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Published on: December 14, 2014
[Social problems of porphyria]
S Tarczyńska-Nosal1, E Kostrzewska
1Poradni i Pracowni Badań nad Porfiria Instytutu Hematologii i Transfuzjologii w Warszawie.
Abstract:
Late consequences of the attacks of acute porphyrias were studied. Among 312 patients who were investigated the motor disability (neuropathy) was found in 9 patients, psychoneurological changes in 1 case and drug abuse in 7 subjects. In the group of 200 patients in remission (chosen at random) 72 persons (36%) received a disability pension. The existence of problems in change of the profession when it was necessary for health-reasons was marked. It was find that Dolargan (Pethidine) is too often applied to the patients in remission. It was made the warning that drug dependence will arise very easy in patients with porphyria.
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