ΧΡΟΝΙΑ ΔΗΛΗΤΗΡΙΑΣΙΣ ΔΙΑ ΜΟΛΥΒΔΟΥ ΕΙΣ ΟΙΚΟΓΕΝΕΙΑΣ ΒΑΦΕΩΝ ΠΗΛΙΝΩΝ ΑΓΓΕΙΩΝ

Abstract

IN THIS PIECE OF WORK TEN CASES OF CHRONIC LEAD POISONING WERE EXAMINED. THESE CASES WERE TAKEN FROM FOUR SEPARATE FAMILIES, WHO ALL WORKED WITH PAINTED GLAZE CERAMICS. CASES I, II, III, IV, V AND VI WERE CHILDREN AGED FROM 2 TO 18, BUT THE OTHERS WERE YOUNG ADULTS - THE ELDEST BEING 26. IN THIS WORK PLACE ALL THE PROCESSES (MOULDING, PAINTING AND BAKING IN THE FURNACE) WERE CARRIED OUT WITHIN A CONFINED SPACE. THE PATIENTS WERE ALL IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH THE FUMESARISING FROM THE PAINT WHILE BEING MIXED AND BAKED TOO. THE CLINICAL AND LABORATORY RESULTS OF THE EXAMINED CASES WERE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CLASSIC FINDINGS OF LEAD POISONING. ALL CASES SHOWED ANOREXIA AND HAD PALE FACES. THE CHARACTERISTIC LEAD LINE ON THE TEETH WAS COMMON TO ALL EXCEPT FOR CASES VII, VIII AND X. THE X - RAYS REVEALED THE KNOWN CHANGES MADE TO LONG BONES IN ALL THEPATIENTS. THE MALAISE AND THE ACHING MUSCLES ESPECIALLY OF THE LEGS WAS PREDOMINANT IN THE ADULTS. FROM LABORATORY RESULTS THE RETICULO CYTES HAD INCREASED AND ESPECIALLY IN THOSE CASES WITH ANEMIA. THE MEAN VALUE AND THE STANDARD DEVIATION WAS 4,96 +- 1,46% IN THE CHILDREN, WHILE BEING 2,90 +- 0,96% IN THEADULTS. THE CONCENTRATION OF THE ALKALIN PHOSPHATE ENZYME FOUND HAD INCREASEDIN ALL CASES. IN THE CHILDREN THE MEAN VALUE AND STANDARD DEVIATION WERE 39,80 +- 10,84 UNITS K.A. BUT IN THE ADULTS THEY WERE 17,50 +- 11,35 UNITS K.A. IN CASES WHERE VALUES OF ALKALINE PHOSPHATE WERE FOUND TO BE MUCH HIGHER THERE WERE FOUND TO BE HIGHER CONCENTRATIONS OF LEAD IN THE BLOOD. (ABSTRACT TRUNCATED)

ΕΙΣ ΤΗΝ ΠΑΡΟΥΣΑΝ ΕΡΓΑΣΙΑΝ ΕΜΕΛΕΤΗΘΗΣΑΝ 10 ΠΕΡΙΠΤΩΣΕΙΣ ΧΡΟΝΙΑΣ ΔΗΛΗΤΗΡΙΑΣΕΩΣ ΔΙΑΜΟΛΥΒΔΟΥ ΑΙ ΟΠΟΙΑΙ ΑΝΗΚΟΝ ΕΙΣ 4 ΟΙΚΟΓΕΝΕΙΑΣ ΒΑΦΕΩΝ ΠΗΛΙΝΩΝ ΑΓΓΕΙΩΝ.ΕΞ ΑΥΤΩΝ ΑΙ ΠΕΡΙΠΤΩΣΕΙΣ Ι, ΙΙ, ΙΙΙ, ΙV, V ΚΑΙ VI ΑΝΗΚΟΝ ΕΙΣ ΠΑΙΔΙΑ ΗΛΙΚΙΑΣ 2 ΕΩΣ 18 ΕΤΩΝ, ΑΙ ΔΕ ΛΟΙΠΑΙ ΕΙΣ ΕΝΗΛΙΚΑΣ ΜΕΧΡΙΣ 26 ΕΤΩΝ. ΕΙΣ ΤΟ ΕΡΓΑΣΤΗΡΙΟΝ Ο ΧΩΡΟΣ ΠΛΑΣΕΩΣ,ΒΑΦΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΕΨΗΣΕΩΣ ΤΩΝ ΠΗΛΙΝΩΝ ΑΓΓΕΙΩΝ ΗΤΟ ΚΟΙΝΟΣ, ΤΑ ΔΕ ΑΤΟΜΑ ΗΡΧΟΝΤΟ ΕΙΣ ΕΠΑΦΗΝ ΤΟΣΟΝ ΜΕ ΤΑ ΧΡΩΜΑΤΑ ΟΣΟΝ ΚΑΙ ΜΕ ΤΑ ΑΕΡΙΑ ΕΚ ΤΗΣ ΜΙΞΕΩΣ ΤΩΝ ΧΡΩΜΑΤΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΤΗΣ ΕΨΗΣΕΩΣ ΤΩΝ "ΕΓΧΡΩΜΑΤΙΣΜΕΝΩΝ ΠΗΛΙΝΩΝ ΑΓΓΕΙΩΝ". ΤΑ ΚΛΙΝΙΚΑ ΚΑΙ ΕΡΓΑΣΤΗΡΙΑΚΑ ΕΥΡΗΜΑΤΑ ΤΩΝ ΜΕΛΕΤΗΘΗΣΩΝ ΠΕΡΙΠΤΩΣΕΩΝ ΗΣΑΝ ΣΥΜΒΑΤΑ ΜΕ ΕΚΕΙΝΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΚ ΜΟΛΥΒΔΟΥ ΔΗΛΗΤΗΡΙΑΣΕΩΣ. ΟΛΑΙ ΑΙ ΠΕΡΙΠΤΩΣΕΙΣ ΠΑΡΟΥΣΙΑΖΟΝ ΑΝΟΡΕΞΙΑΝ ΚΑΙ ΕΙΧΟΝ ΩΧΡΟΤΗΤΑ ΠΡΟΣΩΠΟΥ. Η ΧΑΡΑΚΤΗΡΙΣΤΙΚΗΝ ΠΑΡΥΦΗ ΜΟΛΥΒΔΟΥ ΕΙΣ ΤΟΥΣ ΟΔΟΝΤΑΣ ΥΠΗΡΞΕΝ ΕΙΣ ΟΛΑΣ ΤΑΣ ΠΕΡΙΠΤΩΣΕΙΣ ΕΚΤΟΣ ΤΩΝ ΠΕΡΙΠΤΩΣΕΩΝ VII, VIII ΚΑΙ Χ. Ο ΑΚΤΙΝΟΛΟΓΙΚΟΣ ΕΛΕΓΧΟΣ ΕΔΕΙΞΕΝ ΤΑΣ ΓΝΩΣΤΑΣ ΑΛΛΟΙΩΣΕΙΣ ΕΙΣ ΤΑ ΜΑΚΡΑ ΟΣΤΑ ΟΛΩΝ ΤΩΝ ΠΕΡΙΠΤΩΣΕΩΝ. Η ΚΑΤΑΒΟΛΗ ΚΑΙ ΑΙ ΜΥΑΛΓΙΑΙ ΙΔΙΩΣ ΤΩΝ ΚΑΤΩ ΑΚΡΩΝ ΗΣΑΝ ΚΥΡΙΟΝ ΓΝΩΡΙΣΜΑ ΤΗΣ ΟΜΑΔΟΣ ΤΩΝ ΕΝΗΛΙΚΩΝ. ΑΠΟ ΠΛΕΥΡΑΣ ΕΡΓΑΣΤΗΡΙΑΚΩΝ ΕΥΡΗΜΑΤΩΝ ΤΑ ΔΙΚΤΥΟΕΡΥΘΡΟΚΥΤΤΑΡΑ ΕΥΡΕΘΗΣΑΝ ΗΥΞΗΜΕΝΑ ΚΑΙ ΙΔΙΑΙΤΕΡΑ ΕΙΣ ΤΑΣ ΠΕΡΙΠΤΩΣΕΙΣ ΑΙ ΟΠΟΙΑΙ ΠΑΡΟΥΣΙΑΖΟΝ ΑΝΑΙΜΙΑΝ. ΕΙΣ ΤΑ ΠΑΙΔΙΑ Η ΜΕΣΗ ΤΙΜΗ ΚΑΙ Η ΣΤΑΘΕΡΑ ΑΠΟΚΛΙΣΙΣ ΑΝΕΥΡΕΘΗΣΑΝ 4,96 +- 1,46%, ΕΝΩ ΕΙΣ ΤΟΥΣ ΕΝΗΛΙΚΑΣ 2,90 +- 0,96%. ΗΥΞΗΜΕΝΑΙ ΕΥΡΕΘΗΣΑΝ ΚΑΙ ΑΙ ΤΙΜΑΙ ΤΗΣ ΑΛΚΑΛΙΚΗΣ ΦΩΣΦΑΤΑΣΗΣ ΜΕ ΜΕΣΗΝ ΤΙΜΗΝ ΚΑΙ ΣΤΑΘΕΡΑΝ ΑΠΟΚΛΙΣΙΝ ΔΙΑ ΜΕΝ ΤΑ ΠΑΙΔΙΑ 37,80 +-10,84 ΜΟΝ. ΚΑ, ΔΙΑ ΔΕ ΤΟΥΣ ΕΝΗΛΙΚΑΣ 17,50 +- 11,35 ΜΟΝ. ΚΑ. (ΠΕΡΙΚΟΠΗ ΠΕΡΙΛΗΨΗΣ)