A lengthy and worthy post by the Midwestern Doctor on the risk of Ultrasounds during pregnancy
This is a deep dive fascinating read. How safe are the 3D/4D ultrasounds women get? How much radiation are fetuses exposed to? Is it causing severe health defects or even death?
Worthy read.
Makes me want to scream!
I was born in 1957.
Fortunately, I missed out on being a preemie and being 'doctored' into blindness or mom using Thalidomide.
I remember the X-ray machines being basically a naked bulb hanging from above and the tech hiding behind a lead-lined wall (as a young lad I was fascinated by nuclear energy and radiation and self-studied extensively).
I remember commenting how over the years, the exposure time for X-rays had become radically shorter and now the tech barely steps out of the room.
I remember how excited my wife and I were to see our first ultrasound in 1986.
I remember how we all dutifully lined up for our shots and made certain we were good parents believing doctors firmly practiced "First, do no harm".
Today, I realize while most in the health fields are sincere, they are sincerely useful idiots - and I do not say that in a derogatory sense. After all, until recently, I was one of those idiots.
Our bought and paid for Big Medicine has successfully convinced us the United States was number one when it came to "Safe and Effective".
This curtain was pulled off with Covid.
I now believe we have all the medicine we are allowed, and get what we trust; i.e. do your own research and believe your lying eyes or blindly follow the gentle ministrations of the health care professionals who, while they will feel sorry for you - you will suffer the consequences, up to, and including, death.
God help us all.
So very disturbing on many levels. Pregnant women and their spouses need to read this and then discuss with their OB/GYN. Why? here are the current ACOG 2017 guidelines: "“there have been no reports of documented adverse fetal effects for diagnostic ultrasonography procedures,” states that there is no risk from the temperature changes induced by the highest intensity diagnostic US.
Now read about cavitation, decibels....