GRAPHIC METHOD OF INTERPRETING BLOOD VESSEL DISEASE OF THE LEGS: PRELIMINARY REPORT

Currently, the number of non-communicable diseases (PTM) is quite large and causes considerable morbidity and mortality. Globally PTM the number one cause of death every year is heart disease and blood vessels (cardiovascular). Data from the World Health Organization (WHO) states that more than 17 million people worldwide die from heart and blood vessel disease. Based on data from Riset Kesehatan Dasar (Riskesdas) in 2018, the incidence of heart and blood vessel disease has increased from year to year. At least, 15 out of 1000 people, or about 2,784,064 individuals in Indonesia suffer from heart disease. Cardiovascular disease often attacks productive age. Early detection is very important as a primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease. The participants of this activity were 32 employees of the Mataram University Rectorate. Early detection of risk factors for cardiovascular disease is carried out through several tests: (1) anthropometric examinations, including body weight, height, body mass index, waist circumference, and body fat percentage, (2) blood pressure, and (3) blood samples examintaion to check fasting blood sugar levels and lipid profiles, which include triglyceride levels, total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, and LDL cholesterol. From the results of the activity, it was found that the mean value of all types of examinations was abnormal, except for the levels of triglycerides and total cholesterol. Thus, in general, it can be said that participants have a high enough risk factor for cardiovascular disease.

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APPEARANCE OF RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.57.4.599 ◽

1976 ◽

Vol 57 (4) ◽

pp. 599-602

Keyword(s):

Connective Tissue ◽

Blood Vessel ◽

Preliminary Report ◽

Clinical Observation ◽

Preventive Measures ◽

Vascular Structure ◽

Extreme Prematurity ◽

Retrolental Fibroplasia ◽

Tunica Vasculosa Lentis ◽

Light Theory

The first description of RLF as a disorder of extreme prematurity was published as a preliminary report by Terry in 1942. He stated that the condition was either "persistence of the entire vascular structure of the fetal vitreous" or a "fibroblastic overgrowth of the persistent tunica vasculosa lentis." His studies led him to conclude that an "overgrowth of embryonic connective tissue in the interstices of the persistent tunica vasculosa lentis behind the lens" accounted for the pathology observed. He stated: "It is really a retrolental fibroplasia." The terminology was used in his subsequent reports and became generally accepted, although later studies by Owens and Owens (1949) showed that RLF was not related to an embryonic abnormality but was caused by an abnormal blood vessel change in the retina. On the basis of clinical observation, Terry (1942) concluded that the disease in its classical form was not present at birth but developed between two and six months after birth. He considered many possible factors: "Of all the probable causes listed, precocious exposure to light is considered the most tenable, and preventive measures should be taken." The light theory was discarded after several investigators found that occluding the eyes after birth had no effect on development of the disease (Hepner et al., 1949; Crosse, 1950; Locke and Reese, 1954). After discovering a disease that had appeared as an isolated rarity in 1942, Terry collected 117 cases of RLF during the next three years. The condition appeared to be on the increase. In 1945 Terry found that the incidence at the Boston Lying-In Hospital was approximately 12% in infants weighing 1,400 gm or less (based on fewer than 50 cases).

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