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Hello everyone. I am new here and have a question. I am 61 yrs old and having caught golden staph when I was born resulted in severe bouts of pneumonia countless times throughout my life and I am wondering if all the x-rays and therefore all the radiation has harmed me? Thankyou for reading this

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I have great doubts that the x-rays would have Harmed you in any way. The level of exposure to radiation is not that great even with repeated visits over a period of time. More likely if damage as been done the pneumonia is more likely a culprit.

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Thankyou so much for getting back to me so quickly. I sort of thought that myself

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