Does chest X-ray affect pregnancy?

In our daily life, chest X-ray is the most common thing during physical examination, which has caused a lot of trouble for many women. However, many friends are not very clear about the impact of chest X-ray on the body. Below I will introduce to you the benefits and impacts of chest X-ray on the body. I hope you can read it carefully.

X-rays penetrating the human body will produce certain biological effects. If the body is exposed to too much X-rays, which exceeds the range that the body can withstand, it may produce a radioactive reaction and even suffer a certain degree of radioactive damage.

The amount of radiation from chest X-rays is the highest among all X-ray examinations. If the left chest is X-rayed too frequently, it may cause lesions in the human body. Too much radiation injected into the body may even cause cancer.

Therefore, when doing medical imaging examinations, if possible, you can give priority to MRI, which does not emit radioactive radiation. However, many diagnostic MRIs do not solve the problem. Generally, an X-ray is taken first, and a chest X-ray is done if necessary. Therefore, it is best to choose a regular large hospital for treatment and follow the doctor's advice. In addition, the diagnosis and treatment standards for children and pregnant women are different from those for ordinary adults.

The early 8-12 weeks of pregnancy is the period when the embryonic tissue cells differentiate into various organs. At this time, the embryonic cells are very sensitive to various harmful factors. If a large dose of chest X-ray is received during this period, miscarriage, premature birth, infantile malformations, cerebral edema, microphthalmia, and even stillbirth may occur. After 8-12 weeks of pregnancy, although the fetal organs have been initially formed, they are still developing rapidly, so high-dose chest X-rays should still be prohibited.

Because half an hour after a chest X-ray, it can show an increase in the chromosome aberration rate and micronucleus rate caused by incorrect repair of DNA damage caused by X-rays. X-rays act on the red blood cell membrane, which may reduce the number of charges on the membrane and reduce enzyme activity, thereby reducing the ability of the C3b receptor on the red blood cell membrane to clear pathogenic immune complexes, and also causing changes in lymphocyte glycogen metabolism.

Problems can also occur if a chest X-ray is done within the first 4 weeks of pregnancy. Although the amount of medical X-rays is very small, it can kill the reproductive cells in the human body. Therefore, to avoid the impact of X-rays on the next generation, it is safer for women who have undergone chest X-rays, especially abdominal X-rays, to become pregnant after 4 weeks.

The survey showed that among 1,000 children, many were found to be trichromatic, and their mothers had had their abdomens exposed to X-rays. Therefore, women should try to reduce the chances of chest X-rays, and chest X-rays must be avoided within the first 4 weeks of pregnancy.

The above specifically introduces the impact of chest X-ray on expectant mothers. From the above introduction, we can know the benefits and harms of chest X-ray. Although we can avoid it in normal times, we still have to do it for the next generation. There are many things in life that we have to do. I hope the above introduction can be helpful to everyone and I hope my children can grow up healthily.