What Problems can be Detected by Ultrasound?

An ultrasound is an imaging procedure that uses high-frequency sound waves to produce real-time images of part of the inside of the body. It doesn’t not only create the picture of internal organs but soft tissues also. The ultrasound procedure is completely safe as it doesn’t use any radiation as x-ray and other imaging procedure uses.

Usually, people associate ultrasound with pregnancy scans, but in reality, it doesn’t use only for pregnancy but for other health conditions also.

There are various types of ultrasounds such as:

Pregnancy ultrasound

Pregnancy ultrasound or prenatal ultrasound is used to look at the fetus to get detailed information about the growth, development, and overall health of the unborn baby so that the doctor can take preventive measures for the health issues if any found in the unborn baby.

Diagnostic ultrasound

Diagnostic Ultrasound is used to look at the internal organs such as the heart, blood vessels, liver, bladder, kidneys, and female reproductive organs to detect abnormalities.

Problems that can be detected by ultrasounds

Ultrasounds can be used to detect and diagnose a wide range of health problems. In this blog, we will discuss some common problems that are diagnosed using ultrasound such as:

• Cancer: It is used to detect various types of cancer. But mostly it is used to detect the cancers such as cirrhosis of the liver and testicular cancer.

• Cysts: It is used to detect the formation of a lump and help the doctor in accurate diagnosis by differentiating a tumor from a cyst.

• Breast problems:- Doctor usually recommends this breast ultrasound to detect breast lumps and cysts when mammography shows abnormality.

• Cardiovascular problems: It is used to detect and diagnose various kinds of cardiovascular problems, such as blocked and narrowed blood vessels, heart defects, and cardiovascular disease.

• Uterine fibroids: It is used to detect the fibroids, cysts, and other conditions associated with the female reproductive system in case of pelvis pain and abnormal menses cycle.

• Thyroid conditions: It is used to detect issues related to the thyroid gland such as abnormal growths in the thyroid gland or neck and abnormal activities of the thyroid gland.

• Infections: It is used to diagnose the infected tissues.

• Liver problems: It is also performed to diagnose various kinds of liver-related problems such as fatty liver disease, liver cirrhosis, fibrosis, etc.

• Kidney problems: It detects different kidneys related issues such as kidney stones, cysts, tumors, and infections.

• Gallbladder Problem: It detects the gallbladder problems such as gallstones.

How is Ultrasound performed?

The ultrasound is carried out by a specially trained ultrasound technician called a sonographer. For the ultrasonic procedure, the technician uses an ultrasonic device called a transducer. The technician applies gel to the skin of a particular area and then passes the transducer or probe over that area of the body to be scanned to transmit the ultrasound waves from the probe through the gel and into the body. The sound waves reflect the body structure and back to the probe, The probe then converts the waves into electrical signals. To cover the electrical signals in real-time images, the computer system is used.

Advantages of an ultrasound

• The ultrasound offers various benefits such as

• The ultrasound scan procedure is safe and doesn’t pose any side effects because ultrasound doesn’t use radiation so there is no chance of being exposed to radiation.

• It creates real-time images of soft tissues

• The procedure of ultrasound is painless

Conclusion

Ultrasound scan is a completely safe and highly effective imaging procedure that provides live images of the inside of the body. The sonographer or ultrasound technician performs the ultrasound procedure to diagnose the problem effectively at the earlier stage.

A note from Ganesh Diagnostic and Imaging Centre

Ganesh Diagnostic and Imaging Centre is the best ultrasound center in Delhi NCR. We offer various kinds of ultrasound tests such as abdominal ultrasound, ultrasound KUB, obstetric ultrasound, prostate ultrasound, level 2 ultrasound, pelvis ultrasound, etc. using advanced ultrasound techniques and high-end technology. Our experienced sonographers perform the ultrasound in a careful manner to avoid any kind of inconvenience to the patients.

For any query or to schedule your ultrasound test, contact us