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CT head on 5mth old
by vg1274, May 24, 2008 12:30AM
Hello, my 5 mth old baby has positional plagiography ( flat head )...which is getting better with changing sides while sleeping...my peads referred us to a neurosurgeon for an opinion.....who said every thing is fine , there is no need for an helmet but we will do a CT just to be sure........
A CT was done and we were told nothin abt the radiation risk ,....after coming home i searched on the net and found out that it sholud be avoided as far as possible...and the younger the baby more is the sensitivity...........I am sooo worried abt my baby...haven;t slept for 2 nights... the doc could have easily avoided it.......why did she unnessesarily expose my baby to so much of radition when it was not needed.
know I can't do ant thing now....but please tell me about the risks and consequenses of this not at all needed exposure.
Thanks
A CT was done and we were told nothin abt the radiation risk ,....after coming home i searched on the net and found out that it sholud be avoided as far as possible...and the younger the baby more is the sensitivity...........I am sooo worried abt my baby...haven;t slept for 2 nights... the doc could have easily avoided it.......why did she unnessesarily expose my baby to so much of radition when it was not needed.
know I can't do ant thing now....but please tell me about the risks and consequenses of this not at all needed exposure.
Thanks
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As I understand it, radiation from CT scans are minimal - and although they do post some level of risk, it's a minimal risk.
Best wishes.
http://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm?pg=pedia-ct