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What harm is caused to your body by an MRI?

• mindslight 3y ago
  Placing an IV after they had already botched it three times, living on lactated Ringer's instead of real food for the better part of a day, IV sedation anesthesia and its possible complications, (I didn't investigate side effects of the contrast), and the further destruction of bodily autonomy and resulting lack of alertness that comes from all those.
  • singleshot_ 3y ago
    Yikes. Seems like a pretty serious MRI. Good luck. On one hand, this defensive practice of medicine is objectionable. On the other, it only exists because people like to sue providers when outcomes are bad. I’m glad you had a good outcome.
    • mindslight 3y ago
      Everything turned out fine, thank you. I do get why in an emergency context doctors want to do as many tests as possible in parallel, and have very little context to guide them otherwise. But also I don't have much sympathy for things "only" being a certain way because of some other thing. The medical industry is a whole set of self-reinforcing terrible dynamics, which is why we need sweeping reform. I've also got to wonder how much this narrative bemoaning MRIs for "headaches" is because doctors have rightfully moved to doing less harmful MRIs instead of less expensive X-ray CTs.