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Atomic bomb aftermath japan1/11/2024 ![]() ![]() Keloids located in certain areas can impair movement. Keloids are thick, fibrous, scar tissues that grow over the burn wounds. Although most of these burn wounds began to heal after a few months, oftentimes the skin did not regenerate smoothly, forming keloids instead. Some victims were so badly burned they had to receive multiple skin graft surgeries because their skin could not regenerate on its own. Some of these wounds became infected - “There were no good drugs such as antibiotics immediately after the bombings, so some wounds suppurated and discharged pus,” he continued. Large areas of burnt skin soon peeled off due to the death of body tissues, causing the victims to suffer from excruciating pain and bleeding. “Can you imagine, the soft, smooth skin of your face being badly burned, eventually replaced by scars?” said Tomonaga, his voice grim. People within 0.5-1.5 kilometers of the epicenter, especially those who were outdoors during the time of the blasts, were severely burned. One of the main, more immediate health effects experienced by the hibakusha was burn wounds due to heat rays emitted by the bombs. His medical expertise and experience in treating hibakusha patients offers deep insights on the physical and psychosocial repercussions of nuclear weapons. ![]() Later in life he became a physician specializing in leukemia treatment, and worked at the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Hospital as well as a nursing home for Nagasaki atomic bomb survivors. Masao Tomonaga is a Nagasaki hibakusha who was only two years old during the atomic bombings. Roughly 270,000 people from Hiroshima and Nagasaki survived the first five months and became hibakusha. The last generation of hibakusha, survivors of the atomic bomb, continue to work tirelessly towards preserving their legacy as advocates of nuclear weapons abolition and peace.ĭue to blast pressure, radiant heat, and ionizing radiation caused by the two atomic bombs, approximately 140,000 people in Hiroshima and 73,000 people in Nagasaki died instantaneously or within the first five months following the bombings. ![]() The horrors of the use of nuclear weapons do not end with those who die, but live on in those who survive. Last year marked the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. However, it is important to note the struggles of many non-Japanese atomic bombing survivors including Koreans (who comprised around 10 percent of the victim population), Chinese, Brazilians, Peruvians, Japanese-Americans, as well as other prisoners of war. Disclaimer: In this commentary, we chose to focus exclusively on the experiences of Japanese hibakusha following our interviews with two Japanese participants of the 75th Anniversary Nagasaki Nuclear-Pandemic Nexus Scenario Project. ![]()
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