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ourpara. epilation, oral
esions,
as Related tc
Symptoms
first several weeks foilowime exposures can fe
divided accordiig ‘oO -vimptems and stens. cite
groups having od fferen'’ prognosis
“Thus
they may be divided ute thiee groups oo ated
survival is, respectively
oa probably vos lyi
be apparent that there :
no sharp fine of derin cron among the goons
(sroup |
Nip
boat
ag seats ttle
[f vonutingg eee promptly oor sithin
few hours ond coutiue.s and is followed
1
fapld suceession ON brostration, «lrrhen
anorexia,
ever. the prognost= fe crise
death will atmos definitely Geen ar oe
percent of the i cis duals withan the 4
week,
There so Lnown therapy for these
people: ac ordaireb.: aocatastrophe. at
tention sheule oe ievoted preneroally +
others for wnon thee some hope
Group 20 - Nv reat oxsatis
Vomiting aie ar eurky put w Wee a
relatively
short
period of set
adataton
tollowed
erie
this perien
th
4
5
well being cnarketel a ges ire take ie pure
In the hen oporerie tf sues.
Lymphocs te.
are profou dhs oepeessed within haar cid
remain so for
cont.
Phe nevitropaid:
eOnnt is depress y toca levels. he cpegres
and time «fo nmacsn in Hepress ion cepen:
INE pan tT we eos
“aenseotarfeet ar tin.
be
eeOeTL
Worelp
hasrencheds
platelet cea
foe
ita
HeUCTOpD
Bo ebey
otoaly aerory Gedav~d
op av veceh very dow
Phe
fee
after vy weeks
Abe bev rebericn crf betes
ING TY oe,
to
2rOnp bepoesest
the dassy
higher
8
BNGs
tot
or
bv eek
te
the latent pies
ttt
Ct
Py.
oat
fponmy
sere
tags
Pots
rect
tet
of
wounds
or
burns,
‘ive can be expected to be prolonged and
f sufficient time is provided for bone marhow regeneration the survival rate will be
nerensed..
LE wroups Land 2 the bleed picture is not as
ello umented as in group 3. There are good
rensans to believe that m che lethal
the eranulocyte depressions will be
varsed the below 1.000 per mim during the
sa Vee, food observations in Japan (21,
confirm, this contention. Tlowever, in the
nplethal ringe it takes mneh longer for the
Honieny
ane
erariuleeyte count and platelet count of man
oO reach tahimal wdues, as compared to other
uamimids (see Chapter PY and reference 10),
Despite the chaotie conditions that existed im
Haresh ina. the data of Kikuchi and Wakisaka
ve shows that there was a more rapid and
lerkec
decrense i Groups Land 2 than in
:
ro Ve
y
,
rroup 3, - Nureina! probable;
This group consusts of individuals who may
ovomas not have had fleettng nausea and
vomiting on the day of exposure.
In this
vroup there i ono further evidence of ef-
fects of the exposure except the hematologie changes that ean be detected by
serial studies of the blood with particular
refereree to Tymphocytes and platelets,
Fle jsanphoevtes reach low levels early,
within bs beurs, and may show little evideace of recovery for many months after
exposure
Phe grannloeytes may show
some
depression
third week,
Seno
curing the second
and
Hlowever. considerable varia-
encountered
\
late
fall
in the
srontdeevtes dining the teh oor Tth week
oethal dose ue
oy pt bo net
infections
and cutaneous
Harrhen, and melena. The mortality will
he wninennt. With therapy the survival
Hence, individual) exposed on the wth
range (where some, cut not all wii) die on ote
Ttowi
At the termination of
he latent period, the patient may develop
Probability ot Sursiva
and probable,
vita dirtleclintend evidence of injuries other
oR
ev
eee and
should
be
watched
for.
Phiteler comnts reneh the lowest on approx notel
tse Seth chiv oat
the
time
when
=
week.
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