Radiation protection

What activities should a patient avoid before RAI treatment?

• Sleeping near a pregnant woman

• Scanning with contrast media in a CT scan

• Travelling with daughter and son

• Using Betadine

• Breastfeeding

What kind of food do CA Thyroid eat during RAI (Radioactive Iodine) treatment?

• Cabbage

• Sausage bread roll

• Himalayan salt

• Rock salt

• Instant noddle

What precautions should a patient be strongly aware of to prevent contamination during their hospital stay?

• Proper food intake techniques

• Urine excretion

• Sweat release

• Breath

• Fecal discharge

What are some strategies to enhance the patient's biological excretion process?

• Encouraging the patient to consume more water than their limit such as 3 liters per day

• Encouraging the patient to have a daily bowel movement

• Consuming diuretic foods and beverages

• Encouraging exercise to increase sweating and enhance excretion through the skin

• Boosting vitamin C intake for salivary gland infection lasting over 24 hours

How to handle a patient who has both thyroid cancer and kidney dialysis?