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What Causes Abdominal Pain Along With Diarrhea After Injected With IV For Gall Bladder Scan?
Dr.Grief, please tell me why would I have severe abdominal pain 20 minutes after being injected IV for a nuclear medicine gall bladder scan.I also had several episodes of diarrhea 2 hours after the scan was completed. The agent was hepatolite-Tc99-mebrofenin. I had been totally npo for 18 hours prior to the scan.The report was read as normal-normal cystic and common ducts,normal gallbladder,normal emptying into the small bowel. I ingested no food or beverage until five hours after the injection-except Ensure which was part of the protocol for the study.I had considerable abdominal pain before drinking the Ensure. No gall stones were seen. Is this reaction an indication for surgical removal of my gall bladder?
Fri, 31 Oct 2014
It is due to allergic reactions to dye, it will settle down, its not an indication for surgery, reply with 5 stars
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