ABSTRACT
There was performed an experimental study of the influence of regular intake offermented milk enriched by products "Bifidin" and "Prolacta" on indices of iron metabolism in adolescents of 12-17 years, involved in sports (n = 94). In all study participants there was made double blood test (every 60 days), there were determined the levels of hemoglobin, serum iron, serum ferritin, C-reactive protein. The intervention in the main group (n = 68) was in daily intake offermented milk product in a volume of 200 ml (1 Cup) in addition to the normal diet within 2 months, including 35 cases who had used the bioproduct "Bifidin" and 33 persons- bioproduct "Prolacta". The control group was consisted of 26 persons from the adolescents engaged in the same sections, but not taking additional fermented milk drinks. The average values of all studied indices in adolescent athletes of the main and control groups before and after the intervention were consistent with reference values. Latent iron deficiency was detected in 23.4 ± 4.4% of adolescents involved in sports. At the second point of the research in two months of intake of enriched dairy products in the main group there was noticed the gain in levels of serum iron, ferritin, and the decline of the concentration of C-reactive protein. The results of the study allow us to consider enriched dairy products "Bifidin" and "Prolacta" as one of the components of complex measures of prophylaxis of hypovitaminosis and microelementoses in adolescents who are actively involved in sports.
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Anemia, Iron-Deficiency/therapy , Athletes , Cultured Milk Products , Iron/metabolism , Micronutrients , Sports/physiology , Adolescent , Anemia, Iron-Deficiency/blood , Child , Female , Humans , MaleABSTRACT
Optic disk drusen (ODD) is a much more prevalent condition than it is usually considered. It is important to recognize ODD in order to escape serious neurosurgical interventions and rule out the development of optic neuropathy leading to grave visual dysfunction. Three cases with ODD are described. The authors conclude that it is an acquired disease, which can be bi- and unilateral. Initial diagnosis "suspected congestive optic disk of both eyes" was erroneous in all cases and it was replaced by "pseudocongestion" because of ODD. A characteristic symptom of ODD is narrowing of visual field borders and presence of scotomas in the lower half of central visual field. Since ODD are a manifestation of progressive optic neuropathy leading to disorders in the central visual field, dedystrophic and (if necessary) ophthalmo-hypotensive therapy is to be carried out.
