Radiation sickness

Radiation Sickness
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harmful effect produced on body tissues by exposure to radioactive substances.

Radiation sickness is also called acute radiation sickness, acute radiation syndrome or radiation poisoning. Common exposures to low-dose radiation, such as X-ray or CT examinations, do not cause radiation sickness.

Radiation sickness is illness and symptoms resulting from excessive exposure to radiation. Exposure may be accidental or intentional (as in radiation therapy).
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Radiation sickness
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Radiation sickness occurs from exposure to a large amount of radiation. The exposure may be in a series of doses spread over time (chronic) or in a single large dose (acute).

Radiation sickness is caused by exposure to a large amount of radiation. This may be the result of a nuclear accident or the explosion of a nuclear weapon. Radiation sickness can be acute or chronic.

Symptoms of RADIATION SICKNESS
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radiation sickness
redi en skns noun an illness caused by exposure to radiation from radioactive substances
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Chronic radiation sickness. Chronic radiation sickness may take several days or weeks to develop. The cause can be radioactive fallout from a nuclear explosion or an industrial accident.

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If you have radiation sickness, you will be monitored and treated closely while your body heals. Treatment depends on what parts of your body are damaged.

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Radiation sickness
Radiation therapy
Radiation therapy
Radiation-induced small bowel injury (Radiation enteritis)
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Radiation Sickness
Radiation Syndromes
Radiation therapy for bladder cancer
Radiation Therapy for Cancer
Radiation therapy for cancer pain
Radiation therapy for endometrial cancer
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Is individual pregnant, have motion sickness, food allergies, food poisoning, radiation sickness, overeating, obstruction of the intestinal tract, hepatitis, or heart attack?
Were there any side effects from medications or alcohol?

Symptoms may be local (eg, burns) or systemic (eg, acute radiation sickness). Diagnosis is by history of exposure, symptoms and signs, and sometimes use of radiation detection equipment to localize and identify radionuclide contamination.

Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS) (sometimes known as radiation toxicity or radiation sickness) is an acute illness caused by irradiation of the entire body (or most of the body) by a high dose of penetrating radiation in a very short period of time ...

At about half a sievert to a sievert, the effects of radiation sickness can be felt. A portion of the red blood cells are temporarily wiped out, and sperm in the testes are deprived of their ability to fertilize an egg until they are recreated.

Radiation Sickness
Radiation Therapy
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Radical Neck Dissection
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Radiation sickness among some persons who had been working in the nuclear industry.
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Dramamine is used for prevention and relief of nausea and vomiting associated with motion sickness, vertigo, electroshock therapy, anaesthesia and surgery, labyrinthitis and radiation sickness.
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