Gulf War Illness Nondeployed Veterans that were affected have a new facebook page; GWI/CFS-Nondeployed Veterans-Gulf War Illness/Chronic Fatigue….
For years the vaccine issues had a presence on websites with Dr Meryl Nass as the physician leading the charge to help get answers. The books Vaccine A and A Shot In The Dark came out and the Connecticut pilots led that charge well.
For years I have tracked those that were nondeployed and talked to hundreds of these veterans. As I also communicate with civilian groups with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and Chronic Fatigue/ME I wonder if the civilian sufferers have looked as closely as possibly as they should have at vaccines and environmental triggers. There are huge numbers of civilians suffering and they have their own groups and Advisory Committee. Dr Klimas is one of the researchers that has taken a lead role for civilians and the gulf war veterans at the University of Miami and the Miami VA. She is a researcher that is pushing ahead and all of us need to keep an eye on her research in both fields.
I stay in touch with these veterans and will not led them go unrepresented here on VT. WE need to remember we had multiple causative agents that can overlap in symptoms and it is near impossible to rule out as one of the causative agents and it appears more attention should be maintained. The pharmaceutical industry and the controversial nature of vaccines makes it hard to be 100% sure that the research has been independent enough away from the foxes that guard the henhouse as I like to name the problem. A phone call from one of the first veterans that contacted me twenty years ago spurred me to do this article today. Lt Col Elizabeth Hazen in Washington state has been there all along as has Maggie Eckland in Oklahoma and Beckie Cann in Texas and all the rest stay with me each day. We can not leave any injuried behind, we need answers and help and care for them.
I am also reminded that the Israeli troops received vaccines and reported in with undefined illnesses.
If you are one that is affected please access the facebook page GWI/CFS-Nondeployed Veterans-Gulf War Illness. Be a part of collecting surveys and getting your data and statistics active! Speak up and identify your needs, problems you have encountered with your VA Claim and Health Care.
I found an article that I wanted to share on another site. Here it is below in full:
A new term recently entered the medical arena, ASIA, or autoimmune inflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants, sometimes called Shoenfeld’s syndrome.
Adjuvants are additives included in vaccines to cause the immune system to respond more strongly. They may include things like aluminum, thimerosal (mercury), and squalene. These adjuvants have been associated with defined and non-defined immune mediated diseases in both animal and human models. In extreme cases, a potentially deadly cytokine storm may be possible.
“In recent years four conditions: siliconosis, the Gulf war syndrome (GWS), the macrophagic myofasciitis syndrome (MMF) and post-vaccination phenomena were linked with previous exposure to an adjuvant,” says head researcher Israeli. “Furthermore, these four diseases share a similar complex of signs and symptoms which further support a common denominator.”
These diseases were classified under Shoenfeld’s syndrome by researchers Shoenfeld and Agmon-Levin.
Israeli and colleagues suggest adding sick building syndrome under the classification of autoimmune inflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants. Nine out of ten main symptoms are present in all 5 conditions.
Sick building syndrome is a set of clinically recognizable symptoms without a clear cause reported by occupants of a specific building. New research at the Chaim Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases identifies sick building syndrome as autoimmune syndrome induced by adjuvants.
Several similar syndromes, including SBS, multiple chemical sensitivity, repetition stress injury, the side effects of silicone breast implants, the Gulf War syndrome (GWS), chronic fatigue syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome, and fibromyalgia may be related.
Shoenfeld and Agmon-Levin further propose several major and minor criteria, which, although requiring further validation, may aid in the diagnosis of this newly defined syndrome.
The safety of vaccines is a very controversial subject. In some cases, there is a 50/50 split in the populations´ trust of some vaccines. Less than half of medical professionals take the flu vaccine for themselves. Where there is this much controversy, a safety issue is definitely going on that is not being properly addressed.
Adjuvants are already known to trigger the development of inflammatory illnesses in people who are genetically susceptible. Therefore, some people are choosing not to vaccinate or are selectively choosing vaccines for only the most dangerous diseases. May adult and childhood vaccines may also be requested without the addition of adjuvants when available.
Symptoms of Shoenfeld’s syndrome include seemingly unexplained:
- Pain
- Chronic Fatigue
- Poor Coordination
- Brain Fog, or Confusion
- Bowel Problems
Reference: Israeli E, Pardo A. Mod Rheumatol. 2010 Dec 29. [Epub ahead of print]
The Chaim Zabludowicz Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, 52621, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.This article originally appeared in the MCS America News, January 2011 Issue http://mcs-america.org/February2011.pdf. For more articles on this topic, see: MCSA News.
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