Ct Scan

[nailit]

Just been for a CT Scan with contrast.
Why do people report that they feel as though they have wet themselves
with it?
This is my second CT scan.
(Had one years ago. Unrelated)
Neither the first nor this one have i even remotely
felt that I have wet myself.
I felt little more than a little 'flushed' and warm?

Just curious.

[EdmundD]

Same.

[nailit]

Actually an understatment.
Thought my face was going to set on fire.... :-)
Never once thought that I was going wet myself though!

Also surprised that I didnt have to change into a hospital gown.
Just had to drop my trousers (metal belt buckle)
for an abdominal scan.

[Buenchico]

Like most things that medics stuff inside one's body, from aspirin upwards, the side effects of bunging some iodine into it are bound to vary between different people.

I've had plenty of CT scans over the past few years and never experienced any side effects at all. Mind you, when I had the one with a radioactive contrast medium, and then went for a pub lunch and a bit of shopping before the scan, I didn't actually go near to any Geiger counters to test it out ;-)

[nailit]

Chris, probably glowing like the Readybrek kid....

[Buenchico]

That analogy had also occurred to me, Nailit.

It's actually rather a strange feeling (psychologically, rather than physically) when you're told, "Yes, you can take a bus into town but make sure don't sit anywhere near to young children or pregnant women".

I was a bit worried that a pregnant woman might sit near to me and I'd have to say, "Excuse me madam. I've got to find another seat, as I'm not allowed to sit next to you". She'd probably have thought that I'd got some sort of restraining order!

;-)

[Atheist]

Buen and Nailit. I had some sort of scan after a DVT incident. I had to drink a glass of water and then I was jabbed or given a needle up the elbow-pit wherein was introduced something that made me feel a warm glow all over. I was then slowly slid along on a sliding thing. Afterwards the young lad in charge said, 'Oh, usually people wet themselves when we do that.' I didn't wet myself, but I wondered why on earth they hadn't put a nappy on me. Was that a CT scan? (I was later told that I was all clear.)

[Atheist]

I wasn't warned about staying away from women.

[Peter Pedant]

yes
no worries

[Atheist]

Thanks, PP. Are you a doctor then? No, I never really bothered with all the exams and that! (Hancock).

[Sqad]

Contrast media is a vasodilator, it increases blood flow to all parts of the body, skin(flushing) and all the pelvic organs including the bladder , hence the feeling that you want to micturate (pee).

[Buenchico]

>>> Was that a CT scan?

That was a 'CT scan with contrast', Atheist. (I'm assuming that the machine wasn't incredibly noisy, as that would have been an MRI scan).


>>> I wasn't warned about staying away from women.

That's only necessary when you have a highly-radioactive contrast medium, where you have to wait for several hours before the scan can be carried out. (Hence the bus trip, the shopping and the pub lunch in my post above).

[Hopkirk]

I always feel I want to micturate.
Must be an age thing.

[Atheist]

Buen, the machine was not noisy, and I wasn't inserted into a claustrophobic tube. Thanks for the info.

[rowanwitch]

Might be a PET scan, ?

I think the feeling you have wet yourself affects women more. Same sensation on heated car seats...

[anneasquith]

“ why do people feel like they have wet themselves’?
Because some do .

[nailit]

//why do people feel like they have wet themselves’?
Because some do//
For God's sakes Anne....
Why do you even bother replying?

[Peter Pedant]

I wasn't warned about staying away from women.
stay away from women.

[Peter Pedant]

// I was a bit worried that a pregnant woman might sit near to me and I'd have to say, "Excuse me madam. I've got to find another seat,//
what is wrong with
madam you and your little baby are in danger: I have VD !