Re: Radioactive tingle

[g2v13a@swbell.net]

It may suprize some to find that there is at least a related
issue that is reported by cancer patients under treatment
(with 4-6MV x-rays) that includes the mouth.  The report
is that they can "taste" the radiation, but only while the
beam is on.  While these reports are easy to dismiss, a
common thread emerges if one digs deeper - all of these
patients (a small sub-set of the larger patient population)
have a regular filling(s) and a gold crown(s).The pattern is
amazingly consistant (after 20+ years of working in these
clinics).

Douglas D. Jackson
g2v13a@swbell.net
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Michael McNaughton wrote:

> At 12:24 PM 2/10/00 -0800, you wrote:
> >Why do you feel it necessary to come up with an explanation for this
> >individual having a "tingling" sensation on his lips?  The fact that he
> >attributed the "tingling" to radiation tells us quite a bit about this
> >individual.
>
> I agree, it was probably psychosomatic. I wondered if there was any
> possibility of another explanation. Previously, someone had mentioned mCi.
> If it was microcuries then I agree it could not reasonably cause any
> sensation.
>
> mike
> Mike McNaughton
> email: mcnaught@LANL.gov or mcnaughton@LANL.gov
> phone: (505)667-6130
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