The harm of gamma rays to human body

Radiation has always been something that everyone tries to avoid because it can seriously harm human health, from small things like hair loss, severe aging, and premature tooth loss to big things like affecting human cells and causing them to become diseased and cancerous. More serious radiation can even affect several generations, causing deformities in future babies. Even though some rays have been used for medical treatment, their harm cannot be eliminated. Today, let’s talk about the harm of gamma rays to the human body.

Gamma rays, also known as γ particle streams, are rays released when the energy levels of atomic nuclei transition and decay. They are electromagnetic waves with a wavelength shorter than 0.01 angstroms. Gamma rays, or γ rays, are one of the rays emitted when atoms decay and break apart. This type of electromagnetic wave has an extremely short wavelength, strong penetrating power, and carries high energy, which can easily cause DNA breakage in biological cells and lead to cell mutations, hematopoietic dysfunction, cancer and other diseases. But it can kill cells, so it can also be used to kill cancer cells for medical purposes.

Gamma rays have high energy. Since gamma rays have a very short wavelength and high frequency, they have very high energy. High-energy gamma rays have a very destructive effect on the human body. When the body is exposed to a gamma-ray radiation dose of 200-600 rems, the body's hematopoietic organs such as the bone marrow will be damaged, the white blood cell count will be severely reduced, internal bleeding and hair will fall out, and the probability of death within two months is 0-80%; when the radiation dose is 600-1000 rems, the probability of death within two months is 80-100%; when the radiation dose is 1000-1500 rems, the body's gastrointestinal system will be damaged, diarrhea, fever, and endocrine disorders will occur, and the probability of death within two weeks is almost 100%; when the radiation dose is 5000 rems or more, it can lead to damage to the central nervous system, convulsions, tremors, disorders, and lethargy, and the probability of death within two days is 100%.

Industrial flaw detection is not so bad, the intensity of gamma rays will not be particularly large. Gamma rays are a type of high-frequency electromagnetic wave. They are carcinogenic and have the greatest impact on human reproductive cells. Gamma rays are a type of radiation. Long-term exposure to the human body can cause mutations in human cells, leading to malignant diseases. This is why gamma rays are considered carcinogenic.