Tests And Scans
The gut is a very complex part of the body to investigate the underlying cause for what appears to be wrong. Blood tests, endoscopy, scans and xrays are not always needed but your Gastroenterologist is highly trained and experienced to select the most appropriate investigation or tests to make a diagnosis. The jargon is often complicated and daunting. These information leaflets will improve your knowledge and understanding of what might lie ahead of you and help with understandable anxieties about going to hospital.
- 24h intraoesophageal pH monitoring
- Anaemia
- Barium swallow and meal
- Blood test – liver function tests
- Blood tests to detect inflammation
- CT scan
- CT virtual colonoscopy
- DEXA scan
- Faecal occult blood test (FOBT)
- Laparoscopy and laparoscopic surgery
- Liver biopsy
- Mantoux test
- MRCP
- MRI
- Percutaneous biopsy
- PET scan
- PTC
- Screening for bowel cancer
- Ultrasound scan