What is true about radiation sickness?

Answer 1

Hair loss, vomiting, loss of faith in the powers that be... * Radiation poisoning, could cause multible types of cancer. I know about Bladder Cancer, which was caused by exsposure to radiation from an Atom bomb. My father, started getting very tired to start off with, then had blood in his urine. It also, can mutate your genetic coding. If the person can produce children, they will/could pass on the damage to their children

Answer 2

The first stage:

• Nausea
• Headaches
• Diarrhea
• Fever

The second stage:

• Falling hair
• Diarrhea
• Fever
• Blood disorders

The third stage:

• Loss of appetite
• Weight loss
• Body's reaction for not compensating it's ills.

Answer 3

Kinda like the worst possible sunburn anyone could ever get but 100s of times worse.

It depends on the dose received.

Short-term symptoms can include severe sunburn-like skin irritation (i.e. second degree burns), disorientation, and loss of coordination. Blurred eyesight is also common. Those receiving a small (clinically) dose of radiation will usually recover with no additional symptoms (other than possibly upset stomach) after several days.

After a modest time (hours, to a couple of days), much more severe symptoms can occur, from loss of hair, severe skin lesions, digestive tract issues (vomiting, diarrhea, severely upset stomach, ulcers), severe mental disorientation, loss of eyesight, nerve damage, and loss of consciousness. Opportunistic infections are also highly likely, as the body's immune system is compromised by large radiation doses. Persons receiving a lethal dose of radiation will usually die 2-5 days afterwards. Those with a sub-lethal dose require weeks and possibly several months to recover.

Over the long-term, a whole host of cancers is likely. Exposure to significant doses of radiation increases the risk of cancer very noticeably, in direct correlation to the amount of radiation received.

Answer 4

skin burns similar to sun burn, hair falling out, maybe teeth becoming loose, and so on through a sorry list of symptoms to death. Best avoided by taking proper precautions, including a radiation badge.

Answer 5

nausea, vomiting, loss of appitite, fatigue, fever, and headache

Answer 6

Radiation sickness is caused by radiation destroying cells within the body at a rate the body cannot overcome

Answer 7

diarrhea