A year ago I had abdominal pain that woudlnt go away, so my gastro doc orderd a CT scan of my abdomen and pelvis. The test was normal, and later I was diagnosed with a minor hernia. 3 weeks ago, I was diagnosed with prostitis. After medication failed to work, the urologist insisted that I have a ct scan so he could rule out prostate/bladder cancer. The scan turned out to be normal. While I was dealing with this, I was ALSO having severe heart palpatations and minor chest pain. I went to a cardiologist who performed an ultrasound and ecg. Both were normal but my symptoms were still present. He then insisted that I have a nuclear stress test. The nuclear stress test showed areas of concern and he is now insisting that the smart thing to do is to have an heart cath wich will involve radiation equal to a ct scan.

So to summarize, in two years I’ve had already had two abdominal ct scans AND a nuclear stress test. If i do the heart cath, what’s my cancer risk becuase of all these tests??
I failed to mention that I’m only 32 years old, and a non-smoker.
Thanks for the reply. But I guess Im confused. Why do countless souces and medical journals insist that there certainly is a big inrease in cancer risk when multiple scans are done? I agree about my heart, and that’s why I’ll probaly go through with the Heart Cath. But i’m freaked out by the masses amount of radiation that I’ve receioved in such a short period of time. If I do the heart cath next week, it would be radiation equal to 2-3 abdominal cat scans in less than a month. (not including the ct scan that was done a year ago.)

I’ll probably do the Cath, but do you really think that i shouldnt have a concern for cancer risks?