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Ionizing radiation (x-ray) - Is it ALL safe?

May 20, 2021 • Deborah Herritt Koumoutsidis

This episode I speak with one of our local hospitals Radiographic Imaging Experts Milena Lewis . Milena has been in this field for over 20 years and is highly skilled when advising patients on the risks and benefits and how to ask for advice when X-rays have been requested by your Health professional. Milena helps shine some light on what you can do to be more informed when you need an X-Ray Image both during pregnancy and everyday.

Ionizing radiation (x-ray) is composed of high-energy photons that are capable of damaging DNA and generating caustic free radicals, although we discuss this briefly in this episode we do not discuss the exact photon exposure involved with various Imaging methods. If you would like to know the range of doses provided by common radiographs you can find them Here and also lots of other facts on exposure.

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