Vegetative-vascular dystonia and osteoalgetic syndrome or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome as a characteristic after-effect of radioecological disaster: the Chernobyl accident experience
Author: Loganovsky K.N.
Reference: Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. — 2000. — Vol. 7, № 3. — P. 3–16.
Keywords: CFS, MMPI, qEEG, SSEP
Abstract: The aim of this study was to determine whether the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) definition could be applicable to the assessment of the medical aftermath of radioecological disasters and to investigate a possible psychophysiological basis of fatigue in Chernobyl accident survivors.
One hundred randomly selected clean-up workers of the Chernobyl accident who presented with complaints of fatigue were examined neuropsychiatrically using MMPI profiles, Quantitative Electroencephalography (QEEG) and Somatosensory evoked potentials (SSEP). Twenty-six percent of them met the CFS diagnostic criteria. Their absorbed radiation doses were less than 0.3 Sv, an exposure level that is not expected to produce a clear deterministic radiation effect. Clinical symptomatology included persistent fatigue, odd skin sensations, bizarre feelings in bones, muscles and joints, irritability, headache, vertigo, pain in the chest area, emotional lability, irritability, lack of concentration and memory, cognitive deterioration,
depression signs and sleep disorders.
UTL: http://www.ncf-net.org/radiation/Vegetative_dystonia_CFS.pdf
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