BLOOD TESTS will give the doctor an indication of your general health and how well your kidneys are working.
A CHEST-XRAY will examine your heart and lungs to check that they are healthy.
INTRAVENOUS UROGRAM or PYELOGRAM (IVU or IVP) is an X-ray examination that looks at your kidneys, ureters and bladder. The doctor can recognise on the X-ray film any abnormalities in the outline of the urinary system.
The IVU is carried out in the X-ray department, takes about an hour, and you can normally go home immediately afterwards. The injection of dye may make you feel hot and flushed initially but this soon passes.
CYSTOSCOPY is a telescopic examination that allows the urologist to inspect the inside of your bladder. Using the flexible cystoscope the examination is not painful, and does not require a general anaesthefic, so you you may return home afterwards. Under some circumstances it may be recommended that you have a general anaesthetic, for example if issue samples (BIOPSIES) need to be taken.
Biopsies are examined under a microscope to establish whether there are any cancerous cells, and if so, what kind they are.
A CHEST-XRAY will examine your heart and lungs to check that they are healthy.
INTRAVENOUS UROGRAM or PYELOGRAM (IVU or IVP) is an X-ray examination that looks at your kidneys, ureters and bladder. The doctor can recognise on the X-ray film any abnormalities in the outline of the urinary system.
The IVU is carried out in the X-ray department, takes about an hour, and you can normally go home immediately afterwards. The injection of dye may make you feel hot and flushed initially but this soon passes.
CYSTOSCOPY is a telescopic examination that allows the urologist to inspect the inside of your bladder. Using the flexible cystoscope the examination is not painful, and does not require a general anaesthefic, so you you may return home afterwards. Under some circumstances it may be recommended that you have a general anaesthetic, for example if issue samples (BIOPSIES) need to be taken.
Biopsies are examined under a microscope to establish whether there are any cancerous cells, and if so, what kind they are.
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