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> Although cardiovascular disease is widely recognized as the leading cause of death, a lesser known fact is that aortic aneurysm is the 15th leading cause of d

> Although cardiovascular disease is widely recognized as the leading cause of death, a lesser known fact is that aortic aneurysm is the 15th leading cause of death over the age of 65 years in the USA. I was not aware of this. non-surgical interventions: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/circj/advpub/0/advpub_CJ-13-1252/_article/-char/ja/ https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/circj/advpub/0/advpub_C... > This is just one of the reasons doctors grimace when people want to get such scans without cause, but there are many others beyond the scope of this reply too. Great points. Is it legal for a doctor to hide informations to its patient? such as the fact he has a seemingly "minor" aneurysm ? > I get a full MRI imaging every two years You might wanna study radio-protectors such as NAC. I had read it is also a contrastive agent but it's unclear to me what it help to see and what it might inadvertently hide (if anything)

thaeli 4y ago
MRI isn't ionizing radiation, so much lower risk profile there. You may be thinking of CT scans?
- SemanticStrengh 4y ago
  The idea that only ionizing radiations induce damage has to stop bruh https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35237875/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35237875/ I mean it's much safer but still a concern.
  - hfsh 4y ago
    That has nothing to do with NAC. NAC supposedly helps protect against possible kidney damage caused by the contrast agent, nothing to do with radiation, ionizing or otherwise. Doesn't seem to be a clear indication that it actually helps for that, but it's used for quite a lot of other things, like treating paracetamol overdose.
    - SemanticStrengh 4y ago
      > nothing to do with radiation, ionizing or otherwise. bruh radiations induce oxidative stress and free radicals which is the major cause of damage, which the antioxidant GSH (NAC) prevents/reduce

thaeli 4y ago

MRI isn't ionizing radiation, so much lower risk profile there. You may be thinking of CT scans?

SemanticStrengh 4y ago
The idea that only ionizing radiations induce damage has to stop bruh https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35237875/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35237875/ I mean it's much safer but still a concern.
- hfsh 4y ago
  That has nothing to do with NAC. NAC supposedly helps protect against possible kidney damage caused by the contrast agent, nothing to do with radiation, ionizing or otherwise. Doesn't seem to be a clear indication that it actually helps for that, but it's used for quite a lot of other things, like treating paracetamol overdose.
  - SemanticStrengh 4y ago
    > nothing to do with radiation, ionizing or otherwise. bruh radiations induce oxidative stress and free radicals which is the major cause of damage, which the antioxidant GSH (NAC) prevents/reduce