Your Doctor Has Ordered: An X Ray of Your Gall Bladder (Gall Bladder Series)

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Creation Date: February 1990
Last Revision Date: February 1990

Two days prior to the exam, eat a regular supper. At approximately 7 p.m. you will take six tablets, one at a time, every 10 minutes, with a small amount of water. These pills contain a dye that is concentrated in the gallbladder and must be taken in order for the gallbladder to be visualized on the x-ray.

Following the first dose of dye tablets all subsequent meals should be fat-free. Avoid rich or greasy foods.

The evening before the exam, starting at 7 p.m., repeat the six tablets in the same manner. Do not eat or drink anything after midnight until after the exam is completed. The x-ray itself An x-ray technologist will take several x-rays of your gall bladder. After a radiologist has studied these x-rays, you may be asked to drink a white liquid. Afterward, more x-rays will be taken.

Your x-rays will be interpreted by a radiologist, a doctor who specializes in x-rays. The results will be reported to your doctor, who in turn will discuss them with you.

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