Help! i am very scared cuz i had at least 3 chest x-rays about 2 years ago, and!
Question:
Help! i am very scared cuz i had at least 3 chest x-rays about 2 years ago, and alot of head x-rays in 1978,?
now i'm afraid of cancer! i've been researching and reading this, what can i do? terri
Answers:
A full chest x-ray is only about 45 millirem (measurement of heath effects from radiation - Radiat Equivilent Man) So about 150 mR in total. The average human receives 250 mR per year from background radiation. A few x-rays once in awhile won't have any measurable increase in the chances of contracting cancer or other illness. Relax, I have received over 24 REM in the last 18 years. The difference that makes in my chances of coming down with some form of cancer is only about .02%.
Hope this helps,