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What does radiation poisoning do to your body?
These symptoms include loss of appetite, fatigue, fever, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and possibly even seizures and coma. This seriously ill stage may last from a few hours up to several months. People who receive a high radiation dose also can have skin damage.
Is RadAway prewar?
One of the marvels of pre-War medical science, RadAway is a biomedical solution designed to bond with radioactive particles and remove them from the user’s system. It effectively purges the body of radiation, but has nasty side effects, including nausea, diarrhea, stomach pains, and headaches.
What does radiation poisoning look like?
Symptoms are extreme nervousness and confusion; severe nausea, vomiting, and watery diarrhea; loss of consciousness; and burning sensations of the skin. Onset occurs within minutes of exposure.
What are the 4 stages of acute radiation syndrome?
Patients with acute radiation syndrome (ARS) classically go through four clinical phases: prodrome, latency, manifest illness, and either recovery or death. During the prodromal phase, they usually present with nausea, vomiting, fatigue, and even loss of consciousness at higher doses.
What year is Fallout 4 set in pre war?
Fallout 4 takes place in the year 2287, ten years after the events of Fallout 3 and 210 years after the Great War, a war between the United States and China over natural resources that ended in a nuclear holocaust in 2077.
What are Stimpaks and Radaways?
RadAway is used to heal 50% of vault dwellers radiation damage, however it cannot replenish the dwellers health, only remove radiation from them. In order to heal the dweller either a stimpak must be used, the dweller must level up, or they can recover slowly if they have plenty of food.
What are the 4 stages of radiation sickness?
What is the walking ghost phase?
The walking ghost phase of radiation poisoning is a period of apparent health, lasting for hours or days, following a dose of 10-50 sieverts of radiation. As its name would suggest, the walking ghost phase is followed by certain death.
What is the final period in acute radiation syndrome?
Cardiovascular/central nervous system syndrome leading to death within a few days from circulatory system collapse and increased intracranial pressure from edema, vasculitis, and meningitis. The final stage is either recovery or death. The entire process can take from a few weeks to a couple years.
What is Rad-X in Fallout?
For the Rad-X that appear in the Fallout series, see Rad-X . Rad-X is a chem in Fallout 3 . Rad-X is an anti- radiation chemical that can significantly reduce the danger of irradiated areas. When combined with an advanced radiation suit, Rad-X can create near-immunity to radiation, even at moderate medical skill levels.
Where can I find a Rad-X?
One in the storage room in the ground floor office to the right, past the decontamination arches. There is a second Rad-x on the counter in the room directly opposite. One in the room below the offices on the top floor, accessible via a ramp created by the collapsed floor.
Can You overdose on Rad-X in Fallout?
This is due to the fact that in the original Fallout, taking two doses of Rad-X granted 100% radiation resistance, enough to survive the most irradiated place on the map for several hours. Despite having no harmful effects, in Fallout Tactics it is possible to overdose if taken too quickly or alongside other chems, depending on Endurance.
Can Rad-X and Med-X be stacked?
Rad-X can be stacked. Each subsequent Rad-X that the Sole Survivor consumes will improve the Radiation Resistance with a further 100 points. Taking Rad-X does not count as an affinity action as it cannot cause addiction to the player character, therefore not being checked as a chem, but rather as a healing item. The same does not apply to Med-X.