Gulf War Veterans want more studies done to determine link between their symptoms and their service in the war

Sufferers of Gulf War Syndrome, which is not yet a recognized condition, report symptoms such as headache, cognitive disorders, respiratory conditions, joint pain, diarrhea, rash, dizziness and stress. Nearly 15% of troops who served in Kuwait in 1991 have reported these symptoms. The Veterans Affairs have recently linked pollutant exposure during the war to the Gulf War Syndrome and want further studies done. These results are contradicted by an earlier study by National Academy of Science's Institute of Medicine. The organization did however link lung cancer to pollutant exposure during the war. Earlier studies have also found an increased incidence of brain disease in troops from the Gulf war. The recent report has linked exposure to oil fires and vehicle exhaust to lung cancer, asthma, mouth cancer, throat cancer, nose cancer and bladder cancer. The Veteran's Affairs wants compensation for affected veterans. 12,000 Gulf War veterans have made compensation applications for their undiagnosed illnesses and 159,000 veterans have received compensation for war-related illness and injury.

Source: summary of medical news story as reported by Bloomberg

Related Disease Topics:

• Gulf War Syndrome
• Lung cancer
• Brain disease
• Lung cancer
• Asthma
• Mouth cancer
• Throat cancer
• Nose cancer and bladder cancer

Related Symptom Topics:

• Headache
• Cognitive disorders
• Respiratory conditions
• Joint pain
• Diarrhea
• Rash
• Dizziness
• Stress

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About: Gulf War Veterans want more studies done to determine link between their symptoms and their service in the war

Date: 20ecember 2005

Source: Bloomberg

URL: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=a4Me6jNXF45Y&refer=us

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This summary article refers to the following medical categories:

• Undiagnosed
• Undiagnosed and Gulf War Syndrome
• Undiagnosed and headache
• Undiagnosed and cognitive disorders
• Undiagnosed and respiratory conditions
• Undiagnosed and joint pain
• Undiagnosed and diarrhea
• Undiagnosed and rash
• Undiagnosed and dizziness
• Undiagnosed and stress
• Cause of Gulf War Syndrome
• Cause of lung cancer
• Cause of brain disease
• Cause of lung cancer
• Cause of asthma
• Cause of mouth cancer
• Cause of throat cancer
• Cause of nose cancer and bladder cancer
• Cause of headache
• Cause of cognitive disorders
• Cause of respiratory conditions
• Cause of joint pain
• Cause of diarrhea
• Cause of rash
• Cause of dizziness
• Cause of stress

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