Radiation Sickness The Deadly and Silent
Radiation Sickness - The Deadly and Silent The physical force of the atomic explosion not only caused severe burns and other blast injuries, but its release of radiation had affect human beings in variety of ways. ... The radiation sickness resembled the over dozes of X-ray, which the doctors of Hiroshima later realized. ... Right after the bombardment, the first stage of the radiation sickness began. ... Those who were farther away had a better chance of surviving, but if enough radiation was absorbed by their body, their fate would run in the same trail of those ninety-five percent. ... This period was recognized as the second stage of radiation sickness. ... After twenty-five to thirty days of exposure to radiation, blood disorders occurred. ... Some cases of fever went as high as 106oF and because radiation caused malfunction to some individuals sweat glands, those whose fever stayed high and steady had a poor chance of living.