Cuban neuromyelopathy epidemic
CAREC surveillance report
; 19(6): 68-70, June 1993.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MedCarib
| ID: med-17276
Biblioteca responsável:
TT5
Localização: TT5; W2 DW5 C2c
ABSTRACT
During the last semester of 1991 an unexpected increase in the number of cases of optic neuropathy was detected by the Cuban Epidemiological Surveillance System in the Pina del Rio province of Western Cuba. Reported cases occurred mainly in middle-aged men, usually tobacco farmers with a history of cigarette smoking and moderate alcohol consumption. Patients complained of weight loss, blurred vision, photophobia, and progressive decrease in visual acuity over a period of 1-4 weeks. Examination disclosed the presence of bilateral and usually symmetrical central or cecocentral visual field defects with the loss of red-green colour vision, pallor of temporal border of optic disc and loss of fibres in maculopapillary bundle. A diagnosis of tobacco-alcohol amblyopia or nutritional optic neuropathy was made at the time. By the end of July 1992, a total of 168 cases had been reported (monthly range, 14-36), all confirmed to this province. By December 1992, the number had increases to 472 cases, including reports from five of fourteen provinces of Cuba, mainly in Havana, Sancti Spiritus, Holguin and Santiago de Cuba (AU)
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Coleções:
Bases de dados internacionais
Contexto em Saúde:
ODS3 - Saúde e Bem-Estar
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ODS3 - Meta 3.5 Prevenção e tratamento do consumo de substâncias psicoativas
Problema de saúde:
Meta 3.5 Prevenção e tratamento do consumo de substâncias psicoativas
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Álcool
Base de dados:
MedCarib
Assunto principal:
Porto Rico
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Tabagismo
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Doenças do Nervo Óptico
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Ambliopia
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Transtornos Relacionados ao Uso de Álcool
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Neuropatia Alcoólica
Limite:
Humanos
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe
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Cuba
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Porto Rico
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
CAREC surveillance report
Ano de publicação:
1993
Tipo de documento:
Artigo