From: DSNurse@aol. com
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2006
Subject: Needs of Gulf War Vets---Post and distribute widely
I really need this to be posted to email groups of veterans, please help.
The request is made ANY GULF WAR VETERANS OF OPERATION DESERT STORM THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED VISION PROBLEMS PLEASE EMAIL :
DSNurse@aol. com
Vision problems with gulf war vets with CFS needs to be investigated!
[Pathology of the organ of vision in chronic fatigue syndrome]
[Article in Russian]
218 patients were examined and the chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) was diagnosed in them on the basis of clinical-and- immunologic data. 126 somatically healthy persons of the same age and sex were in the control group. Vascular pathology of the vision organ was found in 153 (70.2%) persons, and dystrophic pathology was found in 115 (52.8%) persons. A combination of vascular and dystrophic pathologies of the vision organ was diagnosed in 46 (21.1%) patients. The detection of vision pathology in the CFS patients essentially exceeded the morbidity of similar pathology in the controls. No reliable differences of refraction anomalies were found between the CFS patients and the controls.
PMID: 13678013 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
The key here is that a lot of clues and hints to cancer, vascular problems, neurological diseases can be found in the full examination of the eyes! MS, parkinson's, Lupus, Cancers, sclerosis, autoimmune disorders.
A lot of times vision changes are the earliest changes that will be able to be found easily if examined!
Now the gulf war veterans have higher occurrence of brain cancers, ALS, MS so it might behoove all of us gulf war veterans, veterans advocates, supporters to look at resources re does the VA have adequate high level neuro-opthamologist to help?, do we need fee basis, do we need just a little bit of research into very specific areas?, do we need VA benefits to look at this? do we need legislation to do any of the above?
DO we need to push UTSW med to at least do one study?
Also the problem with hearing re ringing in ears that leads us to think about chemical posioning otology and effect on nerves and demylineration? Ototoxicity?
These are definite areas that could help prove a connection THAT HAVE NOT BEEN INCLUDED.
| Neuro-optham. ....vasculitis problems from Vaccines too. So we have chemicals(all sources re sarin, pesticides,vaccine) Plus infections that can be traced..... Vaccination Information Service |
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