Wow… check out this story from CNN “Brain tumors linked to dental X-rays.”
“A study published this week in the journal Cancer shows that people who have had dental X-rays are more likely to develop a type of brain tumor called meningioma than those who have not. This does not prove that X-rays cause tumors, but supports previous research about the connection. Dental X-rays have also beenimplicated in thyroid cancer.
"It’s a cautionary tale ... we do know that radiation can cause tumors, and we have to be judicious with its use," said Dr. Donald O’Rourke, an associate professor of neurosurgery at the University of Pennsylvania who was not involved in the study.
Meningiomas are the most frequently occurring tumor in the head. They are located in the meninges, the tissues covering the brain. The vast majority are "benign" - or noncancerous - but, depending on their location, could cause blindness or other serious neurological damage. Those in the skull base are more difficult to remove in their entirety. Depending on the tumor, surgery may not be required…”
We have all had dental X-rays. I see more and more signs up calling on people to have their very small kids having dental checkups.
Also what about the scanners at the airports.
I worked hospital security for ten years at a small hospital in Belton. I can not count the number of times that I was called back to x-ray to hold a combative patient so they could x-ray him. Plus it did not even have to be a combative patient. Often it was a patient with big shoulders and I needed to pull down on both of their arms so they could get all of c7 view they needed.
I was called back to help so many times. Even called back to x-ray one time to hold a women up so they could do a chest x-ray. She could not stand without help. I went back and the x-ray tech said “Jim would you help hold this lady?” I said “This is no lady it is my ex-wife!” It was my ex-wife at the hospital with breathing problems.
I wonder how much radiation I have had?
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