Abstract
Describe rates of hematuria and other lower urinary tract symptoms, including self-reported cancer rates, among Veterans post burn pits emissions exposure during deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan. U.S. 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 de-identified and anonymously coded. 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 AUASIS 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%. US Veterans exposed to burn pits are self-reporting hematuria and other lower urinary tract symptoms.
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