Exploding Eyeballs

[pasithea]

So. Finally got scheduled for an MRI... Next Saturday morning. BUT between now and then I have to get an x-ray of my head because I sometimes use a grinder and grind metal. Apparently, even though I don't do it regularly, there's a chance I might have tiny metal filings in my eyes and being too near the MRI machine could make my eyeballs explode or something.

Cool.

Comments

[ff00ff.livejournal.com]

That is um... something I can see why they would want to test for! Wow.

[cortezopossum.livejournal.com]

A lot of people have metal fillings in their teeth. How well/poorly do MRI's deal with those?

[centauress.livejournal.com]

Very few have stainless steel; silver and gold amalgams were just easier to use. Steel was only common in bone reconstruction and eastern european dental work.

Most metals we use in the body are not ferrous. (and therefore magnetic)

[shizouka.livejournal.com]

Google for MRI safety sometime, there are not just things that fly over to the magnet, but items that will store magnetic energy and heat up. Not all those are metal if I recall.

[frith]

Same thing goes for welders. And if ever you have a fracture fixed with surgical screws/plates, be damned sure they use the extra non-magnetic metal (titanium?).

[lediva.livejournal.com]

"I'm sorry, I can't come into work today. My eyeballs have exploded. No, really. What, do you want a picture?"