Rospotrebnadzor warned about the growth of the disease after a CT-scan

The Federal service for supervision of consumer rights protection and human well-being indicates that coronavirus-induced increase in the number of studies computed tomography can have negative consequences.

“The increase in CT leads to an additional irradiation of the population. According to preliminary estimates, the structure and collective dose from CT-scan during the period from March to June of the current year in connection with the diagnosis COVID-19”, — reported on 3 August on the Agency”s website.

The CPS indicates that the collective dose from CT studies from March to June increased by half, if you do assessment based on data from St. Petersburg, Leningrad region and Moscow. “The increase in collective dose could potentially cause radiation-induced diseases,” the researchers indicate.

The Ministry promised to continue studies at Saint-Petersburg research Institute of radiation hygiene named after Professor P. V. Ramzaev.