Table 3 (continucd)
Physical Findings in Rongelap Adults, 1962
Exposed (48 examined)
Subject Nos.
%
Paralysis, facial
Pleural thickening or adhesions
Prolapse of vaginal wall
§2
58
63, 64
2.1
2.1
4.2
Rheumatic heart disease
Rheumatoid arthritis
76
2.1
Sinusitis
63
Prostatic hypertrophy
Control (86 examined )
11, 29, 82
Subject Nos.
6.2
823, 826, 875, 969
4.6
855, 864, 910, 915, 947, 964
7.0
878
,
2.2
Senility
29, 55, 57, 46, 28
Syphilis (?) arrested
11,55
4.2
846, 869
27, 76
23
4.2
826, 831, 833, 864, 867, 898,
9.3
6.2
14.6
942
853, 864, 875, 885, 964, 969,
970, 1007
[.2
9,3
853,971
2.3
Tachycardia
28
Tonsilar hypertrophy
Trichomonas
Tumor, benign
30
Varicose veins
13
Vitiligo
Table 4
examined)
Controls
(92
examined)
5
Number % Number %
Pierygium and pinguecula 21
43.0
34
36.9
cataracts
7
enticular opacities (presenile and congenital)
Corneal scars
7
14.5
12
13.0
1}
22.9
200
-21.7
19.0
Corneal pigmentation
Congenital
Acquired
10
«20.88
22
3
6.2
3
3.2
6.2
Retinal scars
>
4.16
Strabismus
3
6.2
Nystagmus
Phthisis bulbi
Anterior staphylomata
'
,
«
Argyll Robertson pupil
Seventh nerve weakness
Healed uveitis
9.8
‘
23.9
3
Healed choroiditis
9
I
|
2.0
2.0
1
1.0
9
|
<0
i
4.6
!
20
(coral)
Diabetic retinopathy
re
)
Arcus senilts
Vitreous opacities
Macular degeneration
Driser
Congenital abnormalities
Retinal vessels
Large corneas
Remnant of hyaloid
6
124
l
12
6
2.0
25.00
124
|
270
3
624
>
“
|
416
4.6
2.0
2.1
tending from the limbus 2 to 3 mm tow%fd' the
pupil and lying in the horizontal axis of the palpebral aperture. The pigment was in the epithelial
pe
pie
wo
P
layers of the cornea. Since this is not the usual con-
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
‘ty
sua acul y
was
as
higher
j ee
hgner in
bo
ups
Bro ps
th
an
that
seen in America. No cases of retinitis pigrnentosa,
glaucoma, or eye findings characteristic of hyper.
Two unusual congenital
defects were found
thyroidism were noted.
among the 140 people examined. Six people cxhib-
ited large corneas, and 8 had abnormally large
punctate retinal vessels. The latter were not typi‘
by
pictures in
af
ese Tindings oy pictures in a
.
future survey,
As has been noted before, srcus senitis occurs in
Corneal foreign body
Retinal arteriosclerosis
,
cal of hemangiomata. It is. planned to document
these findings
2.0
3
2.3
934, 958
2.1
Eye Findings in Adult Marshallese People, 1962
Exposed
(48
862, 946
2.1
2.1
9,12, 58
4,7,9, 10, 13, 57,
64
Ulceration, lower colon
10.4
%
I
the Marshallese with a higher incidence und at an
Ti
43.0
1.0
earlier age than generally seen in Americans. The
23
10
25.0
109
ab
wbout theScamp
same.
In a recent
survey 12 children had a nj
_
nurecent survey 2 chi ren vad a night Vision
3
32
incidence in both exposed and control groups was
defect duc to vitamin A deficiency. In this survey
no similur causes were encountered, possibly be-
5
4
5.4
4.3
cause of the increased grawth and consumption of
papaya und squash. Leprosy and yaws are endemic
in the Marshall Islands. Two cases of 7th nerve
Weakness were noted, one ina leprous patient. In