Acute radiation sickness is the cumulative effect on your health due to exposure to high amounts of ionizing radiation. Diagnosis of acute radiation sickness is by a thorough physical examination and complete blood count or CBC test.
Definition and Diagnosis of Acute Radiation Sickness
New York (USA), June 26, 2013
What is Acute Radiation Sickness?
Definition of Acute Radiation Sickness
Acute radiation sickness is the cumulative effect on your health due to exposure to high amounts of ionizing radiation. The amount of radiation absorbed by your body decides its detrimental effects on your health. These effects develop within twenty-four hours of exposure to such radiation. It is termed acute due to the serious damage occurring to your health within a very short or acute period. These medical problems continue for many months after the accident. Acute radiation sickness is same as radiation toxicity or radiation poisoning.
Acute radiation sickness occurs very rarely and is fatal. Such sickness is common as an aftermath of nuclear industrial accidents. Recent example of such nuclear accident is damage to nuclear power plant in Japan due to 2011 earthquake. Similar happening was reported after the 1986 fire accident of nuclear power plant at Chernobyl.
Diagnosis of Acute Radiation Sickness
Diagnosis of acute radiation sickness is by a thorough physical examination and complete blood count or CBC test. This test detects hemoglobin levels, number of platelets, number and type of white blood cells in your body. The test also detects specific blood conditions like infections, anemia, and leukemia. Regular monitoring of blood samples is essential.
Doctors also consider the amount of time you have been exposed to such harmful radiation, distance from source of radiation and whether you were shielded from radiation exposure or not.
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