Shortness of breath, irritability, and fatigue are all signs of mild anemia. Prune juice is a great source of iron and can help prevent and treat iron deficiency. One half-cup of prunes contains 0.81 milligrams of iron, while 1/2 cup of prune juice contains 3 milligrams. The average adult needs 10 milligrams a day, while menstruating or nursing women need 15 milligrams, and pregnant women need 30 milligrams.
Sialography is a technique for making the salivary glands and their ducts visible radiographically and is accomplished by injecting; a radio-opaque contrast agent into the salivary duel. The most commonly used contrast agents for this technique are organic iodines compounds .
Sometimes oral and IV contrast are used to help delineate these structures and add to the radiologist's ability to better define the anatomy and any structural abnormalities. A CT-A (or CT angiogram) is a CT scan that is done to specifically look at certain blood vessels within the body. Intravenous contrast is administered and the images are taken when the contrast is thought to be passing through the vessels of interest.