Neuropathic Symptoms in World Trade Center Disaster Survivors and Responders
Marc Wilkenfeld1, Melissa Fazzari, Jacqueline Segelnick
1Division of Occupational Medicine, Department of Medicine (Dr Wilkenfeld); Department of Biostatistics, Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola; New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury (Ms Segelnick); and Department of Neuroscience, Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, New York (Dr Stecker).
Objective:
The objective of this research is to determine whether responders and survivors of the World Trade Center (WTC) disaster experience symptoms of neuropathy at a rate higher than those not exposed.
Methods:
A survey of neuropathic symptoms in patients who were and were not exposed at the WTC based upon the Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument (MNSI).
Results:
Even after correction for medical comorbidities, age, and depression, neuropathic symptoms are much more common in those exposed to WTC dust and increase with increasing exposure.
Conclusions:
This study provides evidence that exposure to WTC dust is associated with neuropathic symptoms.
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