Are full body checkups really lifesaving? Multiple celebrities endorse such full body scans and suggest their fans to go through it to find hidden diseases at an early stage to start treatment right away. Multiple clinics offer full body scans at affordable prices. However, how effective are they? In a recent study, led by Adam Taylor, Lancaster University, it was observed that MRI scans cannot detect most preventable diseases.
ALSO READ: Do full-body MRIs work? Ask your doctor, not Kim Kardashian MRI scans cannot detect life-threatening conditions Health conditions that are responsible for most number of deaths are heart diseases, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and diabetes. MRI scans are incapable of detecting these chronic conditions. Even though MRI scans can detect a few structural changes but cannot point out most of the symptoms.
ALSO READ: After Covid-19, advanced MRI technology detects alterations in brain: Study What are incidentalomas? MRI scans, often taken for other symptoms, may sometimes show up incidental findings – these findings are referred to as incidentalomas. In the recent study, 16,000 brain MRI scans of volunteers were studied to understand how MRI scans can show up incidental symptoms and findings. Serious findings through MRI scans The study observed that MRI scans can show up serious findings very less - 1.
4% for the brain, 1.3% for the chest and 1.9% for the abdomen.
There are tendencies of MRI scans showing false positives – symptoms an.