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When i was 20 i had a chest ct with contrast, at 25 a sinus ct &26 head ct. iliving in fear of getting leukemia from the radiation?
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Understandable: Ct scans emit a lot of radiation. It puts you at a slightly greater risk. Get annual physicial exams.
Answered 3/12/2020
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Small to No Risk!: The jury is still out on whether there is a very small cancer risk with low dose medical radiation. The fears associated with the concept of linear non threshold model (assumption that biological damage caused by radiation is directly proportional to the dose) and the idea that any dose, even the smallest, is carcinogenic lack scientific justification! www.Ncbi.Nlm.Nih.Gov/pmc/articles/pmc2663584/.
Answered 9/17/2015
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No such a thing: Do not worry. Population studies do show a risk from ionizing radiation but personal risk is very very small.
Answered 11/24/2013
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