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Is it safe for a pregnant woman to be around a person undergoing any type of radiation treatment?
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∙ 15y ago
Not during the treatment.
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Is it safe to be around a person undergoing chemo and radiation therapy for cancer when you are pregnant?
for people undergoing chemo it is just alright to be near that person. however there is a certain type of radiation therapy wherein you need to keep your distance with that person. such form is called internal radiation therapy wherein the cancer patient will receive implantable radiation source. the best way for you to protect your pregnancy from chemo and radiation is to stay away from them. avoid handling chemo drugs and stay away from any radiation source.
Can being around a patient undergoing radiation therapy cause you to become sterile?
There are three main divisions of radiation therapy, based on the source generating the rays: 1. Radiation (xrays, gamma rays, beta rays) produced from a valve excited with high voltage. These are only around when the current is on, just as an electromagnet has no magnetism when switched off. 2. Radiation produced by a radio-active source such as radio-active cobalt. These may emit activity for thousands of years, and can't be 'turned off'. The source is enclosed in a lead-lined box and can only be 'stopped' by closing a lead shutter. This is like a light bulb continuously burning, but emitting no light if the door is closed. 3. Radiation from tiny needles containing radium inserted in the body. I'm not sure whether you mean (a) standing close to the patient during treatment or (b) standing close to the patient after treatment has finished. Only in case 3 can you get any radiation from the patient after treatment, and if a partner may be advised not to share a bed until the needles are removed. In the other cases, it is unlikely that you would be allowed close during treatment. Radioactive tracers, e.g. drinks given to test thyroid function, involve a minute and harmless amount of radiation.
How long after having radiation for your thyroid can you be around your young children?
If you are receiving radiation treatment for cancer, you can still be around kids. The radiation, and the cancer, are not contagious.Another Answer:It depends on whether you just receive radiation, or if you have radioactive implants. If you just receive radiation therapy, such as gamma radiation from Cobalt-60, then you are not radioactive when you leave the facility. If you have implants, however, such as around the prostate gland in certain forms of therapy, you are radioactive, and you need to ask your radiation technologist and doctor what your limits are relative to being around children.Note: Some radiation treatment, particularly neutron bombardment, can cause activation of some of your atoms into a radioactive form. To be safe, talk to your doctor, etc. in any case.Also, bone scans, heart scans, and other types of scans where you are injected with a radioactive tracer, such as Technicium-99M, do make you radioactive for a short while, often just a few days. Again, talk to your doctor.
How long does radiation stay in the body after treatment?
What kind of treatment? If you went in for radiation treatment and the source was external (meaning you were positioned and the source was set up and/or moved around you), the radiation passes into you and then it's gone. You don't walk out "radioactive" after this kind of treatment. (Proton treatment is slightly different.) The same idea applies to "seeds" of radioisotopes put in the body up next to the tissue to be treated. When removed, the radiation goes with them. If you have been given radiation treatment by virtue of oral or intravenous preparations, the time interval will vary as the dose and the particular isotope you were given. The different radioisotopes behave differently. With a bit more information, a bit less general an answer may have been able to have been supplied.
How much radiation in grays is given to a patient for treatment?
It depends on the type of cancer, location of cancer and delivery system of the radiation. For example a metastatic lesion to the brain would receive 30 to 35 gray. Lung cancer treatment for cure would be around 50 gray. Prostate cancer 70-80 gray.
Can children be around patients receiving radiotherapy?
Yes!! Of course they can!! Today's radiotherapy machines are know as Linear Accelerators which are electric and once they are shut off they are off no radiation leaks, or go anywhere. They do not have a live source, and you do not become radioactive when you are receiving radiation therapy. You can't harm others, and you can't spread radiation to others. The only thing you can't do is be in the room with them when they are receiving the treatment. Other than that being around family is a great way for the person with cancer to get better it picks up their spirits, and improves their quality of life.
What is artificial radiation?
Artificial radiations is radiation that is cause by human activities. This radiation adds to the natural radiation that is around.
Is it dangerous to be around radiation patients?
When sick people are treated with radiation, that does not make them radioactive. Radiation is dangerous, but radiation patients are not.
Can pregnant women be around chemo patients?
Yes, they are perfectly safe to be around pregnant women, 'Cancers' are not contageous in the sense that just being around someone can cause you to get it.. however if they have recently been treated with chemo (a few hours, days ago) you may want to keep a little distance as some chemicals used in hospitals are not safe for pregnant women- but in general, you should be perfectly fine if you are pregnant around someone undergoing chemo. As long as the person isn't sick with a contageous illness on top of whatever they've been diagnosed with- like strep throat, flu, bronchitus etc.
What is red radiation?
Infrared radiation, is radiation emmitted by heated matter, its wavelengths are around 0.00010 m on the EMS(electromagnetic Spectrum)
What moves around empty space is it radiation or convection or conduction?
Empty space implies radiation.
What is infra red radiation?
Infrared radiation, is radiation emmitted by heated matter, its wavelengths are around 0.00010 m on the EMS(electromagnetic Spectrum)
