• How to Get your Doctor Interested valdezlink.com/hb/2-B_causes.htm 
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Board: Allergies 02-09-2004

Replies: 9 HIVES Views: 123   So, you have served in important places in the military No, I don't have hives, but a mild rash from leaning over a bathtub a couple of years ago, and soaking some of my clothes with a cleaning compound that contained 2-butoxyethanol (also known as...

Board: Allergies 02-08-2004

Replies: 9 HIVES Views: 123   A reaction to chemicals in cleaning and degreaser products? Glad to hear that something helped! Sometimes if a rash is from one thing, such as a chemical exposure ... then even other chemicals when you have too much of them ... will cause the rash to...

Board: Skin Problems 02-08-2004

Replies: 10 Severe Itching, Rash, Brought on by weird things Views: 150   Check ethylene glycol ether exposures, too Boy, that does seem really odd. We take our skin organ for granted don't we? When you are checking reactions to things, you might include what cleaning & maintenance products you use. Many have...

Board: Addison's Disease 02-03-2004

Replies: 7 adrenal masses Views: 105   All the swelling you're having? Swelling of organs is common place with the chemical I'm talking about. Such as gall bladder, spleen, pancreas, reproductive organs, even heart chambers. It causes endocrine disruption; it causes...

Board: Addiction & Recovery 02-02-2004

Replies: 7 hello insomniacs.. Views: 144   Hello - on a personal note Well, other than adult onset Type 2 diabetes and the regular things we all deal with in life, I have been on an intense study of the chemical that caused harm to the Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup...

Board: Cancer: Leukemia 02-01-2004

Replies: 4 Cmml Views: 87   Should start regularly freezing umbelical chord blood I heard on TV by a well liked DR (sorry can't remember his name) a Larry King show ... that people should save the umbelical chord blood at birth. If in the future the baby should need stem cells,...

Board: Cancer: Leukemia 02-01-2004

Replies: 4 Cmml Views: 87   This is a rare cancer - Are diagnosis usually accurate? This looks like good information: http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/attachments/National/br_1022082891.pdf I've never heard of this cancer. When did it get diagnosed and is it on the increase? If...

Board: Anger Management 02-01-2004

Replies: 44 what do i do with a husband who is always angry Views: 1,982   You make sense - but there can still be underlying causes What kind of work does your husband do? Like most of us, maybe even if he is ill, he can compensate to some degree ... but doesn't try so much at home; there may come a day when he can't compensate...

Board: Bone Disorders 02-01-2004

Replies: 3 sensitive bones & weakness?? Views: 40   Household cleaners are a primary 'culprit' ... and it's not your fault for not knowing. EPA doesn't even require companies making consumer products to list this as an ingredient. SO people (including doctors) think it is safe to use, just...

Board: Addiction & Recovery 02-01-2004

Replies: 7 hello insomniacs.. Views: 144   unwell? Hello, I sometimes turn my days and nights around. 'benefit' of having your own schedule, I suppose. Sounds like you had a nice time with family. What do you mean by your signature? Are you able...

Board: Bone Disorders 02-01-2004

Replies: 3 sensitive bones & weakness?? Views: 40   Too many immature red blood cells? I haven't heard many people knowing that. It should be common in many people, though, as a solvent many people are exposed to does just that: damages the red blood cells, so that the bone marrow...

Board: Addison's Disease 02-01-2004

Replies: 7 adrenal masses Views: 105   Re: adrenal masses Aren't these the glands that are in the area of the kidneys? And you say you have bladder problems & female organ problems & anxiety attacks? A lot of these things could be part of a body's...

Board: Anger Management 02-01-2004

Replies: 44 what do i do with a husband who is always angry Views: 1,982   You say he wasn't always so angry & irritable? That's an interesting point. What kind of work does he do? Many times people are exposed to solvents (painters, mechanics, dry cleaners, plastics industries, cleaners, oil recovery workers) and it...

Board: Anemia 01-31-2004

Replies: 6 anemia Views: 218 Posted By Dear Maggie You seem to be describing 'gulf war syndrome' symptoms Check for fragility of red blood cells These symptoms of Hemolytic anemia: Chills Fatigue Pale color Shortness of breath Rapid heart rate Yellow skin color (jaundice)

Board: Open to All Health Related Topics 01-31-2004

Replies: 1 Coughing and rash Views: 20   Sounds like too much exposure to a chemical These are a strong indication that you could be exposed to too much of a chemical, usually a solvent, such as the common ethylene glycol monobutyl ether or 2-butoxyethanol. Check the internet for...

Board: Anger Management 01-22-2004

Replies: 0 Anger management difficult? Views: 43   But it didn't used to be? When you see a personality change in someone, it could be that they are reacting to a chemical overexposure. There is one very common chemical, 2-butoxyethanol, more...

Board: Gulf War Syndrome 01-21-2004

Replies: 0 Why can't they find the cause of GWS? Views: 157   Dept of Defense clearly states Gulf War military, 90-91 were all healthy when deployed. There are 2 chemicals that cause all the ‘Gulf War Syndrome’ Symptoms all by themselves: 2-butoxyethanol and...

Board: Brain & Nervous System Disorders 01-21-2004

Replies: 14 dizziness, fatigue and head pains Views: 408 Posted By Dear Maggie what were you doing 6 years ago? Sometimes you can pinpoint part of the harm if you can remember what you were doing then? There is a chemical that causes eyes to burn like pokers;then flu like symptoms, and dark urine and fatigue...

Board: Gulf War Syndrome 01-21-2004

Replies: 1 Blood test screening Views: 105   Re: Blood test screening I noticed your comment to Frontline on this topic. This is very interesting; I believe the primary damage to Gulf War Vets is from a chemical called 2-butoxyethanol or another name is ethylene...

Board: Gulf War Syndrome 01-21-2004

Replies: 1 Gulf War Syndrome? You need to see this.... Views: 218   Re: Gulf War Syndrome? You need to see this.... Anyone with symptoms like 'gulf war syndrome' should consider 2 solvents that the troops were exposed to (documented) But no one has checked into it. 2-butoxyethanol diethylene glycol monobutyl...

Board: Anemia 01-20-2004

Replies: 8 dizzy/unstable feeling- please help Views: 479   There is a type of anemia, hemolytic anemia, that is cause from a chemical in many cleaning and degreaser products used extensively in the USA over the last 50 years; part of the symptoms, per YAHOO...

Board: Anemia 01-20-2004

Replies: 13 lab results? Views: 318   Re: lab results? Do you feel exhausted and wonder why? Or why do you think you are anemic? What is involved, anyone, in getting the Retic ratio? I've heard that sometimes the RBC can look at least borderline...

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