~7TABLE I
PHYSICAL FINDINGS IN RONGELAP AND UTIRIK
ADULTS,
1963
ee
RX
No, examined
Adenopathy
Anemia,anemic tendency
Aphakia
Argyll Robertson pupil
Arteriosclerosis, peripheral,
mild
Arteriosclerosis, peripheral,
moderate to severe
Asthma
45
4
2
1
12
2
Auricular fibrillation
w/myocardial damage
1
Biadycardia
Bronchitis
Cardiac enlargement
Cervical erosion, bleeding
Cervical lacerations
Choroiditis
l
3
8
4
1
Congenital defects
l
a) dislocation of hip
b) prominent head of
ulna
c) bilateral short.
ening of 5th
finger
d} polydactyliasm
e) shortened left
thumb
f)
flexion deformity,
fingers
Corneal ulcer
Cystocele
Diabetes mellitus
Dupuytrens contracture
Furunculosis
Cx
U*
75
52
1
2
14
1
10
3
1
4
3
14
5
2
4
2
3
1
1
Intestinal parasites
3
7
Leprosy, arrested
Leukoplakia
1
1
Kyphosis, scoliosis
4
Lenticular opacities, cataracts 12
10
9
15
1
4
1
3
Prostatic Hypertrophy 5
Pregnancies
6
Proteinuria
Pterygium
16
5
3
4
32
or adhesions
tonsilitis
Tumor, benign
Urethral caruncle
Uterus enlargement,
fibroids?
Uterus retroversion
Varicose veins
Vitiligo
1
1
1
2
1
1
3
3
8
1
1
2
2
4
2
1
4
1
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
1
2
2
2
52
7
2
7
3
1
1
75
Pinguecula
Tonsilar hypertrophy,
1
45
1
, Senility
Syphilis (?)arrested
Thyroid nodule
1
Ux
Perirectal abscess
* Pharyngitis, acute
Rheumatic heart dis,
1
jaecenes
ux valgus
Hemorrhoids
Hypertension > 140/90)
Hy potension
Inguinal hernia
4
(C*
Liver, palpable
2
Myocardial damage or
insufficiency (EKG)
1
Obesity
7
Osteoarthritis
10
Paralysis
1
Parotid enlargement
1
Pleural thickening
3
Rx
5
3
19
1
6
1
2
9
.
* R= Rongelap exposed (including Ailingnae)
we
: C - Rongelap Unexposed
* U -~ Utirik Exposed