With the high incidence of Coronavirus during these days, many people rush to conduct chest examinations, and some may resort to x-rays even without a doctor's request, but many health experts have warned of this indiscriminate use of computerized tomography scans.
According to a report by The Times of India, there is a lot of abuse of CT scans and vital signs, many people get CT scans on the chest the moment they test positive there is no point in doing this for mild positive cases, even people without symptoms will get some Spots in the lung and disappear without treatment.
When should you get a chest CT scan
(A) Coronavirus suspects who have significant respiratory symptoms but smear negative for RT-PCR and have normal / nonspecific chest X-rays.
(B) Patients with coronavirus who show sudden or unexplained clinical deterioration.
(C) Patients suspected of having pulmonary embolism, mediastinum or pneumothorax.
(D) Patients suspected of having other concurrent pulmonary disease requiring treatment change.
(E) Patients at risk of disease development such as age over 65 years of age, and associated comorbidities such as diabetes, chronic lung disease, hypertension, and immunocompromised status.
(F) Post-corona virus patients have low blood oxygen and lung capacity to assess and manage lung fibrosis.
Will the radiation be disturbing after the effects?
Random and multiple CT scans exposing individuals to unnecessary radiation, which can be harmful in the long term, can increase the risk of developing cancer later in life When appropriate, CT scanning should be performed with a low dose and single-phase protocol using rapid scanning techniques to reduce the risk Radiation. "
Health experts emphasized that CT scans should be used wisely. We should not exaggerate the effects of radiation if the examination will help us diagnose something important. The problem is that many people now use it randomly and no one should be exposed to radiation without any gain.
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