RADIATION INJURIES

TYPES

Radiation damage happens in different structures, with each type reliant on the ionizing radiation, its entering capacity, the part of the body uncovered, the term and duration of presentation to ionizing radiation, and the total dose of ionizing radiation.

SYMPTOMS

Radiation sickness or acute radiation syndrome, have manifestations coming about because of the serious irradiation of a huge section of the GI tract or segment of the bone marrow. Early symptoms of this condition include loss of or suppression of appetite, nausea, and vomiting after irradiation, trailed by a symptom-free period that goes on until the main period of the illness. In intestinal radiation sickness, there are stages. In particular, the fundamental stage is characterized by fever, stomach pain, and loose bowels. This leads to dehydration, prostration, and a deadly shocklike stage. The primary period of the hemopoietic form (that related to bone marrow) of the disease starts later (around 2–3 weeks after light), with symptoms such as fever, weakness, loss of hair, infection, and internal bleeding. At the point when harm and damage to the bone marrow is extreme, death may result from infection and profuse bleeding.

DIAGNOSIS

At the point when an individual has encountered known or plausible presentation to a high portion of radiation from a mishap or accident, ome tests can detect the radiation dose that is absorbed. This data is basic for deciding how extreme the sickness is going to be, which medicines to utilize and whether an individual can endure treatment and survive.

Data that is needed on deciding an absorbed dose include:

• Known presentation
• Vomitingand different symptoms
• Blood tests. Frequentblood tests can enable your doctor to search for gaps in your body’s defenses, your white blood cells and irregular changes in the DNA of blood cells. These variables show the level of bone marrow injury, which is controlled by the degree of an absorbed dose
• A gadget called a dosimeter can quantify the ingested portion of radiation ifit was presented to a similar radiation event as theaffected individual
• Survey A gadget, for example, a Geiger counter can be utilized to assessindividuals to decide the exact body region of the radioactive particles
• Kind of radiation

TREATMENT

The treatment objectives for radiation sickness are to forestall further radioactive contamination; treat hazardous wounds, for example, from burns and injury; lessen symptoms, andrelieve pain.

• Decontamination
• Treatment for damaged bone marrow
• Treatment for internal contamination
• Supportive treatment