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A member asked:
Got my first cat scan and no one told me how much radiation this generates should i be worried?
2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
No.: At your age, the liklihood of having any problem from a single ct scan is extremely low. As a radiologist i receive about that dose every year.
Answered 4/18/2013
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No: A single CT scan gives a dose between 10-20 mSV. This equivalent to about 3 years of radiation you receive by living on this planet (background radiation). Be careful and make sure the risks of radiation don't outweigh the benefit of the exam. https://www.webmd.com/healthy-aging/news/20090826/too-much-radiation-from-medical-imaging#1 https://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/pdf/safety-xray.pdf
Answered 10/29/2017
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