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Woah is the radiation in an imaging test really so dangerous that you carefully consider whether its worth doing even once? Because uhh i get those pretty often
by zaptheimpaler 8y ago
Woah is the radiation in an imaging test really so dangerous that you carefully consider whether its worth doing even once? Because uhh i get those pretty often
- epmaybe 8y agoNo, not especially. It's mostly dependent on how early in your life you receive doses of radiation. It's why we tend to stay away from CT scans in pregnant women, or other high dose radiation in kids. However, the obstetrician-gynecologists I worked with drilled into me that if you need a CT scan, do it anyways because technically one CT scan does not exceed the dosage that will cause damage in babies. XKCD made a nice little graphic comparing the dosage of different radiations: https://xkcd.com/radiation/ https://xkcd.com/radiation/