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What happens if you eat and drink before an abdominal ultrasound?

Post author:Yianni Kiromitis
Post last modified:25/01/2022

If you eat and drink before an ultrasound, you will create an excess amount of abdominal gas that might obscure some abdominal organs. Your gallbladder will also empty to help digest food and will not be easily seen during the test.

Yianni Kiromitis

Pg (Cert) Medical Ultrasound (General Imaging), BSc (Hons) Radiography (Imaging) (English and Greek speaker) Yianni Kiromitis is a London based NHS and Private Sonographer with more than 21 years of experience in the Healthcare sector. He holds a PgC from South Bank University and has worked for multiple NHS and Private ultrasound providers.

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