Investigating the Respiratory Health of Deployed Military Personnel

Morris, Michael J.; Zacher, Lisa L.; Jackson, David A.

doi:10.7205/milmed-d-10-00436

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“…Then, there were special population such as military inductees where roughly 15% of US-American military recruits with suspected asthma exhibited VCD [42,43]. In fact, military deployment became falsely equated as being an actual exposure rather than a time spent in a diverse foreign environment containing potentially dangerous exposures [44][45][46].…”

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Vocal Cord Dysfunction after an Inhalation Exposure

Brooks¹

2017

J Allergy Ther

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The manuscript embodies case material and the author's extensive personal experience to address a perceived or actual airborne exposure when incorrectly judged as due to intrathoracic/lung damage when in reality the outcome is the more innocuous extrathoracic/upper airway's vocal cord dysfunction (VCD). Because of the conviction of possible lung injury, the individual applies the fetal protective glottic closure reflex to counteract an odorant cue instigating acute VCD. Breathing against an obstructed glottis as well as hyperventilation from anxiety, panic and/or fear of personal harm worsens the laryngeal spasm. Spirometer shows flattening of the inspiratory loop of the flow-volume curve and endoscopy, while not done, would reveal adduction of the anterior two-thirds of the vocal cords with posterior chinking creating a diamond shape configuration. Successful therapy and management of VCD requires a speech therapy approach rather than physician prescribed medications.

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Vocal Cord Dysfunction after an Inhalation Exposure

Brooks¹

2017

J Allergy Ther

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“…A Letter to the Editor regarding this article raised some interesting and valid points about the findings. 40 In October 2011, Morris et al 21 published an article that reviewed the extant studies conducted by the US military and the planned research efforts of the military to investigate the possibility of deployment-related pulmonary disease. The authors begin by acknowledging what is now well known and accepted, that Service members deployed to OEF and OIF are exposed to high levels of airborne particulate matter (PM) that exceed environmental, occupational, and military exposure guidelines.…”

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confidence: 98%

Exposures of Concern to Veterans Returning From Afghanistan and Iraq

Teichman

2012

Journal of Occupational &Amp; Environmental Medicine

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There is a long history of Veterans returning from war with concerns regarding environmental hazards that they may have experienced while in theater. The author describes some of the tools in place within the Department of Defense to capture the frequency and nature of exposure concerns of returning troops. This article then reviews the exposures of concern to Service members returning from military service in the current and recent conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. The author then presents some of the recent published literature on these concerns. To address these exposure concerns of Veterans, there is then a brief discussion of a new program being put in place at the Department of Veterans Affairs.

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“…If medical services operating in a mission area implemented appropriate disease prevention measures (sanitation, hygiene, and anti-epidemic support), the risk of developing of infectious or non-infectious diseases would be greatly reduced (Morris et al 2011;Smith et al 2009). …”

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Prevalence of Acute Respiratory Tract Diseases Among Soldiers Deployed for Military Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan

Korzeniewski

Nitsch–Osuch

Konarski³

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Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

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Respiratory diseases are one of the most common health problems among service personnel assigned to contemporary military operations which are conducted in areas characterized by adverse environmental conditions. This article reviews the results of the studies into the prevalence of acute respiratory tract diseases among soldiers of the Polish Military Contingent deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. The article also discusses a number of factors which increase the prevalence of diseases diagnosed in the population of soldiers on a military mission in different climatic and sanitary conditions. Retrospective analysis was based on medical records of Polish troops treated on an outpatient basis in Iraq in 2003-2004 (n = 871) and in Afghanistan in 2003-2005 (n = 400), 2009 (n = 2,300), and 2010 (n = 2,500). The intensity rates were calculated and were then used to calculate the prevalence of diseases per 100 persons in a given population of the military personnel. We found that acute respiratory tract diseases were one of the most common health problems treated in outpatient medical facilities in all four study populations. The incidence rate was 45.6 cases in Iraq in 2003-2004, and in Afghanistan it amounted to 61.8 in 2003-2005, 45.3 in 2009, and 54.8-100 persons in 2010. In conclusion, the prevalence of respiratory diseases was closely related to the environmental factors, such as sand and dust storms, extreme temperature changes, unsatisfactory sanitary conditions, and common disregard of basic principles concerning disease prevention.

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Investigating the Respiratory Health of Deployed Military Personnel

Cited by 30 publications

References 19 publications

Vocal Cord Dysfunction after an Inhalation Exposure

Vocal Cord Dysfunction after an Inhalation Exposure

Exposures of Concern to Veterans Returning From Afghanistan and Iraq

Prevalence of Acute Respiratory Tract Diseases Among Soldiers Deployed for Military Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan

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