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CLINICAL OBSERVATIONS AND TREATMENT
Table 2.5—Weight Changes, GroupsI andII
AGE CATEGORIES
BELOW 7 YEARS
Group I
Number observed. ____.._-___-_.--..--__-- 2 ee ---eee
Numberthat gained weight_.._.._-____.._-__--..----- _aeeuee
Average gain (lb.)._-_.-----__--_- 2-2 eee
Spread of gain (Ib.)__.--__-___-___- eee
Numberthat lost weight_.._...__-.__--- we eee eee
Average loss (Ib.)____-_______-_ eee eee eee
Spread of loss (Ib.)_..--._-___-.-- --_-----_______-_ ee eee
Percent of group that lost weight.._....-...._...__--_.--_-----
BELOW 16 years
24
17
0. 5-10. 0
13
0. 5-5. 5
77
ABOVE 16 YEARS
36
14
0. 5-10. 0
19
0. 5-5. 5
80
1-11. 5
21
0. 5-8
58
Group II
Number observed. ____-________.- 2-2
Number that gained weight_.._._-_.---..--_.---------.---.-Average gain (lb.)_-.--- eee eee
Spread of gain (lb.)____.._____._____.- 2 eee eee
Numberthat lost weight_________(eee eee eee eee eee eee eee
Average loss (Ib.)_.._._.-_-.-__---_- eee eee
Spread of loss (lb.)._..-_-. 2-2 eee eee eee eee
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 Group II,
one woman was in the second trimester. No abnormality was detected. Fetal movements were
unaffected in the individual in the third trimester. The hematologic changes of the pregnant womenare listed in Table 2.6. Two individuals in the first trimester had a marked depression of platelets but at no time was there
any vaginal bleeding. So far, the exposure to
radiation has not had a deleterious effect on
pregnancy. At the 12 month reexaminationall
of the above women had delivered. One baby
was born dead; the others were normal. In the
ease of the one still born, irradiation occurred
to the mother either before conception or early
in the first trimester.
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Special Examination of Eyes
Ct
At 3 anp 6 Montus an ophthalmologist examined the eyes of all exposed individuals (10).
Table 2.6.—Blood Counts on Pregnant Individuals
in Groups J andII
TRIMESTER or
PREGNANCY
LOWEST
PLATELET
Count
LOWEST
WBC
35, 000
50, 000
4, 500
5, 000
LowEst
NEUTROERIE
Grour I
First... --_--First. .2- 2-2-2 _
3, 000
2, 500
Second__________
150, 000
4, 000
3, 000
Third____._-_____
120, 000
10, 000
7, 000
170, 000
7, 000
3, 200
Grovp II
Second..__..__---
Nolesionsascribable to ionizing radiation were
seen. At 12 months slit lamp examinations and
photographic recordings of the cornea and lens
were made on nonexposed, and on the Rongelap
people. The incidence of ocular lesions was not
different in the two groups(11).