The Scars of the Erasure_web

Erasure_4a 10.1.11 20:29 Page 160160 THE SCARS OF THE ERASURE- Pain in the lowerback or other chronicdamage to theback- Retired because of chronic damage to the spine– D (Ahmed) *12- Chronic problems, underwent spinal surgery – D(Zorica)- Chronic back-pain – D (Indira)- Pain in the lower back – D (Mirka)- Underwent spinal surgery, awaiting disability retirement– D (Gale)8.47 %(5 persons)40.70 %- Pains in the legsand arms- Chronic pains in the legs caused by injectionsgiven one-and-a-half year earlier during ovariansurgery – ND (Samira)- Chronic pain in the legs and arms – ND (Nisveta)- Finger surgery – D (Zoran)5.08 %(3 persons)No dataRespiratorydiseases13.55 %(8 persons)No data- Chronic bronchitis,chronic obstructivelung disease, emphysema- Chronic bronchitis – ND (Indira’s son)1.69 %(1 person)6,10%- Asthma- Disability retirement because of asthma - D(Almir)- Asthma since childhood, treated in hospital – D(Jasmin)- Asthma-related problems since early childhood –D (Ismeta’s daughter)- Asthma attacks to the present day – D (Jana S.)10.16 %(6 persons)6,00%- Other respiratorydiseases- Pulmonary edema, treated in hospital – D(Begeš)1.69 %(1 person)No dataCoronary andvascular diseases8.47 %(5 persons)No data- High blood pressure– hypertension- Chronic problems with high blood pressure andthe vascular system – ND (Emina)1.69 %(1 person)26,30 %- Stroke - Stroke – D (Samir’s wife)1.69 %(1 person)1,60 %- Other cardiovasculardiseases- Weakened heart muscle – D (Begeš)- Heart surgery – D (Safet)- Thrombosis – D (Izidor’s mother)5.08 %(3 persons)No dataDigestive systemdiseases- Chronic stomach problems – D (Stanislav)- Pain in the stomach, often vomits blood – ND(Aktivist)- Long-time pain in the stomach – D (Indira’s son)- Pain in the gullet – ND (Mara)6.77 %(4 persons)No data12 The [*] mark denotes that a person had health problems before the erasure. Only four such persons were identifiedamong the 59 persons interviewed and they are included because their health condition deteriorated after the erasure.While three are mentioned in the table, the fourth is not because it was not possible to establish on the basis of incompletedescription what health problems led to this person’s disability retirement.