Afterward, there may be some throbbing . The film plate may feel cold during the X-rays. The X-rays following the injection typically take about an hour. There is low-radiation exposure. X-rays are monitored and regulated to provide the minimum amount of radiation exposure needed to produce the image.
Most experts feel that the risk is very low compared with the benefits.
Pregnant women and children are more sensitive to the risks of the X-ray . White blood cells are the body's means of fighting infection, and this test enables your health care provider to follow these cells and see if they are accumulating around a site of infection. It is expected that there will be groupings of white blood cells in the liver, spleen, and bone marrow, but if groupings of cells exist elsewhere, an abscess or other inflammatory process is possible.