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Ms. Hursh,
There really is
not an "established" list of
symptoms associated with service in
the Gulf War. Information on the
main symptoms summarized by
different groups is provided in our
2004 Committee report (available on
our website). But there are
numerous articles and papers that
provide very long and detailed
lists. For example, a fairly
extensive list is provided in a
paper I wrote a few years back
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=11092441
But we
really can't answer your question
about diagnosed conditions
and Gulf War syndrome, which is
different than the question about
symptoms Gulf veterans are
experiencing. ALS,
(Why
is There?
*) or
Lou Gehrig's disease, is the
only diagnosed disease recognized as
having been found at an excessively
high rate in Gulf War veterans. But
one of the difficulties in
addressing Gulf War illnesses is
that they usually are represented by
some combination of the many
symptoms I mentioned, which differ
in different people, and are not
connected to any diagnosed
condition. I'm sure you've found
similar issues in your review of
health issues relating to
2-butoxyethanol.
Regards,
Dr.
Lea Steele
Research Advisory Committee on Gulf
War Veterans' Illnesses
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
2200 S.W. Gage Blvd (T-GW)
Topeka, KS 66622
Tel: 785-350-4617
website:
www.va.gov/RAC-GWVI
email: RAC@med.va.gov
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Prevalence and
patterns of Gulf War
illness in Kansas
veterans:
association of
symptoms with
characteristics of
person, place, and
time of military
service.
Steele L.
Kansas Commission on
Veterans Affairs,
Topeka 66603, USA.
kspgwvets@cjnetworks.com
Gulf War veterans
have reported health
problems that they
attribute to their
military service,
but little is
understood about the
nature or extent of
these conditions. To
determine whether
Kansas Gulf War
veterans are
affected by excess
health problems, a
population-based
survey of 1,548
veterans who served
in the Persian Gulf
War (PGW) and 482
veterans who served
elsewhere (non-PGW)
was conducted in
1998. Gulf War
illness, defined as
having chronic
symptoms in three of
six domains,
occurred in 34% of
PGW veterans, 12% of
non-PGW veterans who
reported receiving
vaccines during the
war, and 4% of non-PGW
veterans who did not
receive vaccines.
The prevalence of
Gulf War illness was
lowest among PGW
veterans who served
on board ship (21%)
and highest among
those who were in
Iraq and/or Kuwait
(42%). Among PGW
veterans who served
away from
battlefield areas,
Gulf War illness was
least prevalent
among those who
departed the region
prior to the war
(9%) and most
prevalent among
those who departed
in June or July of
1991 (41%). Observed
patterns suggest
that excess
morbidity among Gulf
War veterans is
associated with
characteristics of
their wartime
service, and that
vaccines used during
the war may be a
contributing factor.
PMID: 11092441 [PubMed
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MEDLINE]
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Dear Dr. Steele,
and it shows up differently. I
suspect this is the fatigue
doctors are looking for in CFS,
CFIDS and that these and
military since 1930's are at
risk for harm from this family
of chemicals; possibly including
trace ethylene oxide that is
with it in Corexit and scuds and
Patriot Missiles
The other wars show as much
probability for harm of these
chemicals, such as jet fuel
mixed with Dioxin, more than
Dioxin itself, etc ..
I will look at what you've shared
and some of the related articles
as well
I think Hillary Clinton, Wm
Rehnquist, John Ashcroft & VP
Dick Cheney should be checked
for this kind of fatigue, too,
if they ALSO have CFS or CFIDS
symptoms
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