| What is atomic bomb disease? |
| The damage done to the human body by an A-bomb’s heat
rays, blast and radiation has been referred to generally as atomic bomb disease.
Atomic bomb disease is divided into two categories; acute damage and aftereffect,
depending on whether the symptoms appear before or after four months since exposure
to the atomic bomb. |
| Acute damage ⇒ Develop within four months after the
bombing |
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Symptoms caused by heat rays and fire |
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Burns |
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Symptoms caused by blast |
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External injuries, bone fractures etc |
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Symptoms caused by radiation |
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Nausea, lassitude, loss of hair etc |
| Aftereffect ⇒ Developed more than four month after
the bombing |
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Keloids |
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Irregular, abnormally protruding scar tissue that forms
during the healing process in burned skin |
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A-bomb cataract |
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Cataract caused by A-bomb radiation. Opacity develops
in the crystalline lens of the eye, causing visual disturbance. |
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Microcephaly |
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A condition in which the head is of smaller than normal
circumference. Microcephaly occurred among persons exposed to radiation while
in the uterus |
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Leukemia |
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Blood cancer |
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Cancers |
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