The dangers of CT scans are actually so great!

CT is a scientific and technological means of examining diseases, and is also a nuclear magnetic resonance imaging. With the continuous development of science and technology, CT examination has become a necessary examination item in daily medical treatment. However, CT examination also has certain hazards. If CT examination is performed frequently, it will cause tumors or increase the risk of cancer.

CT is the abbreviation of computerized X-ray tomography technology (magnetic resonance imaging, interventional radiology, etc. also use X-rays). With the development of technology, CT has become a routine physical examination for people in their daily medical treatment. Some people mistakenly believe that any disease can be diagnosed by just a CT scan. People often ask doctors to do CT scans of the whole body. Some bad doctors also often ask unnecessary patients to do CT scans. In fact, CT physical examination is not a panacea, and the misuse of CT can even cause cancer. So what are the dangers of CT scan?

1. Induce tumors:

Scientific research has long proven that exposure to X-rays can cause a variety of tumors, including leukemia, thyroid cancer, breast cancer and lung cancer, and may also cause tumors of the salivary glands, stomach, colon, bladder, ovaries, central nervous system and epidermis. The harm of CT examination to the body is that it exposes the person being examined to a large dose of X-ray radiation.

2. Risk of cancer:

Research by the International Commission on Radiation Protection (ICRP) has shown that a CT scan of the upper and lower body will increase the risk of radiation-induced cancer in the examinee by about 8%. Radiation-induced cancer and hereditary diseases are dose-linear and have no threshold, which means that the more exposure you receive, the greater the likelihood of developing fatal cancer and hereditary diseases.

3. Risks of CT scan:

The risk of developing cancer depends to some extent on the age at which exposure occurs; excessive exposure in childhood has been associated with increased rates of leukemia and thyroid cancer, in the reproductive years with an increased risk of breast cancer, and later in life with an increased chance of lung cancer.