Tropical Doctor > Volume 38, Number 4 > Pp. 231-233

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Incidence of skeletal deformities in endemic fluorosis

Shashi A    Kumar M   Bhardwaj M

Department of Zoology, Punjabi University, Patiala 147 002, India

View larger version (22K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 1 Age and sex distribution of patients suffering from skeletal fluorosis

 

View larger version (100K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 2 A 50-year-old woman with grade-II skeletal fluorosis with knock-knee and bow legs. The joints of legs were sclerotized. The patient had stiffness and rigidity in her muscles and a tingling sensation in her hands and feet

 

View larger version (98K): [in this window] [in a new window]   Figure 3 A 65-year-old man with grade-III skeletal fluorosis. The symptoms were bone and joint pain, stiffness and rigidity, restricted movements of spine and joints, aches and stiffness of muscles, muscle weakness, neck pain and knock-knee. His hands showed major deformities. He was unable to flex his fingers

 

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