Author:
Perveen Mosammat M.,Mayo-Malasky Henry E.,Lee-Wong Mary F.,Tomaska Julie M.,Forsyth Edward,Gravely Amy,Klein Mark A.,Trembley Janeen H.,Butterick Tammy A.,Promisloff Robert A.,Ginex Pamela K.,Barach Paul,Szema Anthony M.
Abstract
Objective
The aim of the study is to describe rates of hematuria and other lower urinary tract symptoms, including self-reported cancer rates, among veterans postburn pits emissions exposure during deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan.
Methods
US post-9/11 veterans with burn pits emissions exposure confirmed via DD214 forms in the Burn Pits360.org Registry were sent a modified survey. Data were deidentified and anonymously coded.
Results
Twenty-nine percent of the 155 respondents exposed to burn pits self-reported seeing blood in their urine. The average index score of our modified American Urological Association Symptom Index Survey was 12.25 (SD, 7.48). High rates of urinary frequency (84%) and urgency (76%) were self-reported. Bladder, kidney, or lung cancers were self-reported in 3.87%.
Conclusions
US veterans exposed to burn pits are self-reporting hematuria and other lower urinary tract symptoms.
Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
Subject
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health