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What number of times can we have our x-ray in a month?

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Dr. Gerald Mandell answered

Specializes in Nuclear Medicine

Benefit vs. risk: Ionizing radiation can cause harm and in excess perhaps induce the formation of tumors.CT examinations are most incriminated because of amount of irradiation expended.Freq. CT examinations particularly in growing children can cause development of brain tumors and leukemia.Cumulative doses of about 50 mGy (3-10CT)might triple the risk of leukaemia.Life and death situations may necessitate risk taki

Answered 5/1/2015

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