Somatic Effects

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Somatic Effects
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Somatic Effects

• Is the effect of radiation being exposed to an
  individual, and suffering biologic damages.

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• Somatic effect may de divided into two classes
  based on the amount of dose that was received.
• Early Somatic Effect
• Late Somatic Effect

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Early Somatic Effects

• This appears within minutes, hours, days, or
  weeks, of the time of radiation exposed
• A sever amount of dose can cause a pattern of
  symptoms which referred to as radiation syndrome.
• Nausea, Fatigue, Erythema, and Blood Disorder

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• Radiation sickness symptoms noticeable right
  after a sever dose of greater than or equal to
  100 rad.
• A whole body dose of greater than 450 rad my
  result in 50 of the population will die within
  60 days.

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Late Somatic Effects

• This occurs years after radiation dose are
  received.
• These effect may result from whole or partial
  body radiation.
• Product of low dose
• Chronic low level dose

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Some Types of Somatic Effects

• Cataract
• Cancer
• Reduced fertility
• Sterility
• Embrgologic Effects

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True or False

• Early and Late are two kinds of somatic effect?
• True
• A somatic effect is the effect of radiation being
  exposed to an individual, and suffering biologic
  damages.
• True

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True or Fasle

• In a early somatic effects appears with minutes?
• True
• Radiation sickness symptoms are noticeable right
  after a sever dose of 100 rad?
• True

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• What are some somatic effects?
• Cataract
• Cancer
• Embrgologic effects