X-ray wrote:
I should add that what the speech guys do is not technically a barium meal, it is called a video swallow. But the meal or 'food' that they give the patient to swallow, is customised and is barium-based in most cases (but you do get iodine-based liquids that can be swallowed if you are worried that barium can go into the lungs).
Don't worry, you will come across all of these delightful mixtures and procedures. Maybe as a student you will be made to taste them all, as we were when we were students.
Fringe benefit:
Ingesting Iodine-131 will prevent any future thyroid problems. ;-)
Iodine-131 half-life is only 8 days! :-D
So, you can set off radiation detectors at airports up to 12 weeks after ingesting.
(depending initial on dose) :tongue_in_cheek:
