Comments on: My first Cat scan http://www.irwan.biz/my-first-cat-scan/ Defining my life, as it goes on Fri, 30 Dec 2011 06:41:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: InflationBombhttp://www.irwan.biz/my-first-cat-scan/comment-page-1/#comment-193424 InflationBomb Fri, 15 Apr 2011 19:21:00 +0000 http://www.irwan.biz/my-first-cat-scan/#comment-193424 I had a cat scan a few months ago and am claustrophobic so it really sucked. Anyway good to hear it was negative.Visit our blog:http://www.unitedbusinesses.net I had a cat scan a few months ago and am claustrophobic so it really sucked. Anyway good to hear it was negative.

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]]> By: kaklonghttp://www.irwan.biz/my-first-cat-scan/comment-page-1/#comment-128314 kaklong Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:51:53 +0000 http://www.irwan.biz/my-first-cat-scan/#comment-128314 and by the way for irwan, glad that you feel better now ^_^ and by the way for irwan, glad that you feel better now ^_^

]]> By: kaklonghttp://www.irwan.biz/my-first-cat-scan/comment-page-1/#comment-128313 kaklong Thu, 14 Feb 2008 05:50:48 +0000 http://www.irwan.biz/my-first-cat-scan/#comment-128313 When reading Enzymo's comment, it makes me feel better than i don't follow the doctor's order to do another CT scan. I've been in US for only 3 years and found out the doctors here are very paranoid - sometimes they're making me paranoid too. I've had more than 3 X-Rays and 1 CT scan (head part to check my vertigo issues) in US (imagine all those in less than 3 years). And suddenly, i receive order to do another CT scan on my chest - due to some enlargement they found during my X-Ray sessions (which i really hope is not a breast cancer).But after going through all those x-rays and scans, i don't think i can stand another CT scan since those rays can build up cancer just like Enzymo said. I won't do anymore scans and x-rays here in US until I graduate no matter what the doctors say. They're too paranoid! When reading Enzymo’s comment, it makes me feel better than i don’t follow the doctor’s order to do another CT scan. I’ve been in US for only 3 years and found out the doctors here are very paranoid – sometimes they’re making me paranoid too. I’ve had more than 3 X-Rays and 1 CT scan (head part to check my vertigo issues) in US (imagine all those in less than 3 years). And suddenly, i receive order to do another CT scan on my chest – due to some enlargement they found during my X-Ray sessions (which i really hope is not a breast cancer).

But after going through all those x-rays and scans, i don’t think i can stand another CT scan since those rays can build up cancer just like Enzymo said. I won’t do anymore scans and x-rays here in US until I graduate no matter what the doctors say. They’re too paranoid!

]]> By: Irwanhttp://www.irwan.biz/my-first-cat-scan/comment-page-1/#comment-127891 Irwan Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:12:27 +0000 http://www.irwan.biz/my-first-cat-scan/#comment-127891 Thanks kak naan, i don't have many choices when living abroad but i'll try my best. :) Thanks kak naan, i don’t have many choices when living abroad but i’ll try my best. :)

]]> By: Kak Naanhttp://www.irwan.biz/my-first-cat-scan/comment-page-1/#comment-127887 Kak Naan Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:07:16 +0000 http://www.irwan.biz/my-first-cat-scan/#comment-127887 Hi Irwan, great to hear you're feeling better now. Take care of yourself. I have to agree with KCLau, You can't create Wealth without Health. Hi Irwan, great to hear you’re feeling better now. Take care of yourself. I have to agree with KCLau, You can’t create Wealth without Health.

]]> By: Annehttp://www.irwan.biz/my-first-cat-scan/comment-page-1/#comment-124940 Anne Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:22:59 +0000 http://www.irwan.biz/my-first-cat-scan/#comment-124940 Hi Irwan, After reading Enzymo explanation, you still don't mind to do anything that the hot doctor asked you :)...? Hi Irwan,
After reading Enzymo explanation, you still don’t mind to do anything that the hot doctor asked you :) …?

]]> By: ChampDoghttp://www.irwan.biz/my-first-cat-scan/comment-page-1/#comment-124163 ChampDog Thu, 07 Feb 2008 07:00:46 +0000 http://www.irwan.biz/my-first-cat-scan/#comment-124163 Enzymo, I agree with your statement and see your points too. Anyway, Happy Chinese New Year to you too! Enzymo, I agree with your statement and see your points too. Anyway, Happy Chinese New Year to you too!

]]> By: Enzymohttp://www.irwan.biz/my-first-cat-scan/comment-page-1/#comment-123767 Enzymo Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:56:03 +0000 http://www.irwan.biz/my-first-cat-scan/#comment-123767 I dun mean to scary anybody here but I am really really against unnecessary X-ray, CT Scan, and other radioactive scans. All these are cells destructive scans. It may do more harm than good to our body. Just don't simply agree to take these tests. Even the Ultrasonic scan for pregnant mothers are not 100% safe for babies, but most pregnant mothers agreed to perform the scan every time they visited the O&G, you were allowing the O&G to shoot a 20KHz of ultrasound through the body of your loving baby and you cheer " see my baby...so cute... so cute " you know what I mean?Anyway, Happy New Year to all Chinese readers out there. I dun mean to scary anybody here but I am really really against unnecessary X-ray, CT Scan, and other radioactive scans. All these are cells destructive scans. It may do more harm than good to our body. Just don’t simply agree to take these tests.
Even the Ultrasonic scan for pregnant mothers are not 100% safe for babies, but most pregnant mothers agreed to perform the scan every time they visited the O&G, you were allowing the O&G to shoot a 20KHz of ultrasound through the body of your loving baby and you cheer ” see my baby…so cute… so cute ” you know what I mean?

Anyway, Happy New Year to all Chinese readers out there.

]]> By: ChampDoghttp://www.irwan.biz/my-first-cat-scan/comment-page-1/#comment-123369 ChampDog Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:22:00 +0000 http://www.irwan.biz/my-first-cat-scan/#comment-123369 From Enzymo's comment, it sounds really scary. From Enzymo’s comment, it sounds really scary.

]]> By: Enzymohttp://www.irwan.biz/my-first-cat-scan/comment-page-1/#comment-122759 Enzymo Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:57:07 +0000 http://www.irwan.biz/my-first-cat-scan/#comment-122759 1500 Children Die Every Year From CT ScansAbstracted from USA TodayEach year, about 1.6 million children in the USA get CT scans to the head and abdomen - and about 1,500 of those will die later in life of radiation-induced cancer.What's more, CT or computed tomography scans given to kids are typically calibrated for adults, so children absorb two to six times the radiation needed to produce clear images. Radiologists could turn down the X-rays without losing quality, and thus expose the children to less potentially cancer-causing radiation.These doses are much larger than the sorts of doses that people at Three Mile Island were getting. Most people there got a tenth or a hundredth of the dose of a CT.Doctors use CT scans on children to search for cancers and ailments such as appendicitis and kidney stones. There's a huge number of people who don't just receive one scan.About 11% of the CT scans at his center are done in children under 15, and they get 70% of the total radiation dose given to patients. Children have more rapidly dividing cells than adults, which are more susceptible to radiation damage. Children also will live long enough for cancers to develop.The breast dose from a CT scan of the chest is somewhere between 10 and 20 mammograms. You'd want to think long and hard about giving your young daughter 10 to 20 mammograms unless she really needs it.CT scans are used in about 4% of medical X-ray examinations, but it contributes to an estimated 40% of the total radiation dose to the population.American Journal of Roentgenology 2001:176;303-306 1500 Children Die Every Year From CT Scans

Abstracted from USA Today

Each year, about 1.6 million children in the USA get CT scans to the head and abdomen – and about 1,500 of those will die later in life of radiation-induced cancer.

What’s more, CT or computed tomography scans given to kids are typically calibrated for adults, so children absorb two to six times the radiation needed to produce clear images. Radiologists could turn down the X-rays without losing quality, and thus expose the children to less potentially cancer-causing radiation.

These doses are much larger than the sorts of doses that people at Three Mile Island were getting. Most people there got a tenth or a hundredth of the dose of a CT.

Doctors use CT scans on children to search for cancers and ailments such as appendicitis and kidney stones. There’s a huge number of people who don’t just receive one scan.

About 11% of the CT scans at his center are done in children under 15, and they get 70% of the total radiation dose given to patients. Children have more rapidly dividing cells than adults, which are more susceptible to radiation damage. Children also will live long enough for cancers to develop.

The breast dose from a CT scan of the chest is somewhere between 10 and 20 mammograms. You’d want to think long and hard about giving your young daughter 10 to 20 mammograms unless she really needs it.

CT scans are used in about 4% of medical X-ray examinations, but it contributes to an estimated 40% of the total radiation dose to the population.

American Journal of Roentgenology 2001:176;303-306

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