Help me not feel so guilty about taking my baby for a chest x ray and the radiation exposure. I cried for 30 min because I just freaked myself out. He’s had a cough for over a month and yesterday just had meds for croup. I felt like it got worst today
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The radiation exposure from an x-ray is pretty minimal all things considered. In an adult, a chest x-ray is the equivalent to 10 days of the background radiation we're exposed to every day, to put it in perspective

My daughter has had like 5 and she's almost 2 so your kid will be fine.