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How much radiation do you get from fluoroscopy?

I am a 40 year old male. I want to know how much radiation do you get from fluoroscopy?

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Getting a fluoroscopic procedure exposes a patient to as much radiation as 250 to 3,500 chest X-rays. For perspective, a person gets the equivalent of one chest X-ray from normal background radiation in about two and a half days