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Anxiety due to chest CT scans
I had one HRCT chest during covid in June 2021 and from August I started having severe chest pain so after 4 months in october 2021, I had another CT chest and during these 4 months , I had one chest xray. All these were done upon my pulmonologist's prescription.
So just want to understand if these scans are safe or anything to worry about as I have heard radiation leads to some health issues later in the life.
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HRCT is usually avoided if x-Ray chest can help to diagnose. Radiation hazard is 300 times more with HRCT then X-Ray Chest.
So for any help you shld prefer X-Ray Chest.
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They are safe. Do a online consult for a detailed analysis of your symptoms and to suggest you further management plan and treatment prescription for the same
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Dr. A Raja Prasanna Kumar
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46 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Safe. Pl avoid un necessary, ct, without Doctors advise.
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Dr. Rahul Reddy
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