Is it true that the baby can't take a chest X-ray for CT?
To sum up, parents think that the radiation will be great when filming, which will affect the baby's health, so will filming affect the baby's health? Let's take a look today.
1. Is the neonatal chest X-ray safe?
In fact, our living environment is always exposed to radiation, as long as objects emit radiation. These radiations are within the acceptable range of our bodies, such as the radiation of mobile phones and household appliances, which are not harmful to human health. Generally speaking, the radiation harmful to human body is "ionizing radiation", including hospital radiography and CT.
The intensity of radiation, that is, the radiation intensity that our human body can bear, is the key to our safety. China has also formulated this standard, which gives the extra safe radiation intensity that the human body can bear every year (excluding the skin color in daily life). This standard is the basic standard for ionizing radiation protection and radiation source safety (GB 1887 1-2002). At present, the hospital equipment is completely made according to this standard, as long as it is safe, it is unnecessary.
The radiation standard of the World Health Organization also clearly stipulates that the annual dose equivalent of public radiation should not exceed the following limits: when the organ does not exceed 50 mv, the whole body is 1 mSv. For example, the radiation dose of a bone age film is 0.00 1msv, while the radiation dose of an X-ray chest film is about 0. 1msv, while the radiation dose knowledge of a newborn chest film is slightly higher than that of a bone age film, which is far from that of an X-ray chest film.
Second, is the hospital physical examination safe?
In the hospital, you, maybe we will hear a lot of scary tests, such as MRI. Everyone will be nervous when they see the word "nuclear", and they will think of radiation (ionizing radiation). Common medical examinations, such as B-ultrasound, color Doppler ultrasound and nuclear magnetic resonance, have no ionizing radiation, but only chest film, chest X-ray, CT and nuclear medical examination have ionizing radiation. According to the test report issued by the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation, chest radiographs and regular physical examinations are basically safe. However, the radiation of chest X-ray is relatively high, and it has been eliminated now. If you encounter it, you must refuse.
Third, should the baby do CT?
Babies often encounter chest radiographs. This radiation dose is very low. As mentioned above, it is generally only 0.02~0.07msv, which is almost negligible; What worries us most is CT. Although CT is also safe, the radiation is indeed bigger than chest radiograph. However, if you need to do a CT physical examination, you don't have to worry too much if you do it once in a while, as long as you don't repeat it within one year.
Finally, although radiation sounds terrible, as long as the radiation dose is less than our tolerance, it will not cause great harm to our health, and it is not so terrible. If you need a physical examination, you must cooperate with the doctor. Check the examination, or it will delay the child's illness.