I heard that you shouldn't get too many x-rays too often. Whats too many? whats too often?

Suppose I were to get 3 chest x-rays today. Would getting one or two more in the next week for the same area be too much? btw....I am not sick.

I don't need them.....I'm just asking

That many is not going to give you cancer or anything. There are patients in hospitals who get them daily to check on the progress of pneumonia or whatever their particular problem is.

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