Syndrome resulting from exposure to ionizing radiation (e.g., exposure to radioactive chemicals or to nuclear explosions); low doses cause diarrhea and nausea and vomiting and sometimes loss of hair; greater exposure can cause sterility and cataracts and some forms of cancer and other diseases; severe exposure can cause death within hours.
However, radiation exposure carries potential health risk to patients and operators alike.
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She survived, but had health problems as a result of radiation therapy.
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Therefore, we are left with three possible ways of avoiding radiation buildup.
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As a result, most patients today are treated with conventional radiation therapy.
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To this day, areas of Eastern Europe are still impacted by radiation.
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Curious because Arafat didn't demonstrate the classic symptoms of acute radiationsyndrome.
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The Company's lead indications are critical limb ischemia (CLI), recovery after surgery for femoral neck fracture and acute radiationsyndrome.
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Within minutes to hours, most people exposed in these areas would begin to show signs of acute radiationsyndrome: nausea, headache, dizziness, and vomiting.
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Of the workers who tried to contain the emergency at Chernobyl, 134 suffered acute radiationsyndrome; 28 died soon afterwards.
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Fifty emergency rescue workers died from acute radiationsyndrome and related illnesses, 4,000 children and adolescents contracted thyroid cancer, nine of whom died.
Damage to the body resulting from excessive exposure to ionizing radiation which causes symptoms like nausea, fatigue, vomiting, and diarrhea and in severe cases loss of hair, hemorrhage, inflammation and death.