Can newborns undergo CT scans?

Nowadays, hospitals have very good inspection technologies. Many sophisticated and advanced instruments can conveniently, quickly and clearly check whether various indicators of the human body are abnormal. This is much more accurate and faster than the ancient naked eye observation or pulse feeling. CT is a method of inspection that can directly observe the condition of people's brains, but its radiation has a great radiation effect on the human body. So can newborns do CT?

Neonatal asphyxia, a small amount of bleeding in the brain on CT scan; indicating the presence of neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and neonatal intracranial hemorrhage; requiring symptomatic treatment of brain cell nutrition, intracranial pressure reduction, brain cell edema relief, hemostasis, and hyperbaric oxygen; the course of treatment is 7-10 days; the prognosis is likely to be left with intellectual disability, ataxia, cerebral palsy, hydrocephalus, and epilepsy; but most of the time the prognosis is good; 3 courses of treatment are required, with an interval of 20-30 days; recheck the head CT scan;

It is probably neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. The above is related to the child's suffocation. The greatest damage after suffocation is to the head, followed by the heart. The low brain density indicates encephalopathy, which requires active treatment to avoid neurological sequelae. It is recommended to give ganglioside neurotrophic therapy, one course of treatment is 10 days, at least three courses. Check myocardial enzymes, there may be myocardial damage, give fructose myocardial nutritional therapy. Hiccups are normal. After eating, hold the child upright and pat the back. Keep warm. Crying less is also related to encephalopathy.

CT uses X-ray beams to scan a layer of a certain thickness in a certain part of the human body. The detector receives the X-rays that pass through the layer, converts them into visible light, and then converts them into electrical signals through photoelectric conversion. They are then converted into digital signals through an analog/digital converter and input into a computer for processing. It has a certain impact on the human body, but the probability of such impact is low and is mostly related to long-term exposure to X-rays. Newborns can be examined normally.