Nuclear++Sickness

=Edited by: Kevin Caulfield= Radiation Sickness

 Radiation occurs when unstable nuclei of atoms decay and release particles. When these particles come in contact with organic materials such as human organs, tissues, and body parts, damage will more than likely occur, causing sickness.Radiation can cause cancer, severe burns, and eventually death.



Nagasaki bomb victim with burns today. Symptoms Symptoms can vary greatly depending on amount of exposure, what kind of exposure. symptoms can take up hours to months occur.Bone marrow and the gastrointestinal tract are extremely sensitive to radiation. Also small children, babies, and fetuses still in the womb are much more likely to be severely injured by radiation.

Bomb victims in Japan reported symptoms hair falling out. Experiencing severe cases of fever, throat pain, bleeding and depilation. Almost all people with these symptoms would die

People exposed to  high amounts of radiation almost always got sick, pregnant women were almost guaranteed birth defects, a common affect was Jelly fish babies, they were born with no bones in their bodies and had transparent skin, so it was possible to see with the naked eye their brains and hearts beating. The babies typically don't live longer then a couple days before they stop breathing. This was very very common among the people of the Marshall islands and atolls that suffered nulcear bomb blasts.

CAUSES: Radiation Sickness is caused by high exposure of radiation. Xrays however are not a cause. Causes include- An accident/accident on an industrial nuclear facility. Detonation of radioactive devices, radioactive materials, or nuclear weapons. The high amounts of radiation destroys/damages your body's cells causing mutations, tumors

TREATMENTS: Besides teaching people the dangers and what precautions to take when it commons to a radioactive substance there are many steps to take and medicines available when exposed. Most common is Decontamination which is the removal of as much radioactive particles as possible, such as simply removing clothing and cleaning your body with water and soap. When bone marrow is damaged people may be given  granulocyte colony-stimulating factor, which is a protein that will boost <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">the bodies white cell count to boost cell production and prevent infections

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">For people with Internal contamination's they are given one of a few things. Most common is Potassium Iodine which your thyroid uses to clear the body of radio iodine.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Prussian blue is a type of dye that binds to particles of radioactive elements known as cesium and thallium. The radioactive particles are then excreted in feces.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (DTPA). This substance binds to metals. DTPA binds to particles of the radioactive elements plutonium, americium and curium. The radioactive particles pass out of the body in urine.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">LIFE EXPECTANCY: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">People who do not die from the initial blast of a nuclear bomb or exposure will typically develop some sort of tumor or failure of an organ or part of their body, though there is no definite answer to how long someone will live. Some Japanese nuclear bomb survivors made it into their 80s though it was rare. Marie Curie who was around radioactive substances most her life and lived to 66 until dying of a type of tumor.

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