The Pros And Cons Of Ultrasonography

People love the idea of being able to see their unborn child. They love the thought of seeing the fetus’ heartbeat, its toes, its fingers, and even its sex all while still in the womb. It has become a widespread burst of excitement for expecting parents and their families to be able to experience this type of pre-birth sight. This excitement and within the womb sight has been made possible through the advancements of ultrasonography, just one of the many radiological modalities. Ultrasonography is define by dictionary.com as “a diagnostic imaging technique utilizing reflected high-frequency sound waves to delineate, measure, or examine internal body structures or organs.” As the number of ultrasounds being performed, by both medical professionals
Professionals say “Ultrasounds are used widely in the industry and with a dosage used that is probably safe. Certainly, diagnostic ultrasound used in medicine has low energy and is pulsatile; the risk of cell damage or vacuolation that occurs with high energy ultrasound probably does not exist with this common use. There is no epidemiological evidence of ultrasound associated abnormalities: some fifty million women have been exposed to ultrasounds in early pregnancy, yet no pattern of problems has yet been shown” (Chamberlain). Without a pattern of problems or connection of abnormalities of the fetus to ultrasonography present in these studies it is hard to connect ultrasounds with bad or poor effects on unborn
Some professionals say there is nothing to worry about, that there aren’t any evident, harming effects on fetus present in their findings. But then on the other hand however there are still scientist and other professionals opposing this viewpoint and debating its findings or in other terms their lack thereof. These professionals believe there are in fact poor or harming effects on the unborn child. With two opposing side on the subject, both being presented by professionals and scientists alike, such people that the public feels as if they should be able to believe, it is hard to know which side to choose when both seem to be so creditable. At this point only with more time, more studies and more exposures with ultrasounds, unfortunately without concrete evidence of the effects, will scientist and professionals be able to open eyes and lead to finding the truth behind ultrasounds and the effects they have on the fetus. Until concrete evidence of negative effects on the fetus are found and studied to a greater extent ultrasounds will continue to be routinely used in both medical settings and keepsake clinics giving expecting parents a glimpse at their unborn