How long after menopause should I do B-ultrasound

Many people will use B-ultrasound to determine their physical condition. For example, many women who suspect they are pregnant will choose to do B-ultrasound to confirm whether they are pregnant. Of course, if you want to ensure the accuracy of the results, you must wait a certain period of time after menstruation before doing the B-ultrasound. So, how long after menopause is it appropriate to do an ultrasound? The following will introduce relevant knowledge to you!

1. How long after menopause should I do B-ultrasound?

B-ultrasound examination is an examination that needs to be done after pregnancy has been confirmed after menopause. Some pregnant mothers may mistakenly believe that the earlier the ultrasound is done after menopause, the better. In fact, this is not the case. Because the first eight weeks of pregnancy is a critical stage for the formation of various fetal organs, and this stage is also a very important stage that can easily lead to fetal malformations, so ultrasound examinations are usually not required. However, an ultrasound examination is necessary if the following conditions occur before eight weeks of pregnancy: abdominal pain and vaginal bleeding, and the need to rule out abnormal pregnancy; uterine fibroids or pelvic masses before pregnancy; and the inability to clearly determine the time of amenorrhea and the inability to correctly judge the time of pregnancy based on physical signs and symptoms.

Regarding the question of how long to do an ultrasound after menopause, generally the first ultrasound examination is eight weeks after menopause, and a general ultrasound will be sufficient, without the need for a vaginal ultrasound or color ultrasound. The purpose of doing B-ultrasound is to check whether it is an ectopic pregnancy, and the other is to check the size of the gestational sac and whether there is primitive heart tube pulsation.

2. Preparation before inspection

The scope of B-type ultrasound examination is very wide, and the preparation before examination is also different for different examination parts. ① Abdominal examination: including liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen and abdominal cavity. Generally, the examination should be done on an empty stomach, because after eating, the stomach and intestines produce gas, which affects the penetration of ultrasound. The examination is best performed on an empty stomach. ② Gynecological examination: You should drink water and hold your urine. When the bladder is full, squeeze the intestine to allow ultrasound to better penetrate into the pelvic cavity and clearly show the normal and abnormal conditions of the uterus and ovaries. ③Urinary system examination: You should drink more water. When the bladder is full, the internal stones, tumors, polyps, etc. will be better displayed. ④ Surface tumors and lesions: They can be examined immediately and generally do not require special preparation. ⑤ No preparation is required for heart and limb vascular examinations.

3. Clinical significance of B-ultrasound examination

Type B ultrasound is the main method of ultrasound examination. Although ultrasound has developed by leaps and bounds, such as endoscopic ultrasound, ultrasound angiography, three-dimensional imaging, elastic imaging, etc., they are all developed on the basis of type B ultrasound. Therefore, all physicians who perform ultrasound work and patients being examined should understand the characteristics of B-type ultrasound, preparation before examination, examination scope and precautions, etc., so as to better use it to serve the examinees.