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Acute Radiation Sickness – Complications and Risk Factors

Acute radiation sickness causes serious complications Mental instability, anxiety, high probability of skin diseases and changes, development of cancer later in life. Complications due to radiation exposure depend on type and amount of exposure.

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Complications and Risk Factors for Acute Radiation Sickness

New York (USA), June 26, 2013

Acute Radiation Sickness: Complications

Acute radiation sickness causes serious complications:

– Development of cancer later in life
– Development of leukemia in later life
– Mental instability
– Anxiety
– Developing an uncertainty of probably being affected by a fatal disease sometime in life
– Extensive damage to body cells resulting in death of body cells
– Development of precancerous lesions and benign tumors
– High probability of skin diseases and changes
– Possibility of cataract of eyes

If you lose close family members or friends due to radiation exposure, you grieve over their loss constantly and thereby remain sad and depressed. Sometimes, you are scared for your life.

Complications due to radiation exposure depend on type and amount of exposure. A single but intensive exposure can cause extensive damage including gastrointestinal disorders, bone marrow damage, bacterial infections, and loss of body fluids, anemia and hemorrhage.

Often, not all health complications due to acute radiation sickness occur at the same time. Some occur soon after radiation while some subside thereafter and re-erupt later on. Some complications stay for many years and could develop into other serious ailments.

Acute Radiation Sickness: Risk Factors

Detonation of a nuclear weapon or radiological device is the greatest risk factor for acute radiation sickness. Other common risk factors for acute radiation sickness are proximity to nuclear power plants, mines where radioactive materials are removed, medical centers, and research laboratories.

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