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This chemical won't do just one thing -
If you only have one health issue, and/or your parent doesn't have
'the odd assortment of CFIDS symptoms,' don't suspect
2-butoxyethanol poisoning.
Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup workers and
those they were around, would be able to 'prove' that this
chemical IS the cause of 'gulf war syndrome' Soldiers
also had exposure to 2-butoxyethanol
and 2-2-butoxyethanol also known as ethylene glycol
monobutyl
ether
AUTOAGGLUTINATION
In severe cases of immune
mediated hemolytic anemia, the immune destruction of red cells
is so blatant that the red cells clump together
(because their antibody coatings stick together) when a drop
of blood is placed on a microscope slide. Imagine a drop of
blood forming not a red spot but a yellow spot with a small
red clump inside it. This finding is especially for boding.
LEUKEMOID REACTION
Classically, in IMHA the
stimulation of the bone marrow is so strong that even the
white blood cells lines (which have very little to do with
this disease but which also are born and incubate in the bone
marrow along side the red blood cells) are stimulated. This leads
to white blood cell counts that are spectacularly high.
COOMB'S TEST (ALSO CALLED A "DIRECT ANTIBODY TEST")
This is a test
designed to identify antibodies coating red blood cell
surfaces. This test is the current state of the art for
the diagnosis of IMHA but, unfortunately, it is not as helpful
as it might seem. The Coomb's test can be
erroneously negative for a number of reasons as well.
If the clinical picture fits with IMHA, often the
Coomb's test is skipped.
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not just a virus or cold? * recognize the harm of EGBE ... * Suspect Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether for Cancers, too * |
11/18/07