[header] How to recognize radiation sickness [title] Watch for symptom progression. [step] Pay attention to the symptoms that develop, their severity, and their timing. It is possible for doctors to predict the level of radiation exposure from the timing and the nature of the symptoms. 
The severity of symptoms will vary depending on the radiation dose received, and the parts of the body that absorbed the emissions. [substeps] The determining factors in the degree of radiation sickness are the type of exposure, the exposed parts of the body, the duration of exposure, the strength of the radiation, and how much your body has absorbed.