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Body Shots
By Sa Ra
COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY To make it easier, CT stands for Computed Tomography. It can also be called CAT for Computerized Axial Tomography. CT imaging is a way of using X-rays to get “pictures” of the inside of the body. It may help to find disease or health problems. Yep, it's a medical thing. Some clinics offer a new use of CT called whole-body CT screening. It claims to find disease when people have no symptoms. There are risks which include:
* Exposure to radiation. There is a small risk of getting cancer from radiation.
* The pictures might show something that is not really there. This may alarm you for no reason.
* The pictures might show something unusual that turns out not to be a problem. This can also worry you for no reason. The upside is that a CT scan can help you if it shows something that is really a problem. If it finds a hidden, serious disease it can be helpful, but only if:
* There is a treatment that works.
* The disease is found early enough for you to benefit from the treatment. Healthy people do not need whole body CT scans. I know, if you're like me, you may be thinking about having a whole-body scan even if you have no symptoms. You might be thinking, "For my peace of mind, I just want to know that I don't have any diseases now." You may have heard that a whole-body CT scan or screen is a good idea for healthy people who have no symptoms. But that's not true because the FDA Has Not Approved CT Screening for Healthy People.
* The FDA have never approved CT scans for the whole body when there are no signs of disease.
* Claims that FDA has approved whole-body screening are wrong.
* There is no proof that whole body CT scans can find any health problems early enough for it to be treated or cured.
* There is no proof that a CT scan can stop serious illness or early death. Boy, how's that for a painted picture of a bunch of things we could easily study and pick at?
Check out the FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health
Computed Tomography (CT) if you want to learn more.
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I suppose, if you set a week aside, you could have every test in the book "just in case" but, with most health services over stretched and under budgeted, CAT scans are just another way for doctors to make money (mischief?) with little risk of having to do any work.
Hi:
It's kinda like the pharmaceutical product ads on TV...scares one off with all the possible side effects.
Be well,
John
Sophia thanks for the intel.A routine Chest X-ray found my husband's lung cancer, CT scan confirmed it; he is going through the chemo treatments. I find it frustrating that we were never told "There is a small risk of getting cancer from radiation"; because of his COPD prior to cancer, MRI determined if it has spread and what type, for deciding a treatment plan etc., my husband probably had had 5-6 CT's. Common sense would tell you radiation is dangerous and maybe he would have opted not to have too many if there was a direct conversation with his MD.He has also had 2 Body scans. If cancer does not kill him, the scans will.But, your intel brings to light that just because our MD says to, does not mean we should not read up on things and make better health decisions. Great Intel. Thanks.
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