Læknablaðið - 15.08.1983, Blaðsíða 20

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LÆKNABLADID
peninga- og tryggingastofnunum. Þetta sýnir
að athygli fólks og kannski ekki síst lækna
hefur einmitt á síðustu tímum beinst æ meir að
tengslum sjúkleika og starfsumhverfisins.
í töflu II eru sýndir þeir sjúkdómar eða
sjúkdómaflokkar sem tilkynntir eru sem meint-
ir atvinnusjúkdómar á umræddu tímabili. í
fyrsta flokknum kemur nefangur og augn-
angur og er flokknum ekki skipt eftir pví hvort
um ofnæmi er að ræða eða ekki. Þar næst
kemur astma og pá bronkítis. Heymæði var
tilkynnt hjá 9 sjúklingum. Húðsjúkdómar eru
einnig algengir á tilkynningunum auk sjúk-
dóma í liðum, beinum og stoðkerfi.
Rétt er að taka þessum tölum með ákveðn-
um fyrirvara, þetta er í fyrsta skipti sem nýtt
tilkynningaeyðublað er notað. Þeir sem staðið
hafa að þessari skráningu telja tvímælalaust
að hér sé um mjög gagnlegar upplýsingar að
ræða og vænta þess að á komandi árum fáist
fyllri mynd af því í hvaða greinum skórinn
kreppir og hvar helst sé að vænta árangurs
forvarna.
TO ALL CD COUNTERPARTS:
Circular letter — for information
The following is the summary of a report on
»Várö disease«, contained in the weekly re-
port from Sweden which we consider may be
of interest.
»VÁRÖ DISEASE«
Symptoms
Pain in the hip-joints on exertion and in
extreme positions. Limping. Preceeded by
respiratory infection in 75 % of cases.
The disease appeared first in the period mid-
November to mid-December 1982. A new
wave occurred from mid-January to mid-
February 1983.
As at 6.3.1983, 160 children had been
admitted to Varberg hospital, 134 of which
were girls and 26 boys. Their average age was
12 years.
Since the illness was made known to the
massmedia, several reports have been re-'
ceived from different parts of country about
patients with similar symptoms.
In 80 % of cases, the symptoms lasted for
less than 2 weeks. There were relapses in
approximately 15 °/o of cases.
The first case was diagnosed as coxitis
simplex, due to the symptoms. However, as
the frequency of this disease is very low and as
Frá svæðisskrifstofu WHO í Kaupmannahöfn.
acute admissions with the same symptoms
were many, coxitis simplex was ruled out.
It seems clear that the disease is infectious.
Close friends in the same classes, and who
were also in close contact in their free time,
were involved. A decrease in new cases over
the Christmas period, when the schools were
closed, also points to the fact that it is an
infectious disease. Spread pattern indicates
that this micro-organism is not specially con-
tagious. It spreads among best friends, bench-
mates and relatives.
There was laboratory evidence of a slight
SR-rise, never more than 20 mm, »Pos CRP«
in 50 % of cases, as well as lymphocytes in the
blood picture.
There was no evidence that the infection is
imported.
In spite of 4'/2 months duration, the illness is
limited to two small towns. Antibiotics are of
no help and anti-inflammatory drugs have no
effect. There is no suspicion of resulting hip
handicap.
Virological work is in progress at the
Sahlgrenska Hospital.
SUMMARY
A new, as yet unclarified, benign, quickly-
passing, virus infection without risk of future
side effects. Infection risk seems to be limited.