ABSTRACT
Findings are that prevalence of COLD among workers of chemical industrial complex in Kemerovo city, who contact organic chemicals, is 1.6 times higher than that among those in contact with irritants and 5.4 times higher than that in reference group. Chemical industry workers develop dysbalance of pro- and antioxidant processes, that is maximal in those contacting organic solvents.
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Air Pollutants, Occupational/adverse effects , Chemical Industry , Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive/epidemiology , Adult , Aged , Bronchoconstriction/drug effects , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Prevalence , Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive/physiopathology , Risk Factors , Siberia/epidemiology , Urban PopulationABSTRACT
A case is reported of rheumatic polymyalgia rarely amenable to correct diagnosis. The response was achieved after glucocorticoid treatment. The diagnosis was based on the following criteria: age over 50, muscular pain (in two or more regions of the neck, shoulder and pelvic girdle, ESR above 35 mm/h, duration of the symptoms at least 2 months, limited movements in the cervical spine, shoulder and hip joints, weakness, subnormal appetite, fever, anemia, loss of weight.
