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Environmental Pollutants/analysis , Lead Poisoning/epidemiology , Lead/blood , Adolescent , Child , Child, Preschool , Environmental Exposure , Female , Humans , Infant , Infant, Newborn , Lead Poisoning/blood , Lead Poisoning/etiology , Male , Mexico/epidemiology , Prospective Studies , Urban PopulationABSTRACT
Con el objeto de correlacionar la presencia de neurocisticercosis en individuos catalogados como inválidos para el trabajo y el antecedente de haber laborado con o en presencia de disolventes orgánicos como posible causa desencadenante de la patología señalada, se estudiaron 20 individuos que fueron clasificados como inválidos a causa del diagnóstico de cisticercosis cerebral. El estudio se llevó a cabo por medio de interrogatorio directo o indirecto a cada individuo, revisión de su expediente clínico, serología para cisticercosis, examen psicológico para valoración del rendimiento intelectual
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Adult , Aged , Middle Aged , Humans , Male , Female , Cysticercosis/etiology , Solvents/adverse effects , Age Factors , Brain Diseases/diagnosis , Brain Diseases/drug therapy , Brain Diseases/epidemiology , Brain Diseases/etiology , Cysticercosis/diagnosis , Cysticercosis/drug therapy , Cysticercosis/epidemiology , Disabled Persons , Environmental Pollutants , Occupational Diseases , Sex Factors , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
Twenty individuals classified as disabled due to diagnosed cerebral cysticercosis were studied to correlate the presence of neurocysticercosis with the history of having worked in contact with organic solvents as possible triggering agents of the pathology. The study was performed by direct or indirect interrogatory, review of the case histories, serologic examinations, and psychological evaluation of the intellectual performance level and psychopathological index. Of the 20 subjects, 50% had been exposed to organic solvents in their work; all had been in contact with the infecting parasite, either through frequent consumption of pork meat, or through contact with fecal mass. The titers of the haemagglutination test varied from 1:2 to 1:256, being the diagnosis value of > or = 1:16. There was also a variation as a function of the antigen used for the sera tests performed in the sampled subjects, such as complete or incomplete somatic antigen, vesicular fluid, and excretions and secretions. Other variations found, such as symptoms and the results of the psychological evaluation are depicted in tables. It is concluded that in these cases, neurocysticercosis is an invalidating disease, and the presence of organic solvents is emphasized as an important factor of the disease or as a triggering factor.
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Brain Diseases/etiology , Cysticercosis/etiology , Occupational Exposure/adverse effects , Solvents/adverse effects , Adult , Age Factors , Aged , Brain Diseases/diagnosis , Brain Diseases/drug therapy , Brain Diseases/epidemiology , Cysticercosis/diagnosis , Cysticercosis/drug therapy , Cysticercosis/epidemiology , Disabled Persons , Environmental Pollutants , Female , Humans , Male , Mexico/epidemiology , Middle Aged , Sex Factors , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
Results of audiometric studies carry out in fifty patients previously diagnosed as bilateral corthipathy caused by chronic acoustic trauma. The studies were performed with the same audiometer in a silent chamber, and out of it, in a audiology service from a social security institution along 1988. The analysis of results show that both procedures have the same accuracy for the assessment of the audiologic level, and are confidential for the diagnosis and evaluation of secuelae.
