Aim: To characterize clinical symptoms of chronic bronchitis (CB) in Chernobyl wreckers.
Material And Methods: 71 CB male Chernobyl wreckers exposed to low-dose radiation and 43 control patients were examined and treated in a specialized hospital in 1988-1996. Clinical features of CB were investigated by clinical (complaints, history, objective examination), laboratory (total blood count, biochemical and immunological blood picture, coagulogram) and instrumental (fibrobronchoscopy, x-ray, radiometry, spirography) findings with further statistical processing.
Results: Chernobyl wreckers more frequently had neurocirculatory asthenia and hemoptysis. The latter was caused by bronchial mucosa atrophy. In chronic non-obstructive bronchitis they exhibited mild bronchoobstruction on the distal level. Laboratory indices showed no essential changes.
Conclusion: Chernobyl wreckers have a more severe course of CB.
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