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I am so worried about my son because he has had two abdominal ct scan. one at 10 msv at age 4 and the other at 6msv two weeks ago and he is now eight.
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Balance info vs risk: A CT scan can give valuable information regarding disease process but does carry its risk which increases the younger a person is and is dose related. Studies on people exposed to radiation are ongoing, and if total exposure is limited to the 16 mVs, then lifetime increase in cancer risk due to the radiation is still less than 1%. This is in addition to other genetic, disease and environment.
Answered 3/12/2020
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