Abstract:

BACKGROUND: As the continuing reports of radioactive accidents, the damage caused by radiation has been attracted more and more attention. Research on the radiation has also been got significant progress.
OBJECTIVE: To summarize the investigative situation and progression about radiation injury at abroad.
METHODS: A computer research on CNKI database and PubMed database (2000-01/2010-12) was preformed to search the articles about radiation injury. The key word was “radiation injury”. The articles related to radiation injury were selected. There were 150 articles after the initial survey. Then 62 articles related to radiation injury were included according to the inclusion criteria.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Radiation can also cause a great injury on nervous system, it can cause peripheral neuropathy, radiation spinal cord disease and other nerve injury. The damage to the normal tissue is inflammation, followed by is the proliferation of collagen fibers, deposition, fibrosis, and finally, loss of organ function.