when i get  a fluoroscopy?

Accepted Answer

No unless: No needle, but some the doctor want certain area  and this area could not be seen without injecting  a dye to the vien.

Question 7

explain the difference between fluoroscopy and general radiology?

Accepted Answer

Both use X-rays: By general radiology i assume you mean conventional radiographs like a chest x-ray. The difference between that and fluoroscopy is that fluoroscopy is a video camera hooked up to a continuous x-ray source. This allows doctors to see blood vessels when contrast is injected or help guid wires and catheters through the body for treatment. A conventional radiograph is a single pulse of radiation.

Question 8

does fluoroscopy heal a bulging disc?

Accepted Answer

No: Fluoroscopy is a technique to get x-ray images that can be done live. It is used for diagnosis and as an aid during procedures. Like x-rays and ct scans it involves the use of radiation to obtain images of the body.

Question 9

how often is it safe to have a nerve block with fluoroscopy ?

Accepted Answer

Wrong question!: Fluoroscopic guidance helps quide the needle for accurate placement and injection. I do not agree with the "apin treatment" priciple that you need as course of three.  If no benefit is achieved with the first injection, subsequent ones will not deliver. Keep in mind, old-time anesthiologists did nerve blocks without fluoroscopic guidance!

Question 10

just been told that they use fluoroscopy to insert a pigtail suprapubic catheter. arent all these xrays dangerous- nobody told me before they put it in?

Accepted Answer

: Less danger with the x-ray than without, I've known of bowel perforation when done without. Your doc already knows this.

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