Causes of radiation dermatitis

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In my daily life, I pay more attention to maintenance, but recently I got radiation dermatitis. When I went to the hospital for examination and treatment, the doctor told me some of the causes of radiation dermatitis. For patients with radiation dermatitis, I will tell you some of the causes of radiation dermatitis .

Causes of radiation dermatitis

Reason 1: the radiation that can cause ionization of substances is called ionizing radiation, including X-ray, gamma ray, boundary line, electron, proton, neutron, etc. ionizing radiation can cause reversible or irreversible damage to DNA of biological tissue cells.

The second reason: the influence of biological factors, such as the increase of blood supply, increases the sensitivity through oxidation. Drugs such as actinomycin D and metronidazole are radiosensitizers, while chloroquine and Methoxypsoralen (8-methoxypsoralen) have been proved to have protective effects in experimental studies.

Reason 3: ionizing radiation can cause reversible or irreversible DNA damage in biological tissue cells, seriously interfere with metabolism, even cause cell death, or cause DNA structure errors, and ionize molecules in tissues, causing secondary damage.

matters needing attention

For patients with radiation dermatitis this disease should be treated in a timely manner, in daily life, but also timely correct bad habits, develop good habits of daily life, in the diet can eat more good food for the body, must avoid contact with the irritating food, can be appropriate for some physical exercise, to improve their health Body quality, to achieve the role of health care.