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Answer to Question #4845 Submitted to "Ask the Experts"Category: Radiation Effects — Medical and Dental Radiation The following question was answered by an expert in the appropriate field: Q
I had eight x rays done today—including the entire spine, hips,
and chest—all to evaluate any damage developing from a disease known as
ankylosing spondylitis and the birth defect spina bifida. My question
is that after having the x rays, my skin had reddened and looked like a
sunburn, I was light headed, nauseous, had slurred speech, and
developed a gruesome headache. Can exposure to that many x rays taken
in the span of 10 minutes cause that?
A
Large doses of radiation can produce reddening of the skin.
However, no diagnostic equipment is capable of delivering such high
doses. This type of equipment also cannot deliver large enough doses to
produce the neurologic and gastrointestinal symptoms you describe. So I
don't think radiation is a consideration in your situation.
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