Can I take a chest X-ray during lactation?

Breast-positive DR and breast color ultrasound can be done during lactation, which has no effect on the baby's breastfeeding. Breast-related examinations can be done during lactation, which does not affect the baby's breastfeeding, so don't worry.

Chest X-ray is chest X-ray, which is called chest X-ray clinically. Chest radiograph is widely used in clinic, and people's understanding is getting deeper and deeper, so it is introduced.

Subjects take a standing posture and generally hold their breath under calm inhalation. Conventional chest X-ray examination of cardiovascular system includes anteroposterior position (focal distance is 200cm), left anteroposterior position (60 ~ 65), right anteroposterior position (45 ~ 55) and left lateral position photos.

Chest X-ray can show the size, shape, position and outline of the great vessels of the heart, observe the relationship between the heart and adjacent organs and the changes of pulmonary vessels, and can be used to measure the heart and its diameter.

The left anterior oblique film shows the whole picture of aorta and the enlargement of left and right ventricles and right atrium. The right anterior oblique radiograph is helpful to observe the changes of left atrial enlargement, pulmonary artery segment protrusion and right ventricular funnel enlargement.

The left X-ray film can observe the anterior and posterior diameter of the heart, chest and thoracic malformation, which is particularly important for the differentiation and location of aortic aneurysm and mediastinal tumor.