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A member asked:
I've had 3 barium enema and 3 barium swallows in 12 years i'm 38 and so scared i'll now get cancer from to much radiation, please help ease my fears?
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Unlikely: Medical use of X-rays is safe and therefore free of Cancer. 3 studies is below an average adults life time use of radiation. if it was more than 10 times you might have some reasons to worry about this matter. You can relax, forget about it and do not take any more tension about it.
Answered 8/18/2015
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Stop worrying: The risk of x-rays is cumulative and depends at what age the exposure took place. The younger you are when exposed the greater the risk. Your chance of having additional risk of cancer from your studies is 1 in 307. Which is a 0.325705% chance of cancer from your X-Rays. To put it another way you have a 99.674295% chance of having NO additional cancer from the x-rays. SEE> http://bit.ly/1KPfIEg
Answered 8/19/2015
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