RADIATION WE GOT FROM X-RAYS ARE MILLIREM .001 REM COMPARED TO THE AMOUNT OF REM THAT WE GOT FROM THE ACTUAL EXPOSURE FROM NUCLEAR RADIATION......R.E.M IS ROENTGEN EQUIVALENT IN MAN --UNIT OF RADIATION DOSE EQUIVALENT.......IT IS THE PRODUCT OF THE ABSORBED DOSE IN RADS AND A WEIGHING FACTOR.....HERE ARE THE SYMPTOMS DEPENDING ON THE AMOUNT OF EXPOSURE TO RADIATION:
- UNDER 50 REMS EXPOSURE : TYPICALLY SUBCLINICAL CASES NO SYMPTOMS SEEN EXCEPT BLOOD CHANGES....THYROID GLAND AFFECTED
- 50-200 REMS EXPOSURE : MAY CAUSE ILLNESS BUT RARELY FATAL....IN MODERATE CASES :EARLY SYMPTOMS:
- NAUSEA AND VOMITING-WITHIN 2HOURS
- FEVER (low red and white blood cells and low platelet count) -WITHIN 3 HOURS
- DIARRHEA - WITHIN 8 HOURS
- HEADACHE - WITHIN 24 HOURS
- HAIR LOSS
- REPRODUCTIVE TRACT- STERILITY
- later symptoms:dizziness and disorientation...bloody vomit and stool......poor wound healing....and low blood pressure
- 200-1000 REMS EXPOSURE CAUSES SERIOUS ILLNESS:AFFECTS THE HEART-- WEAKNESS AND FATIGUE
- MORE THAN 1000 REMS EXPOSURE IS FATAL- CREATES BRAIN DAMAGE-DISORIENTED....SIEZURE
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