Paddy Foot: A Warm Water Immersion Foot Syndrome Variant. Part I. The Natural Disease, Epidemiology.

摘要

The types and incidence of immersion foot noted in the Vietnamese conflict are described and factors in their development are discussed. Questions are posed regarding individual susceptibility, effect of duration of immersion, incidence of recurrence, the importance of particulate matter in causation, and the influence of unusual organisms or toxic substances. (Author)