Posted on Mar 9, 2016
New research links dust at Iraq's Camp Victory to ill soldiers
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This a war where Americans can be killed within themselves. It's terrible. I hope the VA recognizes the cause of this illness created by dust in the lungs, and doesn't pass it along for as something else like they did AO.
WASHINGTON — Titanium and other metals found in dust at a base in Iraq have been linked to the dust found in six sick soldiers' lungs, according to a study set to be released Monday.
"We biopsied several patients and found titanium in every single one of them," said Anthony Szema, an assistant professor at Stony Brook School of Medicine who specializes in pulmonology and allergies. "It matched dust that we have collected from Camp Victory" in Iraq.
WASHINGTON — Titanium and other metals found in dust at a base in Iraq have been linked to the dust found in six sick soldiers' lungs, according to a study set to be released Monday.
"We biopsied several patients and found titanium in every single one of them," said Anthony Szema, an assistant professor at Stony Brook School of Medicine who specializes in pulmonology and allergies. "It matched dust that we have collected from Camp Victory" in Iraq.
New research links dust at Iraq's Camp Victory to ill soldiers
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Me too CPT (Join to see). I hope they don't wait until a bunch of them have died from complications caused by the dust like they did AO. Thanks for that comment. That's the first thing I thought about when I read it.
IM OUTTA THUNMBS BUT ILL BE BACK TOMORROW AND CATCH UP.
IM OUTTA THUNMBS BUT ILL BE BACK TOMORROW AND CATCH UP.
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This isn't new information, it's been out for years. Another study may have been done to confirm the same information. The problem is that soldiers like myself were given an "asthma" diagnosis. Personally, when I gave my provider this information she blatantly told me that I had asthma and to leave it alone. Despite this, none of the prescribed asthma medications are effective, I wonder why? Maybe, just maybe, there's a possibility it's not asthma? No?
There are some great doctors serving the military, but there are also some shitty doctors serving the military. When information like this comes out doctors in military treatment facilities and VA hospitals/clinics NEED to be given this information. I'm tired of doctors treating us like the general population when the medical conditions we acquire have the potential to be a lot less common. Doctors are not all knowing, and there's a change that the patient may be justified in their concerns.
There are some great doctors serving the military, but there are also some shitty doctors serving the military. When information like this comes out doctors in military treatment facilities and VA hospitals/clinics NEED to be given this information. I'm tired of doctors treating us like the general population when the medical conditions we acquire have the potential to be a lot less common. Doctors are not all knowing, and there's a change that the patient may be justified in their concerns.
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It's the first I've heard about. It sounds like you're getting treated the same way the AO vets were treated, and still are treated that way.
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SGT Kristin Wiley
Seeing that the only diagnosis for this is a lung biopsy, I definitely believe it needs to be evaluated more closely. Not every service-member may require something as serious as a lung biopsy, but I definitely think it needs to be considered. Notice that every soldier in the Stony Brook School of Medicine that a biopsy was performed was found to be positive for these particles. Then at Vanderbilt University Medical Center they found at least another 50 soldiers with the same issue. Those numbers, while small, tell me that this could affect a much larger portion of service members who were stationed in that region.
If you research chronic bronchiolitis, you'll notice that the damage done by these particles is not reversible. At best, doctors can slow the damage, but if there's not early treatment, as the inflammation spreads through the lungs it will cause significant damage to the lungs and quality of life. What I don't understand, is that for something so serious, why the Armed Forces are not doing more. When did it become okay to hand out disability checks instead of providing quality treatment? I think most veterans would agree that they'd take a higher quality of life over a disability check any day.
If you research chronic bronchiolitis, you'll notice that the damage done by these particles is not reversible. At best, doctors can slow the damage, but if there's not early treatment, as the inflammation spreads through the lungs it will cause significant damage to the lungs and quality of life. What I don't understand, is that for something so serious, why the Armed Forces are not doing more. When did it become okay to hand out disability checks instead of providing quality treatment? I think most veterans would agree that they'd take a higher quality of life over a disability check any day.
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