Have any of you experienced this or know someone who has?

The researchers know. Guess they're not saying. I would expect all of these you mention and also lymphomas and leukemias.

Here's a detailed list of multiple other diagnosis given to me by someone who used to post here.

Hello GIJAG; I know of a couple of people that were in the Gulf that have since passed away, the one with liver cancer that he didn't know he had till he went for basically a routine exam and blood work for his employer (just a bit tired he said) and within a few months his private doc diagnosed liver cancer (don't recall the name or it though except it was cancer of unknown cause) his doc didn't know he was a gulf vet till it was dx'd then they sent him to the VA for second opinion, he never got better, he was gone in 4 months and 3 days, the VA did send him someplace down in Tenn. for possible treatment, but it was untreatable.

You should also see kidney and liver concerns! " ... vets are suffering health problems including kidney damage and cancers. Now we have another generation of soldiers facing a potentially similar situation in Iraq."

Also prostate cancer as is common with those who are in the painting industry. With exposure to one of your exposures.

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We can come up with our own list from vets on this forum - though it would be unofficial. One lady shared that she knows of these: " LOTS of brain tumors of various kinds, Prostate cancers, and Leukemias. I know several with tumors in their lungs."

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Asked this question of dogpile.com What cancers do gulf war vets have?

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May, 1997 press conference called: Veterans will discuss their own health crises and the extremely high rates of previously unknown diseases, birth defects and deformities, cancers and leukemias among veterans and peoples throughout the Persian Gulf region: Carol Picou, Sergeant First Class, Army 41st Combat Support Hospital; and Mark Panzera, 144th New Jersey National Guard Service and Supply Company.
Press Contacts: Frank Alexander--(202) 544-9355; Deirdre Sinnott (212) 633-6646 (Maybe they could check their notes on cancers discussed)

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Sept, 2000 on old healthboards.com: My dear friend is a 32 year old gulf war veteran. He served as a medic with the marine corp during the beginning of the invasion. In January of this year he was diagonosed with multiple sclerosis. In June he was diagnosed with two frontal lobe brain tumors(he won't let them do exploratory surgery) and extremely toxic levels of mercury in his blood. The latest diagnosis came 3 days ago--lymphtatic cancer. I don't know if it's Hodgkins or non-Hodgkins

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Steve Knight reply: "From the various information I've come across, it seems that most of us gulf war vets are suffering from a rather wide range of illnesses and diseases.

Since there is no one specific disease, infection, etc, which can be associated with this wide range of symptoms, I tend to lean more towards accepting the theory that what has happened to us is that our immune systems were somehow damaged...and are now compromised, leaving us vulnerable to opportunistic diseases and the like. When such a thing happens, then we find that the number and range of illnesses which can occur are wide open. There are several compelling theories about what caused GWS...some of them do seem to fit nicely into the damaged immune system theory.

There's a place in Virginia...That collects information from gulf war vets who believe they have GWS. This is done for the purpose of compiling information, to be able to make determinations about most frequent experiences in the gulf war, most frequent symptoms, etc

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immune systems that attack, rather than defend, their bodies?

Two of my web pages come up http://www.valdezlink.com/swollen.htm and http://www.valdezlink.com/gwv_symptoms.htm
Plus 2 from someone who says you weren't harmed

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"Have you been having problems with headaches, blurry vision? And have you had some rashes, extreme fatigue?" Then she informed me that there were a lot of other people were having the same problems.
Frontline January 20, 1998, The Last Battle of the Gulf War

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More than 110,000 Gulf War veterans are sick. Many...dying of rare and ravaging cancers Falcon's Cry, A Desert Storm Memoir (1998) by Major Michael Donnelly USAF, p243"The long-term effects of the perfect war, a war that lasted only 36 days, are yet to be tallied, and the fatalities and casualties continue to mount. While the Pentagon has ensured that you will not see us dying in your living room every night, every sick Gulf War veteran has a story to tell, a story that may never be known to the millions of Americans who supported the men and women who fought that neat but deadly war."

"We salute these courageous men and women, heroes all, so that their suffering may not go unacknowledged, their sacrifice not have been in vain."

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