Pathology of the nervous system in conscripts with drug abuse in past medical history: symptomatology, diagnostics methods
Litvintsev, B.S.; Odinak, M.M.; Kovalenko, A.P.; Efimtsev, A.I.; Tarumov, D.A.; Petrov, A.D.; Lisianskiĭ, D.A.
Voenno-Meditsinskii Zhurnal 335(8): 32-37
2014
ISSN/ISBN: 0026-9050 PMID: 25546954 Document Number: 671914
Authors examined 60 female and male patients (average age 25.8±2.7 years) with confirmed diagnosis - drug abuse. Average duration of drug abuse was approximately 9±3.3 years. At the moment of examination patients had been fully in remission for 3 weeks. The following non-invasive procedures were undertaken: stimulation electroneuromyogrphy and brain MRI. Received results showed that drug abuse leads to diffuse lesion of the nervous system, which manifests itself as vegetative disorders, scattered neurological symptoms, polyneuropathy. Authors gave recommendations in the field of military examination with the aim of detection of nervous disorders caused by drug abuse.