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Radiation patients can get near babies if they have been given an external beam radiation. However, if they have been given the injected radioactive isotope, a common treatment for thyroid diseases, they cannot go near babies or even other individuals for that matter.
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What is internal radiation?
In internal radiation therapy a source of radioactivity is surgically placed inside the body near the cancer
How does a radioactive film badge protect workers?
It absorbs all of the radiation that is near
How is radiation and conduction alike?
both radiation and conduction give heat to another object.
What is the meaning of radioactive as a safety symbol?
The "radioactive" safety symbol warns you that radioactive material or a radiation producing machine is near the symbol and you should take precautions to ensure that you are not unnecessarily exposed to ionizing radiation.
How is energy tranferred to the air near the surface of the esrth?
A mix of conduction and convection. (We're talking heat energy from solar radiation here.)
Can Radiation patients be near children?
Children under the age of 18 should not be near a radiation patient. Radiation can poison the child. While patients are taking radiation treatment the child is exposed to there saliva, sweat, urine, tears any bodily fluid which contains (of course) radiation and cause the child to get very ill.
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.
Are babies phrone to radiation?
yes
Radiation may help malignant melanoma patients in what stage of the disease?
Though radiation therapy has a minimal role in the primary treatment of malignant melanoma, for patients who have metastatic disease, radiation may be helpful.
Babies are most affected by radiation?
Yes
Does intracavitary radiation make people radioactive?
Patients receiving intracavitary radiation do become temporarily radioactive
Does interstitial radiation make people radioactive?
Patients receiving interstitial radiation do become temporarily radioactive
How do you treat patients?
Patients should be treated with humble and love like the way babies are treated.
What does radiation oncology specialize in?
Radiation oncology specializes in radiology for cancer patients. Radiation Oncologists use machines to administer radiation to those suffering from all sorts of cancers.
What long-term after care in recommended for recovering orchiectomy patients?
Long-term aftercare for patients with testicular cancer includes frequent checkups in addition to radiation treatment or chemotherapy. Patients with prostate cancer may be given various hormonal therapies or radiation treatment.
Is the radiation from laptop harmful for pregnant women and unborn babies?
yes
How many people have died from radiation poisoning in Australia?
Depending on who where near the radiation poisoning?
