Diphtheria with polyneuropathy in a closed community despite receiving recent booster vaccination.

Introduction And Methods: We report 20 patients aged 18-24 years from Latvia with diphtheritic polyneuropathy. All lived in a closed community and 80% were known to have been fully vaccinated against diphtheria until at least 14 years old. Diphtheria antitoxin had been administered within 3 days of the onset of upper respiratory tract infection in 16 patients and 15 received antibiotics.

Peripheral neuropathy in chronic occupational inorganic lead exposure: a clinical and electrophysiological study.

Background And Objectives: Traditionally the neuromuscular disorder associated with lead poisoning has been purely motor. This study assessed peripheral nerve function clinically and electrophysiologically in 46 patients with neuropathic features out of a total population of 151 workers with raised blood and/or urinary lead concentrations.

Results: Average duration of occupational exposure for the neuropathic group ranged from 8-47 years (mean 21.

[Little known forms of compression neuropathies of the lower extremities].

Neuropathies of the sural nerve, deep peroneal nerve and tibial nerve at the level of the tendinous arch of the musculus soleus pertain to the little-known forms of compression neuropathies. Examinations of 36 patients with 57 cases of such compression neuropathies have demonstrated that the main etiological moments of the disease are orthopedic diseases, illnesses of the joints and veins of the lower limbs and loading factor. The major clinical symptoms of the disease are spontaneous pains at the site of nerve compression, paresthesias, disorders of sensitivity in the area of innervation of the damaged nerve as well as pains on palpation at the level of nerve compression.

[Occurrence of carpal tunnel syndrome among workers engaged in manual labor].

Examinations of 835 manual workers were performed, as a result of which high prevalence of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) was revealed (36.6%). Neurological studies proved a predominant (90.