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Wed November 26, 2008 10:42 PM
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My reply to your questions
I can only speak to one of the exposure of the gulf war vets, which is 2-butoxyethanol and it or too much of any chemical could be showing up as a rash. Once I did too much cleaning with cleaning products and a rash started up. Later, when I was taking medications (glucophage for diabetes) that same rash showed up again, but not from the cleaning chemical or the chemical I've looked into, but meds which my body was 'objecting to.'
The chemical ... BUTYL or 2-butoxyethanol is an autoimmune metabolic causing chemical ... so weight gain * or difficulty loosing weight is one of the things it does.
Short term memory loss is a stand out harm. Also headaches, difficulty concentrating, irritable personality change. Depression, suicidal tendencies, etc
It causes a red blood cell destruction that is the ANEMIA doctors are looking for
Check out some of these things in addition to what the docs would think to check: (see links on web page)
You didn't comment on FATIGUE, but if this chemical is the cause, the fatigue would be acquired autoimmune hemolytic anemia, and it is not easily found. But it is the most important issue for our Nation. I suspect more people die of the anemia than subsequent cancers that show up
British Research identifies a multitude of cancers. Maybe they are not as rare as is thought. Suspect Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether for Cancers, too *
Now, because of the memory loss, someone should always go with these when they go to the doctor and take with them all the symptoms they can think of. It is not helpful to go in for only one of the symptoms; doctors need to look at the big picture of CFIDS, CFS, FM (the exact variety ... not that important)
Chad Pagel of Indiana told me that when he would go to the emergency room they stopped telling them that he was a gulf war vet and he got better service. I think doctors know they don't know what they are dealing with or what to do to help. They also have heard that doctors who saw a lot of gulf war vets .... came down with 'the syndrome' themselves. It would be 'second hand solvent exposure'
It's a big issue, isn't it?
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