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? asked in HealthDiseases & ConditionsCancer · 8 years ago

i thought radiation was really targeted but its directed at my back & even my front is going red?

so does it pass through you?

Update:

thanks! so is it impossible to make it so it stops in the middle of you or something? or is it stronger at the right place then gets weaker when it goes through you?

Update 2:

april it's darker red on my back where it goes in, but on my front it's red too and it itches lol. i thought it would just happen on one side.

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  • Craftylass
    Lv 7
    8 years ago
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    Tyler, I asked the technicians about this today. I'm being dosed from the front, but I'm losing my hair in a couple of places on the back of my head.

    This is because of what is termed the "exit dose." The radiation doesn't stop in the body, but has a dosed amount that leaves the body on the other side. For you, it's the stomach and for me, it's the back of my head! :D

    How many left for you? Two more, two more, two more for me! Can you tell I'm excited?

  • thinkingtime
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    It came through. There are certain forms of radiation, like proton beam, that create tiny explosions of power at a fixed point and no continuation.

  • april
    Lv 7
    8 years ago

    It goes straight through. If you have any redness or tenderness, it's where the radiation goes in, not where it comes out.

    Source(s): i had brain cancer
  • Anonymous
    8 years ago

    Yes it passes through you. This is why the walls ceiling and floor if not on ground level is lined with lead.

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