Alternatives in medicine are primarily a domain of crackpots and scam artists, and it is of no surprise what so ever for me that the individuals involved in this sort of thing would capitalize on fear of radiation.
The doses are highly misleading; the CT scan is typically not a whole body exposure, and the cancer risk is proportional to tissue-adjusted whole body exposure not the organ doses. Which, for the CT scan of the head, is 1..2 mSv . The annual dose from all sources is listed as 2.4 mSv in US .
While there’s little question (based on our understanding of cancer and radiation) that the risk continues linearly at arbitrarily low doses, the risk of 1..2 mSv exposure is small and is utterly dwarfed by the risks inherent in ordering some non domain expert medical advice over internet. Especially considering that there are guidelines for when to do and not to do CT scans, compiled by experts who work on this specific issue for far longer time, and considering that there are considerable risks involved in not doing a CT scan.
Alternatives in medicine are primarily a domain of crackpots and scam artists, and it is of no surprise what so ever for me that the individuals involved in this sort of thing would capitalize on fear of radiation.
The doses are highly misleading; the CT scan is typically not a whole body exposure, and the cancer risk is proportional to tissue-adjusted whole body exposure not the organ doses. Which, for the CT scan of the head, is 1..2 mSv . The annual dose from all sources is listed as 2.4 mSv in US .
While there’s little question (based on our understanding of cancer and radiation) that the risk continues linearly at arbitrarily low doses, the risk of 1..2 mSv exposure is small and is utterly dwarfed by the risks inherent in ordering some non domain expert medical advice over internet. Especially considering that there are guidelines for when to do and not to do CT scans, compiled by experts who work on this specific issue for far longer time, and considering that there are considerable risks involved in not doing a CT scan.