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Had an xray of my foot and an hour later i got a nosebleed. no other symptoms. i'm scared that i got radiation sickness, but the dose was low. help!

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Dr. Richard Horak ii answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Radiation sickness: It gets technical but there is no way you received enough radiation from an xray to give you radiation sickness. Likely the cause of the nose bleed is from dry mucosa. I would rub a little Neosporin into the nose with a cotton swab to keep it moist.

Answered 1/2/2017

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