**Kidney ultrasound** ------------------------------ Renal ultrasound is one of the appropriate methods to diagnose problems.... This method is one of the least dangerous diagnostic methods with very high accuracy.... But one of the most common questions of patients in this field is that one should fast for ***kidney ultrasound***?... What is the preparation before kidney ultrasound?.. Stay with us in the future... ### **What is ultrasound** Ultrasound is one of the appropriate methods of imaging, which can be said to cause no harm to the body, and unlike radiology, X-rays are not used.... In ultrasound, there is a property of sound and it is reflected when it hits obstacles... ### **Kidney ultrasound** To perform a kidney ultrasound, the patient lies on the bed and the doctor sends waves to the body using an ultrasound probe that is placed on the patient's body. The probe is connected to the ultrasound machine with a wire and the computer analyzes the received images and displays them on the screen. During the ultrasound, the patient may feel a slight vibration on his skin. Ultrasound ** Kidney ultrasound can be used to check the following: Examining kidney disorder, the most common of which is kidney disease... Examining flank or abdominal pain Swollen kidney examination Observation and examination of benign lesions Examining malignant tumors, the most common of which is Gravitz's tumor (RCC)... Examining the size of the kidneys... Examining the kidney shape Examination of related organs including bladder and ureter ### **Preparation before ultrasound** Kidney ultrasound does not require special preparation and if the purpose of the ultrasound is to observe the bladder itself, the bladder does not need to be full, but if the doctor wants to examine the bladder, prostate, pelvis, uterus, etc., the bladder must be full. In fact, when the bladder is full, he can observe all other parts like a radiologist. If the patient does not have any serious problems and is in a normal condition, he is not overweight, this ultrasound can be examined between 5 and 10 minutes.. Abdominal ultrasound Ultrasound of the liver Thyroid ultrasound