just had a barium meal done
and saw black shading around my stomach, been reading on the net that water and gas shows up black on an x ray just wanting to know if that sounds normal they say i will get the results in a week surely if they saw something like cancer they would have let me know then. my only problem is belching
2007-08-23 03:00:44 · 5 answers · asked by ? 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
If you go to mayco clinic.com you will be able to pull up all sorts of pictures. Good luck. :-)
2007-08-23 03:04:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
First off, the cancer that would have been seen from a barium meal (we call it an esophagram in California), would be cancer of the esophagus or stomach. Esophageal and gastric cancer is pretty darn rare.
The black you saw in your stomach would be air. When you were standing, the top of your stomach (fundas) should have had black in it, as air rises. As you lay down, the air is spread out throughout your stomach. You probably didn't see much fluid or water. The white color was the barium.
The things we find regularly on esophagrams are ulcers, reflux and hiatal hernias. I am not sure I have ever seen a gastric or esophageal cancer on an esophagram, and I have been assisting the radiologist with these exams for about 15 years.
2007-08-23 13:27:38 · answer #2 · answered by Lissacal 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats right it would show up black if there is nothing wrong. Any lumps, tumours, etc would show up as white!! Bit strange you have to wait a week for results! Perhaps they have to send off the x-rays to a speacialist to be on the safe side.
2007-08-23 03:08:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If there was anything there to worry about, you wouldn't be at home you'd be in a ward.
relax, everything will be ok.
2007-08-23 03:08:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds completely normal.
2007-08-23 03:06:45 · answer #5 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋