家畜白肌病与人克山病在临床表现、病理改变等方面很相似,且我国克山病患区亦发生过动物白肌病的流行。动物白肌病用亚硒酸钠防治已有明显效果,因此设想微量元素硒,是否可以防治克山病?在这方面许多兄弟单位已经进行了一些工作。西安医学院克山病研究室在1965年试用亚硒酸钠预防克山病,历时二年余,服硒组仅有一例疑似急发者,而对照组有五例急发。陕西省卫生工作队、黑龙江省地方病研究所用亚硒酸钠治疗慢潜型克山病,也都积累了一些经验。我们于1969年冬在黑龙江农村曾给 Livestock white muscle disease and Keshan disease in clinical manifestations, pathological changes are very similar, and Keshan patients in our country also occurred in the prevalence of animal white muscle disease. Animal white muscle disease with sodium selenite prevention and treatment have obvious effects, so the idea of ​​trace element selenium, whether Keshan disease can be prevented? In this regard, many brothers units have carried out some work. In 1965, Keshan Disease Laboratory of Xi’an Medical College tried sodium selenite to prevent Keshan disease, which lasted more than two years. Only one case of suspected seizures in the selenium group was served, while five cases of the control group were in acute phase. Shaanxi Provincial Health Task Force, Heilongjiang Institute of endemic sodium selenite treatment of chronic latent Keshan disease, also have accumulated some experience. We gave it to the rural people in Heilongjiang in the winter of 1969