IVU Test

i have a test on monday called IVU... pray guys
i searched online dat wat exactly is dis test abt n found sumthings...

IVU or IntraVenous Urogram.
The IVU is a special diagnostic test that follows the time course of excretion of a radiopaque contrast dye through the kidneys, ureters (the tubes that carry urine from the kidneys to the bladder) and bladder after it is injected into a vein in your arm. X-ray pictures of your kidneys, ureters and bladder are taken before the dye is injected, and then at intervals afterwards. The investigation is performed to assist in the diagnosis of kidney and bladder disorders.




This is a test that looks at the whole of your urinary system. It looks at the


Kidneys
Bladder   
Tubes that connect them (ureters)
The test is done in the hospital X-ray department. It takes about an hour. The test does not hurt at all. You will have some dye injected into one of your veins, usually into an arm. The dye can make you feel very hot for a few minutes but it is not harmful and this feeling soon disappears.

The dye circulates through your blood stream and goes to your kidneys. The doctors can then watch the dye on an X-ray screen, as it goes through your kidneys and then through the ureters to the bladder. This test is to see if cancer is growing in any other part of your urinary system.

You can go home as soon as the test is over.

The results
It can take time for test results to come through. How long will depend on why you are having the test. Usually, a specialist in radiology examines the X-rays and dictates a report. The typed report and X-rays then go to your specialist, who gives the results to you. If your GP has sent you for the test, the results will go directly to the GP surgery.

Understandably, waiting for results can make you anxious. It usually takes a couple of weeks for the results to come through. If your doctor needed the results urgently, it would have been noted on the scan request form and they will be ready sooner than that. Try to remember to ask your doctor how long you should expect to wait for the results when you are first asked to go for the test. If it is not an emergency, and you have not heard a couple of weeks after your test, ring your doctor's secretary to check if they are back.


read it and pray...

im not scared of the test..... its just the INJECTION im scared of....