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Radiation during pregnancy

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Date: 2003-02-10

Question:
hai, i am ---.actually i had severe abdominal pain .so doctor adviced me to go for catscan and i had my cat scan but i didnt know that iam pregnant at that time .after 5 days i realised iam pregnant .so now i am worried will it have any affects on my baby.can u please help me out with this

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For information about the risk or safety of radiation during pregnancy, please read the article of the Motherisk website and discuss with you physician.

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