Wednesday 18 March 2015

Diagnostic Imaging  and its Methods Used in Medical and Clinical Analysis



Medical imaging or diagnostic imaging is a technique or process that create visual representation of interior of body for medical and clinical analysis. 

Medical imaging that establishes a database for physiology and anatomy reveals the internal structure covered by skin and even applied to diagnose the disease. 


To look inside the body multiple diagnostic imaging systems are used depending on symptoms and activities inside the body. 


Mostly the diagnostic imaging machines comprise of: 
  • X-rays
  • CT scans
  • Nuclear medicine scans
  • MRI scans
  • Ultrasound
Diagnostic Imaging in UK X-rays are kind of radiation called electromagnetic waves that creates an image of inner parts of body. The images develop image mostly in black and white shade as different tissues absorb different amounts of radiation.
Mostly, x-rays are used to check out the broken bones and may be used in different ways to determine different health issue. 


CT Scan
Diagnostic Imaging in UK, with special X-ray equipment to make cross sectional pictures of the body, the imaging machine is used to scan broken bones, cancers, blood clots, heart diseases and internal bleeding. 


Nuclear Scan
They are radioactive substances to see functions and structures inside the body and is a special camera that detects radioactivity. 


Before the test gets started, the patients are given a small amount of radioactive material that may be injected in the body. Then patient lies on the table and camera develops image on the screen. Physicians take an advantage of this machine to diagnose many conditions like cancer, injuries and infections. 


In addition to these, MRI scans and ultrasound are other diagnostic imaging solution that are used in medical centres to diagnose health issues.

Thursday 19 February 2015

Hemorrhoids and Related Surgeries to Overcome Pain and Swelling


Hemorrhoids or piles are swollen veins in the anal canal that can be painful. The piles are either under the skin of the anus or inside the anus.
Quite common in both men and women, piles have some common symptoms like bleeding during bowel movement, itching and rectal pain. The patient may notice bleeding while passing urine that may occur due to formation of lumps around the anus.
Once diagnosed with Hemorrhoids, the practitioner would suggest you diet as the best treatment. Although change in diet is the best way, still surgery is opted when other treatment options fail. Surgery is also considered when it starts affecting your lifestyle and there is an uncontrolled bleeding.
For treating the external Hemorrhoids Treatment in United Kingdom is not considered the best idea as per physicians when you are already having a surgery on the anal area.
Although if you are going for the surgery, the type of surgery is called hemorrhoidectomy, in which the doctor makes an incision around the anus to remove piles. You will be given local anaesthesia during treatment.
Although the surgery removes swelling, pain, bleeding and itching occur due to piles, but the procedure has a drawback too. it’s quite painful as incision is made in high sensitive area that may need stitches.
Another procedure is PPH that is a minimal invasive procedure to treat piles or prolapse. Going for PPH is quite beneficial as it is less painful, recovers quickly, less bleeding, itching and has fewer complications.
If you are going through pain of piles, you can even go for laser therapies too available at leading medical centres of U.K.

Friday 16 January 2015

Ovarian Cyst Removal- A Procedure to Improve Abnormality in Woman Improving Life


Cysts are non-cancerous lumps that appear in any part of the body, both internally and externally. Like the skin tag and lesion, cysts have a capsule like structure filled with semisolid material, gaseous material and liquid.

Usually appears within body tissue and vary in size from microscopic to large structures, you may find them in the sebaceous gland, synovial, ovary, pineal gland and in liver and kidney too. Occurrence of the cysts may have ample of reasons, however major reasons for cyst formation are:
  • Genetic condition
  • Tumor
  • Defects in cells and embryonic development
  • Chronic inflammatory conditions
  • Injuries and parasites
  • Blockages of ducts in the body
  • Infections
Among all the cysts ranges mentioned above, ovarian the cyst removal cases emerge more in U.K. ovarian cysts are fluid-filled sacs that grown in the ovaries. With the application of laparoscopy surgery, that involves usage of small incisions and specialized tools are approached. As compared to open surgery, laparoscopy brings better result and that too in less time.

An ovarian cyst removal is advised or may be needed by a woman when cancer is suspected in the patient. Usually large and solid, they cause pain, which needs to remove to avoid further complications and pain in future.

However, the possible complications are rare, no procedure is risk free, if you are a patient who needs to remove ovary cyst, and your physician would review a complications that may happen during or after the surgery. The possible complications include infection, bleeding, return of cyst, need of removal of both ovaries, clotting in blood and even damage to other organs.

To avoid feel of pain during the process, general anesthesia is given to the patient to block pain and keep her asleep throughout the surgery. While local anesthesia is given to numb as an injection or may be with a sedative to the operated area.

Laparoscopy Procedure

Just below the navel, a small incision is made and then a laparoscope is inserted which has a thin tube with a camera at an end. For the better view of the organs carbon dioxide is pumped into the abdomen and the laparoscope device is used to locate the cyst. When the physician finds it, one or two incisions are made and then the surgical instruments are inserted to remove the cysts. The tissues are removed and incase cancer is found both ovaries are removed.

Although, it is the best procedure, but most of the time the physicians advise for open surgery.