EFFECT OF FLUORIDE INTOXICATION ON HISTOHORMONE CONTENT IN EXPERIMENTS

Abstract

Connection of work with scientific plans, topics. The work was performed in accordance with the research plan of the Kharkiv Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine and is a fragment of research work of the Department of Clinical Pathophysiology, Topographic Anatomy and Operative Surgery "Pathophysiological mechanisms of radiotoxins on the body and principles of early diagnosis 2017–2021).

SUMMARY. One of the important medical and biological problems is to elucidate the physiological and molecular mechanisms of the impact of harmful environmental factors on the body, including fluorine and its compounds, in particular sodium fluoride [1].

Solving this problem is of great theoretical and practical importance for understanding the intracellular defense mechanisms of the organism. Close attention to various aspects of the biological effects of fluoride on the body is due to the significant distribution of this halogen in nature. At physiological concentrations, it is necessary for normal growth and development of the organism, where it performs its specific metabolic function. Any changes in the external and internal environment are accompanied by changes in the function of the endocrine glands, which leads to certain changes in metabolism and energy. It is known that hormonal insufficiency is accompanied by a decrease in the body's resistance to various adverse factors, including physical, biological, chemical. Disturbance of hormone balance and functioning of endocrine organs and systems entails profound changes in metabolic processes and immunobiological reactivity of the organism, weakening of adaptive-protective mechanisms in support of homeostatic function [2,3]. It is important to study the effects of subchronic fluoride intake, which can in a relatively short time cause various intracellular and systemic disorders in the body.