Medical Effects Of Radiation

Health Effects of Radiation | Radiation | NCEH | CDC

https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/radiation/health.html

How Radiation Affects Your Body Radiation can damage the DNA in our cells. High doses of radiation can cause Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS) or Cutaneous Radiation Injuries (CRI). High doses of radiation could also lead to cancer later in life.

Radiation Health Effects | US EPA

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Radiation Therapy Side Effects - American Cancer Society

https://www.cancer.org/treatment/treatments-and-side-effects/treatment-types/radiation/effects-on-different-parts-of-body.html

Radiation to the brain can cause these short-term side effects: Headaches Hair loss Nausea Vomiting Extreme tiredness (fatigue) Hearing loss Skin and scalp changes …

CDC Radiation Emergencies | Possible …

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Short-Term Health Effects of Radiation Exposure and Contamination Acute Radiation Syndrome Radiation sickness, known as acute radiation syndrome …

Radiation therapy - Mayo Clinic

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Radiation therapy damages cells by destroying the genetic material that controls how cells grow and divide. While both healthy and cancerous cells are damaged by …

Radiation Therapy Side Effects - NCI

https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/types/radiation-therapy/side-effects

Radiation therapy has side effects because it not only kills or slows the growth of cancer ...

Radiation sickness - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/radiation-sickness/symptoms-causes/syc-20377058

Having radiation sickness can contribute to both short-term and long-term mental health problems, such as grief, fear and anxiety about: Experiencing a …

Radiation side effects: Symptoms and …

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/radiation-side-effects

The specific effects may depend on the location and doses of RT. Some examples of long-term side effects include: Hypothyroidism The thyroid is a small …

AFRRI, Education, MEIR Course - USUHS

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The Medical Effects of Ionizing Radiation (MEIR) Course is post-graduate level instruction concerning the biomedical consequences of radiation exposure, how the …

Radiation risk from medical imaging

https://www.health.harvard.edu/cancer/radiation-risk-from-medical-imaging

Exposure to ionizing radiation on the rise The radiation you get from x-ray, CT, and nuclear imaging is ionizing radiation — high-energy wavelengths or particles …