Is Air Travel Safe During Pregnancy And Would X-ray Scanners At Airports Affect The Baby?

Posted on Mon, 10 Sep 2018

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Question : Hi My Wife is Pregnanat , This has been detected 2 weeks ago and I had pre-booked flights for later, will there be any harm or unsafe to travel via flight, will the Xray Scanners at Airports affect the baby's Growth. can you please suggest on this travel .

Answered by Dr. Dr.Raju.A.T (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Air travel is ok

Detailed Answer:

Hi,

There will be no problem in air travel. Avoid getting her scanned under scanners there. You can talk to the officials there.

Hope, I answered your query. Wish you good health.
Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar