Cat scans and muscle tares?

CT scans—AKA the “cat” scans are effective in diagnosing pulmonary embolism (blood clots in the lungs) and deep venous thrombosis (blood clots in the legs), which indicate thromboembolic disease, a potentially fatal condition.
Cat Scans

I have no clue what you just said

It helps eliminate the symptoms of thromboembolic disease which can kill you; by noticing the blood clots earlier on.

so it can only detect blood clots?

It scans the body for any abnormalties.

Canit detect things that relate to the muscle though?

Yes, it scans for any abnormalties in the brain, muscle mass, lungs and well, anywhere, including legs.

ok. I might be going to the ER tonight. So just wondering what would happen if I got one and what it does. thanks

They are rather pricy so they probably will only do it for more serious injuries. Cat scans are pretty good at seeing hemorrhage pretty much anywhere in the body. They are also god for complicated bone fractures and ligament/tendon injuries.

Dear Dr Frank. You see very highly fixated on medical issues these days, what with your teeth, you “broken ribs”, your spinal manipulation and now this. I wonder if there is something else going on.

But, to give you a more compete answer, Computed Tomography (so called CT or CAT scans) are useful for detected a wide variety of ailments, not just what has been listed above. They can be used for evaluating bone, blood and soft tissues like organs. Depending on how the study is set up (i.e. if intravenous contrast, a “highlighting” material is given), and how quickly the scan is done, it can be used to look for strokes, bleeding, infection, cancer, bone injuries, lung injuries, and many other uses.

However, ebenezer is off base regarding ligament/tendon injuries. True “soft tissue injuries” like muscle tears and torn ligaments are best detected by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (or MRI). I don’t know what injury you are concerned about, but I doubt you will get an MRI (or even CT scan) in the ER.

shilolo- not the first time i’ve been off base. And certainly not the last.

I got one yesterday at like 1 in the morning. Thankfully everything is fine