I am also type 2.  I haven't been on the boards for a while.  I've been sick...flu.  It sure knocked me on my butt.  I'm still coughing and sneezing and it's been over a week.  But I do feel day by day I am getting a little better...Peggy  11-2-06

Diabetes ... (Diabetes - a health crisis WWII Nations?) A new view of Diabetes? 

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Peggy,
 
What we call the flu, is many times, if not most all the time, an exposure to 2-butoxyethanol.  THIS is the chemical of concern for causing diabetes as a side effect, for causing autoimmune issues, and for causing CFIDS. 
 
Do you have this 'assortment of symptoms' starting up ... or getting worse?
 
 
The coughing could be a way your 'body complains' about too much of some kind of exposure to a chemical.  Have you started using a new cleaning product?  Have you been on a long airplane ride?  Has someone new come into your life?  Do your eyes burn and hurt?  Another example of a terrible cough
 
It is important to look around and see what the exposure might be and to STOP it.
 
I have serious concern about many cleaning products that have this chemical in unsafe strengths ... even those who advertise that they disclose all ingredients may not be.
 
I have a different perspective since I learned about this chemical  Diabetes?  and keep hoping this chemical that has been rampant for decades will be found out.
 
I personally think that glyconutrients are the best hope for help regardless of the stage of 'diabetes' or other autoimmune issues that start up.  I think people are dealing with an autoimmune immune system & that the glyconutrients help the body function properly.  The company makes no such claims, but there are medically documented success stories and trials ongoing right now.
 
Share this with your doctor & study up on it or have someone help you to do so.  for Doctors  
 
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If I am right about 2-butoxyethanol causing CFIDS & FLU,
  • look for blood in urine.  It is a clue to 'the fatigue'  *
  • Look for autoimmune hemolytic anemia or approaching AIHA for THE FATIGUE  *

 

My hand out (checklist for CFIDS harm):

A cause of horrible headaches & short term memory loss can be caused from a commonly used chemical in paint & in products that clean. Affects carpenters, mechanics, housewives, & MILITARY! Was used in 1989 & could have affected Valdez people as well as EVOS workers.
After oil, the only chemical exposure that is the same for gulf war vets and Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup workers ... is 

2-butoxyethanol *

It doesn't get blamed for the diabetes, the chronic fatigue, the autoimmune issues nor the cancers & birth defects that it causes.

It should be suspect for Pres FDR's death; Eisenhower's Crohn's & explosive diarrhea ... (But did their doctors recognize it?)

It should be suspect for the cause of CFIDS & 'gulf war syndrome'

The fatigue is the provable harm, but hard to find.


Checklist for Chronic Fatigue Syndromes: CFIDS, CFS
___ Do you recall a serious flu?
___ sniffling? diarrhea? eyes burning? fatigue:

Symptoms of hemolytic anemia ... suspect autoimmune:
___ Chills
___ Fatigue
___ Pale color
___ Shortness of breath
___ Rapid heart rate
___ Yellow skin color (jaundice)
___ Dark urine (indicative of blood in urine)
___ Red blood cells that are small-sized, etc
___ Enlarged spleen

___ Horrible Headaches
___ Depression (Central Nervous System damage)

___ Some Autoimmune issue, often diabetes

___ Short term memory loss (CNS damage)
___ Suicidal Tendencies (CNS)
___ Change in personality - constantly irritable
___ Mimics true psychiatric disorder (CNS)
___ Difficulty sleeping,(CNS) etc
___ Difficulty concentrating,(CNS) etc

___ Hormonal imbalances (high or low)
___ Blood pressure abnormalities (high or low)

___ Brain tumors or tumors anywhere
___ Cancers
___ Miscarriages
___ loss of interest in sex?
___ Birth Defects

___ Swollen or enlarged glands/organs possible

Share this with your doctor.
Could the ailment you are sharing be considered for 2-butoxyethanol harm? 

Is the pattern there?  This, per research *

Senator Gordon Smith should look in this direction for the 4 members of his family line who have Parkinson's and for his son's suicide at age 22 ... from severe depression

For more information on 2-butoxyethanol
I recognize the pattern, that's all 

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2-butoxyethanol overexposure LOOKS LIKE the FLU

Repost 3-11-07 *