When will it dawn on some people that hay, maybe I should lose some weight? How about when you can no longer fit into a scanner! Unreal.
“More and more obese people are unable to get full medical care because they are either too big to fit into scanners, or their fat is too dense for X-rays or sound waves to penetrate, radiologists reported Tuesday.”
Hahaha, that just sounds funny.
[quote]EmperialChina wrote:
“More and more obese people are unable to get full medical care because they are either too big to fit into scanners, or their fat is too dense for X-rays or sound waves to penetrate, radiologists reported Tuesday.”
Hahaha, that just sounds funny.[/quote]
Until you think about it.
I would wonder if being very muscular, such as a pro bodybuilder or powerlifter, would elicit the same problems. Besides, muscle is more dense than fat.
JC
True, but I don’t think you can obtain 500 lbs of muscle.
[quote]James Cain wrote:
I would wonder if being very muscular, such as a pro bodybuilder or powerlifter, would elicit the same problems. Besides, muscle is more dense than fat.
JC[/quote]
Despite the increased density involved with muscle I doubt the actual thickness added is enough to create a situation similar to that of the fat people who can have as much as extra FEET of flesh obscuring some portions of their bodies.
[quote]James Cain wrote:
I would wonder if being very muscular, such as a pro bodybuilder or powerlifter, would elicit the same problems. Besides, muscle is more dense than fat.
JC[/quote]
Yes this can and has happened it was documented in the Documentary Stand Tall about Lou Ferrignos comeback to Competitive BB, Lous was having some low back-hip pain and went to see his Chiro they had trouble calculating the X-ray dosage because of his size and density they interveiwed the Dr briefly about this.
[quote]danmaftei wrote:
EmperialChina wrote:
“More and more obese people are unable to get full medical care because they are either too big to fit into scanners, or their fat is too dense for X-rays or sound waves to penetrate, radiologists reported Tuesday.”
Hahaha, that just sounds funny.
Until you think about it.[/quote]
Right, because it has hidden benefits. They’re less likely to die from radiation poisoning.
they probably figure it’s OK as long as they’re not too big for a CT scan
Its like they’re some sort of super villian…
“My God Peterson, the x-rays…the x-rays can’t penetrate them! Wtf are we gonna do now?”