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New Osteoporosis Screening Article via CT Scan
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Unfortunately, CT scans still is radiation which can weaken your bone density over time. I’m going for a REMS scan which is Ultra Sound and is safe for your bones. I don’t understand why Medicare hadn’t approved it. FDA has.
I’m not doing Dexa Scans , they aren’t accurate.
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@meri8181, Hi I'm wondering where you got the information.
This is what I have read: CT scans don't cause bone loss. They use "ionizing radiation" to take internal images, but the radiation dose from a single scan is too low to damage bone tissue or affect bone mineral density.
It's so hard to know what's accurate!
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“CT scans still is radiation which can weaken your bone density over time”
That’s scary. how often having a CT scan will make it weaken my bone density? Just a one time CT, do you think, will weaken my bone density?