Acute Radiation Syndrome

Based on the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in the U.S., acute radiation syndrome or Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS), also known as radiation poisoning, is a serious disease. This can occur shortly after the body exposed to radiation. The level of suffering a person to radiation depends on how the amount of radiation absorbed by the body. Here are some facts regarding the acute radiation syndrome:

   - Someone said to suffer from acute radiation syndrome when radiation is absorbed into the internal organs. Radiation from X-rays and medical measures such as CT-scan was too low to cause a person exposed to acute radiation syndrome.

   -Someone said to suffer from acute radiation syndrome when he was exposed to radiation for some time. It could be in minutes.

   - Early symptoms can be felt a few minutes to several days after a person is exposed to radiation. These symptoms may include vomiting, diarrhea, and drunk or dizzy. These symptoms can take up a matter of days.

   - After the initial symptoms disappear, someone back in shape. However, shortly thereafter, the person will suffer again. In fact, this time worse. Symptoms may include fatigue, fever, loss of appetite, vomiting, and diarrhea. This stage can last for several months.

    - Damage to the skin due to radiation can occur within hours. This can last up to a matter of years, depending on how severe the person is exposed to radiation. The symptoms, skin feels sore and even feels like a burn. Hair loss can be due to radiation.

    - Exposure to radiation may lead to death, depending on severity. Typically, in many cases, death occurred several months after a person is exposed to radiation. Deaths caused by damage to bone marrow, infection, or bleeding.

    - Someone who survived the acute radiation syndrome can continue to feel the symptoms until two years after exposure.

    - The treatment is done for a person exposed to radiation consists of an act of prevention of further contamination, reduce the symptoms of the syndrome, and the healing of organs damaged by radiation.

    - Decontamination is the process of eliminating external contamination by radioactive particles. Decontamination can be off all clothes and shoes that used a person exposed to radiation. Body wash can also reduce the external contamination. Source: health.kompas.com