Can pre-pregnancy X-ray examination be done?

Patient's question:

Medical Description: X-ray on June 21st for a physical examination, had sexual intercourse at the end of June, currently pregnant! Is there any impact on the fetus?
History of Treatment and Effect: No treatment!
Help Needed: Please ask if there is any impact!

Doctor's answer:

How can you be like this? The impact of X-rays on babies is widely recognized worldwide—it can lead to chromosomal damage in babies. The probability of developmental abnormalities is very high, especially in the first three months of pregnancy. This is common knowledge. How can you be so careless? For the sake of the baby, I suggest you have an abortion and get pregnant again. After all, the baby is still very small, only a few days old. If, just in case, the baby is abnormal, the one who suffers will be you for life. Although the probability is not very high.
Since you had the X-ray before conception, not during pregnancy, the impact is relatively smaller and should not have any effect. Before delivery, you can have a prenatal diagnosis to specifically check if the child is healthy.

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