X-rays: Advantages and Disadvantages

X-rays are electromagnetic radiations which have a wavelength shorter than ultraviolet rays but longer than gamma rays. Hard X-rays are commonly used to take an image (known as radiographic images) because they are able to penetrate solid objects like our bodies.


Advantages of x-rays: 

• X-rays are used to treat malign tumors before its spreads throughout the human body.
• They help radiologists identify cracks, infections, injury, and abnormal bones.
• They also help in identifying bone cancer.
• X-rays help in locating alien objects inside the bones or around them.   

Disadvantages of x-rays:

• x-rays makes our blood cells to have  higher level of hydrogen peroxide which could cause cell damage.
• a higher risk of getting cancer from X-rays.
• The X-rays are able to change the base of the DNA causing a mutation.