Table 3 (continued)
Physical Findings in Rongelap Adults, 1962
Exposed (48 examined)
Subject Nos.
Paralysis, facial
Pleural thickening or adhesions
Prolapse of vaginal wall
Prostatic hypertrophy
Rheumatic heart disease
Rheumatoidarthritis
Senility
Tonvlanhn
Tonsilar hypertrophy
7
Trichomonas
9, 12, 58
Ulceration, lower colon
30
h
t
h
27, 76
Tumor, benign
64
Controls
examined)
examined)
Pterygium and pinguecula
Cataracts
Lenticular opacities (presenile and congenital)
Cornealscars
Corneal pigmentation
Congenital
Acquired
Healed choroiditis
Retinal scars
Strabismus
Nystagmus
Phthisis bulbi
Anterior staphylomata
&
Number
21
7
43.0
14.5
34
[2
36.9
13.0
11
9
22.9
19.0
20
9
10,
20.8
22
21.7
9.8
,
i
6.2
6.2
4.16
6.2
2.0
2.0
3
I
l
2
1
2.0
4.6
2.0
Arcus senilis
Vitreous opacities
Macular degeneration
Driisen
Congenital abnormalities
Retinal vessels
Large corneas
Remnant of hyaloid
6
1
12
6
2
1
124
2.0
3
2
I
4.6
855, 864, 910, 915, 947, 964
7.0
39
.
2.3
878
862, 946
03
.
846, 860
826, 831,
833, 864, 867,898,
934,958
6.2
942
14.6
3
’
,
5
’
’
9.3
.
1.2
853, 864, 875, 885,964,969,
9.3
853, 971
2.3
970, 1007
genital type of corneal pigmentation, it seems possible that it may have resulted from the irradiation
%
contamination of the eyes of the exposed group by
fallout (probably the beta component).
In both the exposed and control groups, there
was a low incidencé of myopia and strabismus.
Visual acuity was higher in both groups than that
seen in America. No cases of retinitis pigmentosa,
glaucoma, or eve findings characteristic of hyperthyroidism were noted.
23.9
3.2
Two unusual congenital defects were found
among the 140 people examined. Six people exhib-
1.0
ited large corneas, and 8 had abnormally large
punctate retinal vessels. The latter were not typical of hemangiomata. It is planned to document
these findings by pictures in a future survey.
2.0
Argyll Robertson pupil
Seventh nerve weakness
Healed uveitis
Corneal foreign body
(coral)
823, 826, 875, 969
layers of the cornea. Since this is not the usual con-
(92
Number
3
3
2
3
1
1
%
tending from the limbus 2 to 3 mm toward the
pupil and lying in the horizontal axis of the palpebral aperture. The pigment was in the epithelial
Eye Findings in Adult Marshallese People, 1962
Exposed
Subject Nos.
42
2.1
Table 4
(48
2.1
4.2
2.1
[3
Vitiligo
10.4
.
4, 7,9, 10, 13, 57,
Varicose veins
Retinal arteriosclerosis
Diabetic retinopathy
2.1
2.1
4.2
6.2
2.1
29, 55, 57, 46, 28
63
11, 55
il
%
82
58
63, 64
11, 29, 82
76
Sinusitis
Syphilis (?) arrested
Control (86 examined)
Ashas been noted before, arcus senilis occurs in
1
the Marshallese with a higher incidence and at an
earlier age than generally seen in Americans. The
incidence in both exposed and control groups was
1.0
11
13.0
25.0
12.4
416
2.0
23
i0
3
25.0
=10.9
3.2
6.24
4.6
2.0
§
4
5.4
4.3
about the same.
In a recent survey 12 children had a nightvision
defect due to vitamin A deficiency, In this survey
no similar cases were encountered, possibly be-
cause of the increased growth and consumption of
papaya and squash. Leprosy and yaws are endemic
in the Marshall Islands. Two cases of 7th nerve
weakness were noted, one in a leprous patient. In
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