Common Chronic Disease Patterns in Arabian Gulf, Saudi Arabia & YemenDr. O. P. Kapoor
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Analysis of 3000 Arab Patients Admitted To Jaslok Hospital

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VI .DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEMS & SENSE ORGANS

  Total
Arabs Indians
Encephalitis, myelitis and encephalomyelitis 8 --
Meningitis 6 --
Late effects of intracranial abcesss or pyogenic infection 3 --
Intracranial & intraspinal abcess 2 --
Phlebitis & thrombophlebitis of intracranial venous sinuses 1 --
Hereditary & familial diseases of nervous system    
Herditary ataxia 3 --
Hereditary diseases of the striato- pallidal system 2 --
Hereditary neuromuscular disorders 1 --
Other diseases of C N S    
Other cerebral paralysis 28 --
Paralysis agitans 21 42
Cerebral spastic infantile paralysis 18 30
Epilepsy 18 303
Migraine 13 60
Other disease of brain 13 --
Other diseases of spinal cord 7 --
Motor neurone disease 5 --
Diseases of nerves and peripherial ganglia    
Other diseases of of peripherial nerves except autonomic 8 --
Polyneuritis & radiculitis 4 --
Other & unspecified forms of neuralgia and neuritis 4 --
Facial paralysis 3 --
Trigeminal neuralgia 2 --
Sciatica 2 --
Diseases of peripherial autonomic nervous system 1 --
Inflammatory diseases of the eye    
Choroiditis 5 --
Other inflammtion of uveal tract 5 --
Conjunctivitis & opthalmia 3 --
Blepharitis 1 --
Hordeolum 1 --
Keratitis 1 --
Iritis 1 --
Inflammation of the optic nerve & retina 1 --
Inflammation of lacrimal glands and ducts 1 --
Other inflammatory diseases of eye 1 --
Other diseases & conditions of eye    
Cataract 34 --
Detachment of retina 17 --
Blindness 16 --
Glaucoma 14 --
Corneal opacity 13 --
Other disease of retina & optic nerve 8 --
Strabismus 5 --
Pterygium 2 --
Refractive errors 1 --
Diseases of the ear & mastoid process    
Otitis media without mention of mastoiditis 14 --
Other deafness 7 --
Mastoiditis without mention of otitis media 5 --
Other diseases of the ear and mastoid process 4 --
Otitis media with mastoiditis 3 --
Meniere's disease 2 --

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