Summary:
A total number of 40 patients affected with arsenicosis
were selected and clinically examined prior to feeding
trials. The interrelatedness between improvement
respondents following spirulina intake in respect of age,
sex, nutrition and social condition of patients exposed to
arsenic contaminated water was evidenced. Among sexwise
respondents about 62% females showed improvement
in comparison to 58.3% males. The spirulina intake
caused more improvements in age group 15-35 years
(66.66%) than patients of 35 to 55 years (50%). The
impact of spirulina improvement showed a different
vulnerability of social taboos. It occurred 71.42% in
middle class, while in poor class this was 69.29%. The
greatly vulnerable poverty related malnourished
arsenicosis patients responded to therapy equally as
attained by well nourished patients. The overall response