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How does it feel when we are exposed to nuclear radiation?

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However indirectly, yes you can sense radiation if the conditions are right. Although in a lot of documented instances of radiation exposure the conditions were not right so the victims saw and felt nothing. So it has to be the right kind of radiation, at a high enough dose, and the conditions must be right. read more

Large doses of ionizing radiation in a short time period lead to Acute Radiation Syndrome (ARS), aka radiation poisoning. The severity of ARS symptoms depends on the level of exposure. A radiation dose as low as 0.35 Gy could feel a bit like you have the flu—expect nausea and vomiting, headaches, fatigue, and fever. read more

Because radiation kills rapidly dividing cells (which is why we use it to treat fast-growing cancer cells), radiation exposure most increases the risk of cancers of rapidly dividing cells -- leading to leukemia, lymphoma, breast cancer, bladder cancer, colon cancer, liver cancer, lung cancer, esophageal cancer, ovarian cancer, multiple myeloma, and stomach cancers. read more

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