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Why Doctor Has Suggested Kidney, Stomach Ultrasound Scan For Infant?
My 3 month old son was in hostipal 5 weeks ago with "e-coli septicaemia" and was given the all clear by the doctorts, we have now be asked to take him in for a kidney, stomach ultrasound scan but know one can tell me why, can you please let me know why this is
Tue, 27 May 2014
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Your son might be completely alright and still your doctor wants to make sure that we are not missing anything. E coli septicemia is a serious illness and it is better that an ultrasound scan is done to see the abdomen. It is a convenient method of imaging children and there is no radiation involved. This is just for the record that there is no persisting problems due to the earlier conditions.
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Your son might be completely alright and still your doctor wants to make sure that we are not missing anything. E coli septicemia is a serious illness and it is better that an ultrasound scan is done to see the abdomen. It is a convenient method of imaging children and there is no radiation involved. This is just for the record that there is no persisting problems due to the earlier conditions.
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