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[Omalichanwa 5]

Hi guys,

please I want to know if a pregnant woman can do x-ray during medical examination? Is that going to be a problem… I really need answers please cause am freaking out. Ir1

[Loren Y 2,769]

Not an issue. If it is the xray for the medical exam they take it of your lungs, and it is a very low radiation exposure. They will probably even use a lead blanket as extra precaution to protect the child. This is done many times a day all around the world, should not be an issue. I will look for a dosage chart. I have attached below. you can see the chest x-ray is the lowest amount.

 

• A single chest x-ray exposes the patient to about 0.1 mSv. This is about the same amount of radiation people are exposed to naturally over the course of about 10 days.
• A mammogram exposes a woman to 0.4 mSv, or about the amount a person would expect to get from natural background exposure over 7 weeks.

Some other imaging tests have higher exposures, for example:

• A lower GI series using x-rays of the large intestine exposes a person to about 8 mSv, or about the amount expected over about 3 years.
• A CT scan of the abdomen (belly) and pelvis exposes a person to about 10 mSv.
• A PET/CT exposes you to about 25 mSv of radiation. This is equal to about 8 years of average background radiation exposure.

Edited April 24, 2022 by Loren Y

[Omalichanwa 5]

32 minutes ago, Loren Y said:

Not an issue. If it is the xray for the medical exam they take it of your lungs, and it is a very low radiation exposure. They will probably even use a lead blanket as extra precaution to protect the child. This is done many times a day all around the world, should not be an issue. I will look for a dosage chart. I have attached below. you can see the chest x-ray is the lowest amount.

 

• A single chest x-ray exposes the patient to about 0.1 mSv. This is about the same amount of radiation people are exposed to naturally over the course of about 10 days.
• A mammogram exposes a woman to 0.4 mSv, or about the amount a person would expect to get from natural background exposure over 7 weeks.

Some other imaging tests have higher exposures, for example:

• A lower GI series using x-rays of the large intestine exposes a person to about 8 mSv, or about the amount expected over about 3 years.
• A CT scan of the abdomen (belly) and pelvis exposes a person to about 10 mSv.
• A PET/CT exposes you to about 25 mSv of radiation. This is equal to about 8 years of average background radiation exposure.

Thanks alot