Ultrasound is also used to break up gall stones and kidney stones. I know it is probably a higher frequency, but I still do not think prenatal ultrasound should be used routinely, only when a reason is presented. The fact that a doctor may have lousy palpatation skills or cannot use a fetascope to hear the fetal heart tones are not good reasons. Dr. Alice Stewart of Oxford University, UK advocated against prenatal X-rays and prenatal ultrasound. Ultrasound can cause heat by means of cavatation in the amniotic fluid, causing a fetal demise or birth defects. Women are told to avoid hot tubs for this reason, yet doctors subject them and their babies to this danger through ultrasound.
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Ultrasound is also used to break up gall stones and kidney stones. I know it is probably a higher frequency, but I still do not think prenatal ultrasound should be used routinely, only when a reason is presented. The fact that a doctor may have lousy palpatation skills or cannot use a fetascope to hear the fetal heart tones are not good reasons. Dr. Alice Stewart of Oxford University, UK advocated against prenatal X-rays and prenatal ultrasound. Ultrasound can cause heat by means of cavatation in the amniotic fluid, causing a fetal demise or birth defects. Women are told to avoid hot tubs for this reason, yet doctors subject them and their babies to this danger through ultrasound.
May 7, 2012 - 1:08pmThis Comment
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