01463nas a2200277   4500000000100000008004100001260001600042653001500058653001000073653000900083653001200092653001100104653001400115653001200129653000900141653001600150653002700166653003900193653001000232100001200242245010200254300001100356490000700367520079700374022001401171       1985                            d  c1985 Dec 1510aAdolescent10aAdult10aAged10aFingers10aHumans10aImmersion10aleprosy10aMale10aMiddle Aged10aNeuromuscular Diseases10aPeripheral Nervous System Diseases10awater1 aMende B00a[Failure to form wrinkles on the finger tips in the warm water test in lepromatous nerve damage].  a1961-40 v603 a<p>In order to estimate the extent of nerval defects, we recommend the soaking test which may reveal affected areas indicated by the loss of wrinkling at the finger-tips after soaking the hands in warm water for half an hour. Thus we found impairment in the formation of wrinkles in 6 out of 7 tested patients suffering from different types of leprosy. In order to study the significance of the soaking test with regard to acute nerval signs and symptoms, one patient was reexaminated when he showed acute painful swelling of the right n. ulnaris. There was normal wrinkling observed at the affected hand, which did not differ from the outcome of the preceding test. This finding indicates that the soaking test is only appropriate to the examination of chronic nerval lesions in leprosy.</p>  a0301-0481