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What Are The Signs Of Radiation Poisoning?
What are signs of radiation poisoning, or radiation sickness?
Thu, 23 Nov 2017
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Dear obsorbed dose of radiation can measured in Grey(Gy) . Normal xray results in radiation below 0.1 Gy.
Signs and symptoms of radiation sickness usually appear when the entire body receives an absorbed dose of at least 1 Gy. Doses greater than 10 Gy to the whole body are generally not treatable and usually lead to death within two days to two weeks, depending on the dose and duration of the exposure.
Signs and symptoms :nausea vomiting,diarrhea
Headache, fever, dizziness and disorientation
Weakness, fatigue, hair loss, bloody vomit and stools, infections, poor wound healing, low blood pressure.. Etc
If duration and amount of radiation is heavy cause serious effect, but duration <4 hours with <2Gy cause just nausea and vomiting. I think I answered to your question if you have more questions please feel free to ask.
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Dear obsorbed dose of radiation can measured in Grey(Gy) . Normal xray results in radiation below 0.1 Gy.
Signs and symptoms of radiation sickness usually appear when the entire body receives an absorbed dose of at least 1 Gy. Doses greater than 10 Gy to the whole body are generally not treatable and usually lead to death within two days to two weeks, depending on the dose and duration of the exposure.
Signs and symptoms :nausea vomiting,diarrhea
Headache, fever, dizziness and disorientation
Weakness, fatigue, hair loss, bloody vomit and stools, infections, poor wound healing, low blood pressure.. Etc
If duration and amount of radiation is heavy cause serious effect, but duration <4 hours with <2Gy cause just nausea and vomiting. I think I answered to your question if you have more questions please feel free to ask.
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Dear some of the units used are Grays, Sieverts, rems, and rads. They are used in a similarway, but 0.1 rad is equivalent to 100 Gray.
Below 30 rads: Mild symptoms will occur in the blood
From 30 to 200 rads: The person may become ill.
From 200 to 1,000 rads: The person may become seriously ill.
Over 1,000 rads: This will be fatal
The signs and symptoms of acute radiation poisoning are:vomiting, diarrhea, and nausea
loss of appetite, malaise, or feeling unwell
headache, rapid heartbeat
A person who is exposed to 3,000 rads will experience nausea and vomiting, and they may experience confusion and a loss of consciousness within a few hours. Tremors and convulsions will occur 5 to 6 hours after exposure. Within 3 days, there will be coma and death.
I think I answered to your question if you have more questions please feel free to ask.
Thank you for trusting HCM
Dear some of the units used are Grays, Sieverts, rems, and rads. They are used in a similarway, but 0.1 rad is equivalent to 100 Gray.
Below 30 rads: Mild symptoms will occur in the blood
From 30 to 200 rads: The person may become ill.
From 200 to 1,000 rads: The person may become seriously ill.
Over 1,000 rads: This will be fatal
The signs and symptoms of acute radiation poisoning are:vomiting, diarrhea, and nausea
loss of appetite, malaise, or feeling unwell
headache, rapid heartbeat
A person who is exposed to 3,000 rads will experience nausea and vomiting, and they may experience confusion and a loss of consciousness within a few hours. Tremors and convulsions will occur 5 to 6 hours after exposure. Within 3 days, there will be coma and death.
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