Can I do a chest X-ray while preparing for pregnancy?

If you need to check your body when preparing for pregnancy, you need to get the doctor's consent. Generally speaking, a chest X-ray will not affect your body too much. As long as you find ways to improve it, your body will be better. So try to go to the hospital for relevant examinations before preparing for pregnancy, so that you can ensure that your body is in a healthier state.

With the continuous improvement of X-ray equipment, the radiation dose is getting smaller and smaller. In addition, the chest X-ray examination is generally less than ten seconds, so the harm to the human body is very small and can be basically ignored.

However, since children are at the peak of growth and development, their cells are actively dividing and are much more sensitive than adults. The younger they are, the more sensitive they are (embryonic tissue is more sensitive to radiation). This may cause damage to some of the body's cells. If these damaged cells are unable to repair themselves (or the repair may be abnormal), they will remain in the body like a "time bomb". When the immune system is weakened or the presence of cancer-promoting factors, they will begin to replicate crazily and become a cancer lesion. Therefore, the more radiological examinations you undergo, the greater the probability of inducing cancer. Late effects may be induced decades after their radiological examination.

Both my country's and international standards for radiation health protection for children clearly stipulate that routine lung examinations cannot be included as part of routine examinations (such as physical examinations) for young children and adolescents. Children should be examined with radiographs whenever possible.

Try to use X-ray examination instead of chest X-ray. The voltage and current used in chest X-ray are much weaker than those in X-ray. Due to the weaker intensity, the rays cannot penetrate the human body as quickly as in X-ray. Therefore, they take relatively longer to pass through the human body and the dose absorbed by the human body is also greater. Moreover, the clarity and accuracy of chest X-rays are not as good as those of filming. However, chest X-ray has the characteristics of simple equipment, easy operation, low cost (usually 6 to 10 yuan per time), and the ability to draw conclusions immediately.

Preparing for pregnancy refers to the prerequisite preparations for a good pregnancy by pregnant women. Pre-pregnancy conditioning is divided into two aspects: "body" and "mind". Adequate preparation for pregnancy is an important part of eugenics and a prerequisite for the healthy development of the fetus. Pre-pregnancy preparation is the key to a good pregnancy, but it is often the easiest to be overlooked. Compared with unexpected surprises, the expected baby is the crystallization of parents' love, the continuation of affection, and the sublimation of the soul. Proper preparation before pregnancy can give your child a chance to win at the starting line. Every bit of effort and hard work before pregnancy can extend infinitely to your child's future.