A member asked:

I got a stomach scan and liver scan, now what?

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Dr. Gerald Mandell answered

Specializes in Nuclear Medicine

Very little: if these scans were utilizing nuclear medicine , radioactivity, radiation will mainly dissipate within 24 hours. The degree of radiation should not inhibit activities unless breast feeding or prolonged close contact with baby.. If CT or MR nothing special needs to be done., Mother may abstain from breast-feeding for 24 hours with active expression and discarding of breast milk during this time pe

Answered 7/12/2014

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