An elderley relative who has tremors
similar to parkinsons (parkinsons has been
elimated) is to undergo a dat scan. She
is concerned about the potental downside
of the radioactive materials that are
injected. Need she be worried?
Ac
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Jamesab
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 09 Jul 2005 Posts: 101 Location: UK
Posted: 03-30-06 17:28pm
No, she need not worry about the scan.
First of all the injected solouted is
completely harmless and has no radioactive
materials in it. It is just a die that
helps the scanner pick up more detailed
imaged of the veins and arteries etc. It
is the actual scanner that emits the radio
waves through the body. One scan alone
will not cause health concerns, however
multiple scans slightly increase the risk
of other diseases such as cancer due to
the build up of waves in the body.
Best regards,
james
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starfleet76
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 31 Jul 2007 Posts: 2 Location: Essex
Posted: 07-31-07 08:36am
I am sorry to see this mis information, to
clarify if anyone else reads this. A
DATScan involves the injectin of a low
dose radioavtive tracer that crosses the
blood brain barrier and located in the
frontal lobes of the brain.
The camera picks up the distribution of
the tracer within the brain, and produces
images based on this.
The radioactive dose to the patient is
very small, similar to an X_Ray and mush
less than a CT scan.
There is no danger in having this
procedure and the radioactive tracer is
removed by the body over the following
24hrs.
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1oabita
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 10 Jan 2008 Posts: 1
Parkinson Disease Posted: 01-10-08 16:07pm
Hi
My father is going through scans at the
minute, as the doctors think that he might
have parkinsons disease. He is not having
tremors as such , but is jerking , has any
other parkinsons sufferer experienced
these jerks.
