They served their country two decades ago, and more than 200,000 Gulf War vets are still dealing with the mysterious symptoms they brought home.
These vets say their wide-ranging problems -- from cognitive impairment to debilitating fatigue -- are the result of exposure to dangerous chemicals during their service in the war from 1990 to 1991.
Getting to the bottom of their complaints has been a two-year mission for a research team at Georgetown University Medical Center. Now, these researchers say they have found the missing piece of the puzzle.
Results published in the journal PLOS ONE show there are two different forms of Gulf War illness, each linked to damage in a different part of the brain.
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ReplyDeleteI know of a veteran from here in Wicomico County who has been battling day to day with the long term effects from being exposed to gas by foreign troops in the first Gulf War. Might I add he does so silently with the military controlling his every move because he is technically still serving in the military. I am not talking subtle symptoms either this is an individual that is very ill.
My husband Vietnam Veteran saw a phychiatrist for a claim for loss of hearing and PTSD. She said all you want is money:( He ask her how much her hearing was worth. How well she would deal with bloodshed and being scared to death every day and night. She has not been in the military. She don't know. She had no answer.
ReplyDeleteThese kind of people is who we have to TAKE CARE of our veterans.
As above when does it take over twenty years to find out how this stuff hurts our veterans. You can't ignore it and it will go away.