Whole Body Bone Imaging is a type of test in nuclear medicine where the side effects are mainly radiation, but the side effects are minimal and largely negligible.
Whole-body bone imaging is a technique that utilizes a radioactive drug to enter the human body and performs imaging with special equipment outside the body. There is a certain amount of radiation in itself. Because of the need to inject drugs for patients before the examination is generally nuclide, the drug itself contains radioactive, the patient itself has a certain amount of radiation, but the amount of radiation in the human body can tolerate the range, so basically can be ignored.
Do the whole body bone imaging itself can also be regarded as a small radioactive source, the general doctor will urge the patient to isolate as much as possible and family members within two days after the examination, to avoid the impact of ionizing radiation on the surrounding population, two days after the metabolism is complete, their own dose of radiation is almost zero, the surrounding people will not have any effect.
Therefore, the main side effect of whole-body bone imaging is radiation, but the side effect is very small, and it is routinely recommended that patients drink more water after the examination to speed up the metabolism of the drug, and at the same time, the patient’s family members should be well protected within two days after the examination.