CEREBRAL PATHOLOGY IN INACTIVE RHEUMATISM

Aim. Characterization of cerebral pathology in inactive phase of rheum atism Materials and methods. Clinical, experimental psychological exam inations were performed in 110 rheumatic patients with inactive diseas e. Computer tomography of the head was carried out in 45 patients. Res ults. Psychic defects were absent only in 2.73% of the examinees. The rest had different neurotic symptoms manifest as panic attacks (> 50% of cases) or mildpsychoorganic shifts (60.91% of cases). Computer tomo graphy of the brain has revealed hypodensive foci, deformed subarachno id spaces and cerebral ventricles, hydrocephalia in 66.67% of the pati ents. These occurred move frequently in patients with psychoorganic sy ndrome or valvular heart diseases. Conclusion. Treatment and rehabilit ation of rheumatic patients should also include measures to correct ps ychic and cerebral abnormalities frequently present in such patients.