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Is ultrasound safe? - Window to the Womb

One of the main advantages of ultrasound is that it’s non-invasive. The procedure has been safely performed on millions of pregnant women. Concerns about its safety have periodically surfaced, but experts suggest that these stem more from anxiety over the role of technology in pregnancy than from evidence of harm.

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Is ultrasound safe? - Window to the Womb

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  1. Is ultrasound safe? https://windowtothewomb.co.uk

  2. Is ultrasound safe? One of the main advantages of ultrasound is that it’s non-invasive. The procedure has been safely performed on millions of pregnant women. Concerns about its safety have periodically surfaced, but experts suggest that these stem more from anxiety over the role of technology in pregnancy than from evidence of harm. In a new book that explores the history of ultrasound ?Imaging and Imagining the Fetus: The Development of Obstetric Ultrasound? (The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013), authors Malcolm Nicolson, a history of medicine professor at the University of Glasgow in Scotland states ?We can be confident that at the levels currently used for clinical investigation, ultrasound is safe. No pattern of damage has been found?. https://windowtothewomb.co.uk

  3. Is ultrasound safe? However, at very high power, ultrasound waves are able to damage human tissue Nicolson said, adding that testing the threshold at which it becomes dangerous in humans would be unethical. All scans offered by Window to the Womb use the lowest possible levels of ultrasound and adhere to the A.L.A.R.A. (As Low As Reasonably Achievable) protocol as defined by the BMUS (British Medical Ultrasound Society). We also scan for a relatively short time so you can be confident that your baby will come to absolutely no harm and won’t even be aware that the scan has taken place! The HPA have issued a report on Ultrasound back in 2010. You can see the full report here: Health Effects of Exposure to Ultrasound and Infrasound by an Advisory Group to the Health Protection Agency https://windowtothewomb.co.uk

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