The dose makes the poison
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Have to remember that it's not safe if you get it as often as the doctor gives it.
“They keep trying to convince me that skydiving is safe but the pilot always stays in the plane."
That guy, probably.
I think a good doctor wouldn't even say it's safe. It's more accurate to say: the potential harm of a single x-ray is small/negligible, and the benefit of being able to correctly diagnose you and create an informed treatment plan is well worth that risk.
Crossing the street isn't completely safe, but if you need to get to the other side, you take that risk because it's worth it. But you shouldn't cross the street willy nilly for no reason, that would be stupidly dangerous. It's kind of like that.
How often do you get an xray? How often does an xray tech perform an xray?
They are safe with the frequency a normal person is exposed to them. They are not as safe if you are spending your entire work day standing next to the machine.
I'm not a fan of memes that are predicated on a mischaracterization of medical practices as they can lead to people making uninformed and perilous decisions about their health. If your doctor recommends an xray, you probably need an xray.
How often do you get an xray?
One might say the effects are...
cumoolative
One X-ray is fine, several a day is not.
Going to a bar and having a shot of booze won't really harm you, but if you're the bartender and have to have a shot every time a customer does, it will.
They do it all day everyday. That would be bad over the years. Plus any unnecessary exposure to any additional radiation should just be avoided. If the patient had any other way of getting the same results im sure that would be the preferred method but its all we got and 1 dose is really nothing in the scheme of things.
I do remember a story long ago in the early days where someone got a faulty one and everytime they turned it on for xrays these people were hit with so much radiation they could taste it. Nobody believed them and it was so bad that side effects came quick enough to figure out this machine was faulty. If i find it ill link it here. Very interesting and awful situation.
Edit: found it the Therac-25 system. It sometimes became faulty and dosed people with 250 times the amount it should have. They swore up and down there is no way the system was faulty until it was finally proven to be it.
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