Alphabetical Listing of Symptoms of Gulf War Syndrome
Which means ...
These are terms used to describe symptoms and illnesses reported by individuals who served in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm in Southwest Asia in 1990-91. Researchers are considering many possible causes including, but not limited to:
Reported
Disorders throughout 1991 to 2000
Allergies ( various )
ALS ( Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - "Lou Gehrig's disease" )
Ameobiasis
Angina
Anxiety Attacks
Apnea ( sleep disorders )
Asthma
Bronchiectasis
Bronchopneumonia, organism unspecified
Brill's disease (recrudescent typhus)
Brucellosis
Burning Semen ( Burning Intercourse )
Bursitis
Cancer ( varied )
Cardiomegally
Chronic airway obstruction, not elsewhere classified
Chronic bronchitis
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Chronic laryngotracheititis
Chronic respiratory conditions due to fumes and vapors
Diarhea
Encephalitis
Endometriosis
Emphysema
Epstien Barr Virus
Fatigue
Fibromyalgia
Fungal ( excessive growth )
Giardiasis
Hyperparathyroidism
Hypertension
Insomnia
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Joint Pain/Joint Disease
Leishmaniasis
Malaria
MCS ( Multiple Chemical Sensitivity )
Memory Loss
Mycoplasma Fermentans Incognitus
Nausea
Migraines
Neuropathy
Night Sweats
Other and unspecified diseases of upper respiratory tract
Pneumoconiosis, due to silica or cilicates
Pneumoconiosis, Unspecified Respiratory conditions due to
unspecified external agent
Reflux
Rhinitis ( Sinus infections )
Sand fly fever (Phlebotomus fever)
Scoliosis
Schistosomiasis (Bilharziasis)
Silicosis ( Sand in Lungs and Blood )
Sinusitus
Sterility
Toxoplasmosis
Tinnitus
Tuberculosis, specify variant
Typhoid fever (also carrier)
Unspecified chronic respiratory disease
Viral hepatitis ( C )
Source unknown
Which are the most common?
What are the Symptoms of GWS as shared by the American Legion?