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Subject: SOLAR RETINOPATHY    NOV 90                                     

Unit: VAR. BUMED  

Parent Organization: BUMED       

Box ID: BX303817

Folder Title: usns comfort tah 20 message traffic 20-28 nov 90                                                

Document Number:         10

Folder SEQ  #:         15


                UNCLASSIFI  IED         Declassifiedty DC)"@-on-"--36-199                          V.1-NST
                NNNN                    5513.SERIES
                vzczcmm&BO2839
                P@209                    6OT25
                PR
                INFO-CTG-'QNE FIVF,ZF-RO'PT'QNF7-.@-
                                    'FOUR
                CTG ONE FIVE'ZERO PT
                CTG ONE FIVE ZERO PT FIVE
                CTO ONE FIVE ZERO PT  SIX
                CTC) ONE FIVE ZERO PT,E113HT
                MEDTRE FAC COMFORT
                tiEDTRE FAC MERCY
                P 241556Z NOV 90 ZYB
                FM FLEHOSP FIVE//05//
                TO RUDDHAA/COMUSNAVi-OGSUPFOR//JJJ//
                INFO ZEN/CG I MEF//JJJ//
                RUHSOAAICOMUSNAVCENT//JJJ//
                BT
                UNCLAS
                SUBJ: §O-CARIRETINOPATHY
                1. THIS COMMAND HAS TREATED THREE FATIENTS WITH RETINAL 8uRNS INDUCED
                BY REFLECTED ULTRAVIOLET SUNLIGHT AFTER PROLONGED SUN EXPOSURE
                WITHOUT PROTECTIVE SUNGLASSES.-
                2. THIS RESUL78 IN PERMANENT LOSS OF VISION AND A CENTRAL BLINDSPOT.
                AT PRESENT, THERE IS NO EFFECTIVE TREATMENT, ONLY PREVENTION.
                3. IT 13 STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT ALL PERSONNEL DEPLOYED TO
                OPERATION DESERT SHIELD WEAR SUNGLASSES DURING PROLONGED SUN
                EXPOSURE. SUNGLASSES WILL FILTER OUT MOST AMBIENT ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT.
                4. REQUEST WIDE DISSEMINATION OF THIS MESSAGE TO ALL MEDICAL
                PERSONNEL ASSIGNED TO OPERATION DE3ERT SHIELD.
                MINIMIZE CONSIDERED. RELEASED By capr DEPOLO.
                BT
                #02a39

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Control Fields 17
File Room = sep96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-38
Box ID = BX303817
Unit = VAR. BUMED
Parent Organization = BUMED
Folder Title = usns comfort tah 20 message traffic 20-28 nov 90
Folder Seq # = 15
Subject = SOLAR RETINOPATHY NOV 90
Document Seq # = 10
Document Date =
Scan Date =
Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 12-NOV-1996