10 Symptoms of Radiation Sickness - Chronic Exposure

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Exposure to radiation can cause devastating damage to the immune system and to the tissues of the body. The effects are known as radiation sickness or syndrome. Radiation can also cause little understood changes to the body's genes, which can be manifested through the development of diseases such as cancer later in life, and possibly as birth defects in future generations.
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There are many symptoms of radiation sickness, and their severity varies greatly depending on the dosage. The initial symptoms include: Nausea Vomiting Diarrhea Fatigue

These symptoms may be followed by: Headache Shortness of breath Rapid heartbeat Inflammation of the mouth and throat Worsening of tooth or gum disease Hair loss Dry cough Heart inflammation with chest pain Burning Permanent skin darkening Bleeding spots anywhere under the skin Hemorrhage Anaemia

Radiation-related illnesses tend to show themselves about 10 to 15 years after a radiation disaster. The body's endocrine, or hormone-secreting, glands appear to be particularly sensitive to radiation.

It is now widely accepted that the Chernobyl nuclear disaster has led to a massive increase in thyroid cancers in the three countries most affected. Already, 680 cases of thyroid cancer have been recorded in Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. Belarus has shown a 100-fold increase, from 0.3 per million in 1981-85 to 30.6 per million in 1991-94.

Unicef has noted significant increases in many types of health disorders in Belarus since the disaster. For example, problems of the nervous and sensory organs have increased by 43%; disorders of the digestive organs by 28%; and disorders.



also:

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-20043267-10391704.html
www.buzzfeed.com/gavon/10-symptoms-of-radiation-sicknes

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