Respiratory Inspirations: A Cleveland Clinic Lungs, Allergy, Critical Illness and Infectious Disease Podcast
A Cleveland Clinic podcast covering lung disease, allergy, sleep, critical illness and infectious disease. We’ll help you learn more about conditions affecting your respiratory health as we discuss related diseases, causes, treatments, innovations and what the future may bring. So take a deep breath and join us.
Respiratory Inspirations: A Cleveland Clinic Lungs, Allergy, Critical Illness and Infectious Disease Podcast
Deployment-Related Lung Disease: Burn Pits and More
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Cleveland Clinic Respiratory Institute
Are military burn pits the Agent Orange of today? And what other exposures lead to deployment-related lung disease? In 2022, Congress passed legislation to ensure that U.S. military personnel exposed to dangerous toxins from burn pits have their medical bills covered for any resulting diseases. In this episode, experts Dr. Maeve MacMurdo and Dr. Neha Solanki discuss the importance of investigating deeply to diagnose and treat formerly deployed military with respiratory health concerns.