09-21-1994 12:18
5162625311
P.O?
BNL-MED. DEPT.
“11>
Special Examination of Eves
Ay all followup examinations an ophthalmologist has examine a the eyes of
all individuals.
found.
To date m lesions aseribable to ionizing radiati bn have been
Similar studies have been made on the eyes of non exposed ypreballose
and the incidence of eye lesions is identical in the two groups.
SKIN LESIONS AND EPILATION
As mentioned earlier there was burning of the skin,
On first pxamination
by the medical team on tho 9th post exposure day the exposed people appeared to
be in good health and the skin was definitely normal in external appearance.
Evidence for the development of skin lesions commenced apnroximatelp
after exposure.
two weeks
During the early stages of development of the lesi ns, itching,
burning and slight pain were experienced with the more superficial lesions.
deeper lesions the pain was more severe.
With
The deeper foot lesions wv are the most
painful sm caused some of the people to walk on their heels for se yeral days dur
ing the acute stages.
Some of the more severe lesions of the neck knd axillae
were painful, There were no constitutional symptoms ansccinted with the skin lesions,
The characteristic sequence of events in the development of the les lions was the
eccurrence of symptoms, then of black pigmented areas, small in siz
which grew
larger in size and coalesced.
inside of
Later the akin began to shed from th§
the pipmented plaques to the outside and in some cases resulted in
of large depigmented areas,
In most of the lesions the shedding wag
superficial layers of the skin.
of superficial ulcers.
phe production
limited to the
In some the process continued with|the development
A few became infected.
The appearance of tHese skin burns
can best be illustrated by referring to Chapter III reference (1) w ere kodachrome
pictures illustrate the sequence of events,
In addition to te skin burns, loss of
hair, spotty in nature occurred in sone of the individuals.
The ha! ir grew in again
with normal color and texture and the regrowth was complete in all ay reept possibly one
middie aged man in whom it came in somewhat sparsely.
Small pieces of skin were