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CLINICAL OGSRERVATIONS AND TREATMENT
Table 2.5—-Weight Cheages, Groupe i and 13
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AGE CATEGORIES
| Bewow 7 tease
Gaocr I
Number observed..... ....-- .------ ee
Number that gnimed weight..... ..... ... -Average gain (IB.)..........0 - --- |; -
Spread of gain (tb.)._ ..
a
|
i7
4
5
Leese
Q 5-10 0
Number that lost weight........ .. ...-- -.
eee wee
Average loss (Ib.)..-..---.------- ee eee wee ee .Spread of lows (Ib.).-..-.--.-----.---- 2 eee
eee eee
Percent of group that lost weight............ ... ....-.---..
13
2
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Gacvcr It
Number observed.............---. -.---------------------Number that gaiwed weight..... ...--.-.....--------.----- Average gain (Ib.).. .- . ve eee ee ee eee ee eee ee vere
Spread of gnin (ib.).-.--..-.-... ee
eee eee
eel ee ee
Numuer that lost weight......--... 5-5 eee eee
Average loes (Ib.)....- 2-8; teen el. eee eee -
Spread uf loss (Ib.)_-----. 2... ee Lees
Percent of group that lost weight..... ... ..
the third trimester.
None of these women had
abnormal symptoms referable to pregnancy,
and as far as could be determined, pregnancy
continued in a normal fashion. In G.vur IT,
one woman was in the second trimester. No abnormality was detected. Fetal movements were
unaffected in the individual in the third tri-
mester. The hematologic changes of the preg-
nant womenare listed in Table 2.6. Two individuals in the first trimester had a marked ce-
Apores 16 Teams
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8
3
6
14
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19
2
& 5-5 5
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27
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6
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88
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Table 2.6.—Biood Counss on Pregnant ladividuale
im Groups I aad Ii
T
pomaes?
Po
Facrme Lo“QT NMASS
.
Loweer
ee
_—_—_—
Lowen
:
Count
4
Gaore [
First
First
tecond.
35, 000
50. 0UO
180, 000
4, 500
5, 000
4, 000
3, 900
2, 500
3, 0OU
any vaginal bleeding. So far, the exposure to
radiation has not had a deleterious effect on
Third
120, O60
10, OOD
7, 000
of the above women had delivered. One baby
was born dead; the others were normal. In the
case of the one still born, irradiation oc curred
to the mother exther before conception or early
Secund
170, GUO
7, 000
3, 200
pression of platelets but at no time was there
pregnancy.
.At the 12 month reexamination all
inthe first trimester.
2.8
Special Examination of Eyes
Ar} aso 6 Montes an ophthalmologist exanined the eves of all exposed individuals (10).
Groce if
No lesions ascmbable to ionizing radiation were
geen, At 12 months slit lamp examinations and
photographie recordings of the cornes and lens
were made on nonexposed, and on the Rongelap
people.
The incidence of ocular lesons was not
itfferent in the twe germans (11)