V/q scan while pregnant?

Has anyone had a v/q scan while pregnant? Doctors think I may have a blood clot on my lung and want to do a v/q scan to check for sure but it involves injecting me and baby with a small amount of radioactive substance which can obviously pose a risk to baby. At a loss at what to do…

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I've had a similar issue, but with a CTPA, they should be able to tell you the risk to you aswell as the baby. I won't have the ctpa because the risk to baby is 1/1000 but the risk to me in 1/10 as especially your breast tissue is a danger zone

They won't do anything now until baby arrives. Ask for more Info

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@Charlotte the ctpa increases the risk of breast cancer by 13% above background. So if background is 14% it increases it to 16% if that makes sense.

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I had that done but the risk is extremely low whilst the risk to the mother of you have a clot is higher , luckily found out I didn’t have a clot but was admitted and they were getting worried

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For me they also didn’t do all the parts they didn’t do the gas section only the injection to reduce the amount of radiation I was exposed to and baby

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I’m had that just last week. Was told it was completely safe for baby and that they do it in pregnant women all the time, didn’t realise there was even a possibility of increased risk of childhood cancer

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I had that dw, it's not that bad at all. Also the solution isn't radioactive, the contrast dye is high in iodine and they just do a blood test on baby to check thyroid cos there's a theory that potentially it has risk to baby. Pls don't worry, I would have it again and so far my baby is fine :)

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It just feels like you want to wee yourself when the dye goes in though , but I promise you won't wee ! Lol

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