How does a X-Ray damage you if you go in?

Question: How does a X-Ray damage you if you go in?
- Keywords:
  damage,
  x-ray
Asked by Mariha to Tatiana, Priya, Natt, Andy on 22 Jun 2015.
- Andrew Scott answered on 22 Jun 2015:
  
  X-rays and other types of ionising radiation can damage cells by breaking the DNA strands. The broken DNA can cause the cells to go wrong when they reproduce and cause cancer. The chance of getting cancer from an x-ray depends on the amount of radiation that the patient gets. For almost all medical x-rays the chances of getting cancer from the x-ray is tiny.

Mariha commented on 25 Jun 2015:

What type of Cancer would it cause?

Log in to Reply
Andy commented on 26 Jun 2015:

I think it could cause any type of cancer. It’s probably more likely in the area of the body that is being x-rayed.

Log in to Reply

Question: How does a X-Ray damage you if you go in?