sureimsore
Distinguished member
- Joined
- Apr 14, 2016
- Messages
- 190
- Reason
- DX FIBRO
- Diagnosis
- 03/2016
- Country
- US
- State
- XO
I had a cat scan w/contrast done a couple of months ago. For 2 weeks afterwards everything was worse...pain, fatigue, brain fog; I'm still a little worse than before the procedure. I even got the onset of new pain (like I needed that) in my hips. The hair has basically slowed down to almost a full stop on my legs and underarms. I brought this up to the PA at the clinic; as usual, no comment.
So I found this tidbit from a recent medical paper published a few years ago:
"However, iodine is present in concentrations up to several thousand-fold higher than these amounts in medications, supplements and in the iodinated contrast agents used for radiologic studies (Box 1). In some susceptible individuals, the use of these iodine-containing substances can result in thyroid dysfunction as a result of the high iodine load. In certain circumstances, iodine excess can result in adverse thyroidal effects after only a single exposure to an iodine-rich substance."
Has anyone else had some adverse events following a cat scan w/contrast? If not, please keep this in mind in case you are ever scheduled for one. And make sure you take note of adverse events in the weeks/months following; hopefully your health care provider won't ignore them like mine.
So I found this tidbit from a recent medical paper published a few years ago:
"However, iodine is present in concentrations up to several thousand-fold higher than these amounts in medications, supplements and in the iodinated contrast agents used for radiologic studies (Box 1). In some susceptible individuals, the use of these iodine-containing substances can result in thyroid dysfunction as a result of the high iodine load. In certain circumstances, iodine excess can result in adverse thyroidal effects after only a single exposure to an iodine-rich substance."
Has anyone else had some adverse events following a cat scan w/contrast? If not, please keep this in mind in case you are ever scheduled for one. And make sure you take note of adverse events in the weeks/months following; hopefully your health care provider won't ignore them like mine.