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What Are Your Thoughts on Young Children Getting "Routine" Dental X-rays?
Asked by T.B. from Miami
on January 12, 2012
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I take my children to my dentist now and he likes to have routine dental x-rays taken. I'm taking my 5 year old on Monday for a check up/cleaning and I know that he w...
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- Well we all go regularly, the whole family. I started taking my kids at approx 2 years old for checkups, and I am glad that i have done that. The dentist has found t...
- You get exposed to more radiation just walking around outside every day. So no, I am not worried about it. I'd rather they find something early than when it become...
- I'm with you. I took my 6 year old son to the dentist two weeks ago and I refused x-rays. I had them done the previous year. I don't feel that it's always necessar...
New TSA Rules and Children
Asked by J.H. from San Antonio
on November 15, 2010
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So the new TSA regulations say that any child over the age of 11 who refuses the full body scan (which can see through clothes and shows a naked form and we don't know...
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- From my experience, they don't "Touch your privates"...at least not that I'm aware of, I would think that's illegal & against the rules...We should be grateful that th...
- I can understand your concerns but, forgive me, you're making it into more than it is. Consider this: the radiation amount is exceptionally minimal and unless you...
- We don't fly during the holidays, we are home bodies. We do fly often though, and we do not have issues with it, especially if it helps make our flight safer. We...
"Enhanced" Airport Security and Travelling with Children
Asked by L.S. from Fort Collins
on November 24, 2010
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I will be travelling a week after Thanksgiving alone with my two boys (5 mths and 4.5 years). As if travelling alone with children is not stressful enough, now there ...
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- Its really not a big deal. I flew by myself with my 2 yr old over the summer and had no problems whatsoever. The security personnel were very willing to help with gett...
- They say the radiation is equal to what you get with 2 minutes in the air on a plane, so if you are flying the exposure is already there. I would take my kids through...
- I often fly several times a month and as recently as last week. I passed through security in Houston, San Francisco, and Toronto, ON. People were passed through the "n...
X-ray
Asked by L.J. from Tampa
on April 21, 2008
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My daughter's pediatrician ordered a series of x-rays on her arm (approximately 3 per arm) several week's back (she has a continual problem with nursemaid's elbow). U...
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- You will be fine. Being present for one x-ray isn't going to cause any problems. You don't want to be getting mutiple x-rays with is why they say no x-rays. Just tr...
- L., I am a worrier too, so I know how things can just eat at you. But I really feel you have nothing to worry about in your case. You found out SO early that you are e...
- I had a mammo at 3 months and I was fine. DOn't worry!
Body Scans at Airport and Pregnancy
Asked by M.G. from Portland
on November 23, 2010
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I've been reading on the news about the TSA and travel procedures. Now, we are trying to get pregnant so there's this uncertainty of whether I will indeed be pregnant ...
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- Best option? Opt out. It is worth it if for no other reason than your peace of mind, knowing that your baby is ok. If something inappropriate happens during a pat down...
- All you have to do is tell the people that you're pregnant and you don't have to go through the X ray machines.
- I went through the body scan 2x while pregnant with my daughter earlier this year, and she is perfectly fine and healthy. It's really not worth the immense drama that...
Have You Heard About the New Airport Porno Scanners?
Asked by T.F. from New York
on November 17, 2010
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There are links to recent news reports on Youtube, and pictures from the scanner which basically looks like nude photos. You are told whether you have been selected f...
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- Because those are the same people who brought you The Patriot Act -wherein everything is A-OK as long as it's cloaked in the guise of being "anti-terrorism." Person...
- Oh...it's not just a pat down. They have to actually grab you in every private area, to make sure nothing is tucked away. I didn't think that way true, until I saw a v...
- Well, after all, we don't want to upset or offend the only group of people that have terrorized us and attacked us, now do we? See, that would be racial profiling and...
Scanner vs Pat Down
Asked by S.D. from Austin
on March 11, 2012
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My 4YO daughter and I are flying to CA next month to visit family. I am very conflicted about which is worse for my daughter - the scanner or the pat down. My husban...
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- the thing to remember is she's 4. the only drama that will come out of it is what you provide. no matter YOUR feelings on the matter, to a 4 year old it's NO BIG DEAL....
- I have flown internationally twice in the past two years and both times neither me or the person I was traveling with were made to do either the pat down or the scanne...
- From what I understand from friends who fly internationally, the US is one of the worst places in the world for these machines. If I'm not mistaken Europe banned the ...
Pregnancy and Metal Detectors at the Airport
Asked by Y.A. from Chicago
on May 13, 2008
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Can anyone tell me if it's okay for a pregnant woman to go through the metal detectors at the airport? (you know, the ones where you have to walk through after you ch...
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- Yes, it's fine. You actually will get a much HIGHER radiation dose during your actual airplane flight than you will going through the detectors. And according to ACO...
- it is perfectly safe. i work at the airport and when i was pregnant went thru them all the time
- Yes it is safe. But just wear loose clothes, I had to strip during my second pregnancy, they wanted to make sure I was really pregnant.
New Airport Screening - Anyone Been Through It Yet?
Asked by M.F. from Boca Raton
on November 19, 2010
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HI Mommas,
Has anyone been through the new airport body scan screenign with their child yet. Any tips, advice, opinions?
there seems to be a lot of changing info...
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- They are not doing the scan or pat downs on everyone. It's supposed to be random so you might not get it done at all. I just flew last weekend and from what I saw go...
- We'll be flying next summer and I've already decided that my daughter (5) and I will opt for the pat-down. I'm completely against being radiated for a non-medical rea...
- They will and do do full pat downs on kids under twelve, I have read of them doing every thing, including the groin check, on an 8 year old. The choices right now are...
Traveling with Kids & TSA Concerns
Asked by E.D. from Dallas
on May 3, 2011
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Looking for advise from some traveling families! We're trying to decide on a family vacation this year, but we both have concerns about flying with our 3-year old daug...
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- We've flown on at least 15 roundtrips with our daughter (2) in the last 2 years and we've never had any problems. The one time I was in line for the full screen machi...
- I fly frequently and have flown several times with my kids. I have never had an experience with my children being patted down or even wanded but personally, I'd be fi...
- This was not TSA but we just went to the State Capitol building and my daughter forgot to take off her blinggy belt so when she went through the scanner it went off an...
