[BipolarBob]

This is why I demand my CT scanner is a genuine Chinese made one.

[OldWarBaby]

As an old Nuke that’s been a big peeve of mine forever. I’ve yet to find a medical person who can say what the radiation exposure to any particular test might be. That’s why they get behind a lead wall when they are zapping us.

And that’s why they banned fluoroscopes. The operators couldn’t shield themselves.

[albie]

“That will lead to cancer in a small percentage of patients, approximately 36,000 cancers every year.”

…I disagree that’s a “small percentage”

[DesertRhino]

Translation: Insurance companies think they are paying too much out for CT scans and probably MRIs too.

[monkeyshine]

This is not new information. Maybe they have more data now but it has always been known that CT-scans are radiation scans, and too many CT scans, especially over a short period of time, is risky.

[pfflier]

That will lead to cancer in a small percentage of patient

So will flying on an airplane.

As a diagnostic tool, CAT scanning is more valuable to a patient than a risk. Sure, reduce the dosage to what is necessary but let's not get our panties in a bunch over this.

[Rockingham]

About fifteen years ago, after the removal of most of a benign pituitary tumor, I declined a recommended course of stereotactic “gamma knife” radiation for the residue. As I learned by reading the medical literature through a second opinion, the software, operator training, and control over the radiation dosing were all problematic.

[exnavy]

Mankind survived and thrived for tens of thousands of years without any of these procedures.

[TTFX]

Dental x-rays can cause thyroid cancer and brain cancer.

Source: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/thy.2019.0105

[RckyRaCoCo]

...but glowing in the dark can have it’s advantages.

[richardtavor]

Just for grins, I took my own geiger counter to my last CT just to find out for myself. I clocked over 40,000 CPM (Counts per Minute) an hour after the test, and was still registering a 1000 the next day. However, I am fighting liver cancer, so I am checked by CT at least twice per year. I have at least 4 MRIs per year, but they don’t use radiation so are not as hazardous. I was amazed that when I asked the technicians about this, they were clueless. The best they could offer was that their management made them wear radiation badges, which were checked regularly.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

That's why Lois Lane died of cancer.

[Bob434]

I have lost count of how many CT scans, MRI’s, PET scans, x-rays, and a few others that i’ve had- Some years there were several- some fairly close together-

[ChessExpert]

Do they still do scans at airports? It’s been a long time since I last flew. I chose a pat-down instead of a scan last time. They were polite enough. No overt eyerolls, though you do have to repeat yourself to be understood.

[Albion Wilde]

Ping!

[Albion Wilde]

Is it the CT technology, or is it that DEI scan operators are causing a noticeable uptick?

[Myrddin]

Last year I had lots of CT scans. I also had multiple trips to interventional radiology to place drains in my abdomen and to embolize a bleeding renal artery. Placement of the NJ tube was also done with a fluoroscope. Lots of radiation and contrast. There is no way to know if the 3000 RADs through my gut in 1985 for the first cancer set the stage for last year's festivities. The literature says that the 5 year prognosis for ampullary cancer has a median death at 36 months after a successful Whipple procedure with a range of 32% to 67%. Examining the stage and histology reports puts me in the 32% range. All the CT scans were necessary at the time to assess pneumonia and an aortic aneurysm. The pneumonia is resolved. The aneurysm is too high risk to attempt.

[alexander_busek]

“Many patients still routinely receive radiation doses two or three times what they should,” said Dr. Rebecca Smith-Bindman, a professor at the University of California-San Francisco medical school.

What could go wrong?

Regards,

[BiteYourSelf]

I am so screwed.🙄