[Industrial vibrations and their repercussions on the basic functions of the genital system in women]. / Proizvodstveni vibratsii i otrazhenieto im vurkhu osnovnite funktsii na polovata sistema u zhenata

PIP: The increase in socialist industrialization has seen the great increase in levels of industrial noise, as well as the increase of female industrial workers. The biological effects of vibrations depend on the frequency, amplitude, and duration of the vibration. The most unfavorable are those with a frequency of 100-250 and an amplitude of .005 mm. General vibrations over a prolonged period of time lead to a typical syndrome of vegetative dysfunction and angiodystonic effects on a neurological basis. In the cardiovascular system, these effects are normally in the form of spastic reactions and perinephritis. The genital system function is particularly sensitive to vibrative disruptions, increasing with the frequency of the vibrations (such as with vehicle operators). Menstrual dysfunction is the most common of such disruptions. The cardiac, nervous, and muscular types of anomalies are well documented. What is now encouraged is research into prophylatic measures to prevent such disruptions.^ieng