INCIDENCE PARTICULARITIES OF METHEMOGLOBINEMIA CASES IN BACAU COUNTY DURING 1997-2009 PERIOD
Abstract:
The methemoglobinemy annual monitoring within the National Communitarian Health
Program represented the support of the descriptive epidemiologic study of the medical cases in Bacau
county, in 1997-2009 period, compared to former periods of time and to other Moldavian territories
(Romania). On a decreased incidence background in the Romanian Eastern part of the territory, Bacau
county maintains an incidence level of 1.1-5.3‰, with a slightly increased (and sometimes constant)
tendency in Moldavia. The total of 291 cases registered in Bacau county, in 1997-2009 period,
represents 17.6% of the cases in Moldavia. With descriptive aspects regularly met in cases of
methemoglobinemy regarding gender, age, child’s alimentation, over half of them were produced
because of the exposure to nitrates quantity in water over 101 mg/dm determined by inadequate hygienic
conditions of the fountains. The territorial distribution of the cases outlines the risk areas of the county,
indicating, at the same time, the measures of the primary prophylaxis that must be taken.
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