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Originally Posted by the chi
Um, unless it's something you do often, why would you keep track of it? Especially since most folks dont realize it can be bad for them.
Most folks trust their Dr., after all, they went to school for this, it's their job to keep us healthy and not endanger us. Who would think that the Dr. would be putting you at risk when they're just "taking a picture" to determine the problem?
The Dr.'s never say, I'm going to put you in this machine and its going to take a picture but while doing so it can give you cancer 10 years from now.
Sadly, this is so true.
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Thats not entireley the case, certain ct scans and mri's we have to get pt consent before we do them. usualy its when we give IV contrast since there are risks associated with that as well. But non contrast scans which we use to look for strokes in the brain or kidney stones in the belly we dont. At least at the facility I work at.