[ RadSafe ] baby in x-ray scanner

[howard long]

Symptoms like "skin irritation," -"-various syndromes, blood changes, 
gastrointestinal problems, etc." are present in a large portion of routine well baby
examinations! Fearmongering, a la lawyers, makes it likely that disease would be caused by worry about a baby getting a dose less than a week of background radiation!
   
  Howard Long, family doctor
  
Sandy Perle <sandyfl at earthlink.net> wrote:
  On 21 Dec 2006 at 17:29, Alan Stahler wrote:

> What sort of damage/biomarkers would medical personnel
> look for after a pass thru the scanner?

Good question! Of course there would not have been a high exposure to 
radiation, but if there were, the most obvious indication would be 
skin irritation, such as would be the case from a fluoroscopic mis-
administartion. Then there are the various syndromes, blood changes, 
gastrointestinal problems, etc. All of these syndromes are well 
defined and can be easily looked up on the net.

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Sandy Perle
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