Question 1

what chemical is in the injection for pet scans?

Accepted Answer

Radioactive glucose: Radioactive glucose, which sounds scary but is safe!

Question 2

what isotope is used in the injection for a pet scan?

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PET scan: It depends on the question being asked. Cardiac pet scans use several different types of isotopes including rubidium-82, n-13 ammonia, and fluorine-18 deoxyglucose. These can be used to measure myocardial metabolism (fluorine-18 deoxyglucose) or coronary blood flow (rubidium-82, n-13 ammonia).

Question 3

could the florbetapir f18 injection for pet scan have any possible side effects?

Accepted Answer

Adverse reactions: Adveres reactions encountered during clinical trials (n=496) include: headache (1.8%), 
musculoskeletal pain (0.8%), fatigue (0.6%), nausea (0.6%), and 0.4% for anxiety, back pain, increased blood pressure, claustrophobia, feeling cold, insomnia, neck pain.

Question 4

getting my first pet scan, will i get sick or nauseous from the radioactive medication/injection that i will receive?

Accepted Answer

Not usually: Involves injection of radioisotope  f18 fdg. Isotope tagged to sugar or glucose and goes to areas of increase metabolism of glucose, you should not eat for several hours prior to exam, avoid muscular activity for 24 hrs prior.(glucose goes to these muscles) machine images the distribution of isotope along with ct for localization and attenuation.People do not usually have problems with isotope.

Question 5

pet scan and 2 injections of thyroglobulin and i'm still breastfeeding how can i stop? my son is 19mns he doesn't need it just wants it

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Weaning: It is always hard to wean a child if they are breastfeeding for comfort, but the best thing to do is explain to him in simple terms that he is a big boy now, and be consistent- do not say yes one day and no the next. Cold turkey. He will cry but he will get over it. Buy him a little present for being a big boy-.

Question 6

will prolotherapy (including dextrose injections into my knee and lower back) a week before my pet scan affect the pet scan?

Accepted Answer

I,would wait: Prolo,therapy creates an inflammation, so,this may give mixed results to the test, plus the needle trauma will,also,show up. I,would wait,a,few,weeks,post,injections to be sure that the reading is accurate.

Question 7

what is a pet scan?

Accepted Answer

Sophisticated: Positron emission tomography----a pet scan is a very sophisticated scan of the body using injected radio-isotopic materials that are taken up by different body tissues and when scanned "light up" to help determine, usually, if there is cancer.  It has other purposes.

Question 8

what can a pet scan show?

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Functioning: It is a functional test and shows which parts of the body are using the most glucose. This is an indirect measure of how active the cells are.

Question 9

what is a pet scan used for?

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Cancer usually: The most common illnesses studied are various types of cancer. Frontal temporal lobe dementia can be differentiated from alzheimers disease from lewy body dementia also.

Question 10

how is a pet scan conducted?

Accepted Answer

Track a tracer: Pet scans make use of tracers,  radioactive compounds that bind to specific compounds of interest.  The tracer is injected and, after a few minutes, the pet scanner looks to see where the radioactivity has ended up, and is thereby able to see how much of the compound of interest is present, and where it is located.

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