How long after a chest X-ray can I breastfeed?

Women who are breastfeeding are not recommended to take any medications or undergo any examinations involving radiation, otherwise the damage may be easily passed on to the child through breast milk. Some mothers have to undergo a chest X-ray for unavoidable reasons and are not allowed to continue breastfeeding. So, how long after a chest X-ray can you breastfeed? If you have done a chest X-ray, it is recommended not to breastfeed your baby for the time being. You can feed your baby milk powder to avoid affecting the child's development.

1. It is best not to do chest X-rays during breastfeeding, because X-rays will radiate the baby through breast milk. This will have a very adverse effect on the child, so breastfeeding mothers must be careful when doing any examination and must consult a doctor before going for the examination.

2. It is best for couples not to do chest X-rays. Doing so will affect the baby. The breast milk will be exposed to radiation and enter the child's body, which will have the most adverse effect on the baby. Therefore, breastfeeding mothers must pay attention and consult a doctor before doing the examination.

3. Breastfeeding mothers must be aware that chest X-rays can have adverse effects on their children. Breast milk is the most important food source for children, so chest X-rays will produce radiation when mothers are breastfeeding, which has the worst influence on children. So it is best not to do a chest X-ray if you don’t kiss your mother.

Breastfeeding mothers must pay attention to physical examinations and must consult a doctor before doing so, otherwise it will have a certain impact on the baby, no matter what the impact is, it will be a bad impact, so mothers must pay attention. Breastfeeding mothers can supplement nutrients, which is good for the baby.

What are the precautions for doing chest X-ray?

1. There are not many requirements for chest X-ray, and you don't need to be on an empty stomach. However, you should be careful not to carry any metal products on your body and try not to wear clothes with metal decorations. If there is a metal underwire on a woman's bra, you can take off the bra and only wear outer clothes for the test.

2. Some regular hospitals will provide hospital gowns to people who need chest X-rays, so as to avoid external factors affecting the results.

3. If you are a prospective parent who is preparing for pregnancy, it is best not to do a chest X-ray to avoid increasing the rate of fetal teratogenicity. Pregnant women must not do a chest X-ray.

4. When doing chest X-ray, be careful not to expose the gonads, thyroid gland, etc. to radiation to avoid affecting the body.

5. It is recommended that adults have a chest X-ray no more than once a year, but children are not allowed to have a chest X-ray.