(www.neomundo.com.ar/SINC) workers who participated in the work of rescue and recovery following the attacks of 9-11 “for weeks and even months, have suffered physical and mental illnesses that persist for 10 years”.

Recognises a study on more than 27,000 police officers, firefighters, construction workers and municipal employees, which has been published in the latest issue of The Lancet.

In this group of workers, subject to regular reviews, the incidence of asthma accumulated nine is 28 per cent, that of sinusitis 42% and reflux disease Gerd of 39%. All of them, more than 40 per cent suffers further disease respiratory.

These espirométricos problems are due to inhalation of toxic dust highly alkaline, “the cause most likely” explains the Group of researchers from the school of medicine the Hospital Mount Sinai in New York, responsible for the study, with John p. Wisnivesky head.

Mental health problems

As to the mental problems are concerned, there is a substantial difference in the figures presented the members of the police of New York and the rest of rescue workers and recovery.

In the cumulative incidence of depression police officers while 7%; post-traumatic stress of 9% and 8%, rescue and recovery workers panic disorder are much higher figures. 28% Has suffered depression, 32% disorders PTSD and 21% for panic disorders

Researchers declare that “the formation of the police, their experience with similar situations of stress, the internal selection of individuals with high resistance and possible lack of communication of psychological because of labor impact Symptoms” may be the causes of these differences.

Also the authors of the study found a significant morbidity associated with physical and mental disorders and a close relationship between suffer them.

The proportion of workers in rescue asthma, sinusitis and reflux disease GERD with at least one type of mental disorder was 48%, 38% and 43%, respectively. In the same way, were also some physical ailment a high percentage of workers with PTSD (69%), depression (70%) and disorders of panic (72%).

The study took into account the level of exposure of workers, days working among the debris and exposure to the dust cloud. 86% Of workers subjected to regular physical and mental revisions within the program of detection, Control and treatment of the WTC were men with an average age of 38.

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