Paresthesias among Community Members Exposed to the World Trade Center Disaster

Michael Marmor; Yongzhao Shao; D. Harshad Bhatt; Mark M. Stecker; Kenneth I. Berger; Roberta M. Goldring; Rebecca L. Rosen; Caralee Caplan-Shaw; Angeliki Kazeros; Deepak Pradhan; Marc Wilkenfeld; Joan Reibman

doi:10.1097/JOM.0000000000000966

Paresthesias among Community Members Exposed to the World Trade Center Disaster

Michael Marmor, Yongzhao Shao, D. Harshad Bhatt, Mark M. Stecker, Kenneth I. Berger, Roberta M. Goldring, Rebecca L. Rosen, Caralee Caplan-Shaw, Angeliki Kazeros, Deepak Pradhan, Marc Wilkenfeld, Joan Reibman

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Objective: Paresthesias can result from metabolic disorders, nerve entrapment following repetitive motions, hyperventilation pursuant to anxiety, or exposure to neurotoxins. We analyzed data from community members exposed to the World Trade Center (WTC) disaster of September 11, 2001, to evaluate whether exposure to the disaster was associated with paresthesias. Methods: Analysis of data from 3141 patients of the WTC Environmental Health Center. Results: Fifty-six percent of patients reported paresthesias at enrollment 7 to 15 years following the WTC disaster. After controlling for potential confounders, paresthesias were associated with severity of exposure to the WTC dust cloud and working in a job requiring cleaning of WTC dust. Conclusions: This study suggests that paresthesias were commonly associated with WTC-related exposures or post-WTC cleaning work. Further studies should objectively characterize these paresthesias and seek to identify relevant neurotoxins or paresthesia-inducing activities.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	389-396
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Volume	59
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000000966
State	Published - 1 Apr 2017
Externally published	Yes

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Marmor, M., Shao, Y., Bhatt, D. H., Stecker, M. M., Berger, K. I., Goldring, R. M., Rosen, R. L., Caplan-Shaw, C., Kazeros, A., Pradhan, D., Wilkenfeld, M., & Reibman, J. (2017). Paresthesias among Community Members Exposed to the World Trade Center Disaster. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 59(4), 389-396. https://doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000000966

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