Gross Hematuria and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Associated With Military Burn Pits Exposures in US Veterans Deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan

Mosammat M. Perveen; Henry E. Mayo-Malasky; Mary F. Lee-Wong; Julie M. Tomaska; Edward Forsyth; Amy Gravely; Mark A. Klein; Janeen H. Trembley; Tammy A. Butterick; Robert A. Promisloff; Pamela K. Ginex; Paul Barach; Anthony M. Szema

doi:10.1097/JOM.0000000000002919

Gross Hematuria and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Associated With Military Burn Pits Exposures in US Veterans Deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan

Mosammat M. Perveen
, Henry E. Mayo-Malasky
, Mary F. Lee-Wong
, Julie M. Tomaska
, Edward Forsyth
, Amy Gravely
, Mark A. Klein
, Janeen H. Trembley
, Tammy A. Butterick
, Robert A. Promisloff
, Pamela K. Ginex
, Paul Barach
, Anthony M. Szema

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Hofstra North Shore-Long Island Jewish School of Medicine
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Maimonides Medical Center
Burn Pits 360 Veterans Organization
Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital
Center for Veterans Research and Education
Department of Veterans Affairs
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Drexel University
Thomas Jefferson University
Northwell Health System
Stony Brook University
PLLC
RDS2 Solutions

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	740-744
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Volume	65
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000002919
State	Published - Sep 1 2023

Keywords

Afghanistan
Iraq
JP-8
benzene
burn pits
hematuria
urological symptoms

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Perveen, M. M., Mayo-Malasky, H. E., Lee-Wong, M. F., Tomaska, J. M., Forsyth, E., Gravely, A., Klein, M. A., Trembley, J. H., Butterick, T. A., Promisloff, R. A., Ginex, P. K., Barach, P., & Szema, A. M. (2023). Gross Hematuria and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Associated With Military Burn Pits Exposures in US Veterans Deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 65(9), 740-744. https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000002919

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Gross Hematuria and Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms Associated With Military Burn Pits Exposures in US Veterans Deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. / Perveen, Mosammat M.; Mayo-Malasky, Henry E.; Lee-Wong, Mary F. et al.
In: Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Vol. 65, No. 9, 01.09.2023, p. 740-744.

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