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New York-area physicians have begun seeing a series of illnesses among emergency workers and others who were trapped in the dense plumes of dust and debris on Sept. 11. Dubbed World Trade Center Syndrome, the ailments range from unrelenting coughs and sinus infections to posttraumatic stress and acute lung traumas, including severe asthma requiring mechanical respiration.
Nearly 4,000 New York City firefighters are being treated with steroid inhalants, and at least one is suffering from allergic alveolitis, a rare inflammation of the lung surface. Even people who spent only ...