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• Gulf War Syndrome

  ...Gulf War Syndrome is the name given to a variable combination of psychological and physical complaints experienced by veterans of the Persian Gulf War. ... It began in Indiana in early 1992, when soldiers in two reserve units that had fought in the Persian Gulf war began to suffer a puzzling array of symptoms. Some became unusually fatigued, and others said that their joints ached. They experienced headaches, rashes and hair loss, and their memories occasionally failed them. In some cases, the symptoms were severe enough to require hospitalization. ... Of the 697,000 veterans who served in the Gulf War hundreds, and then thousands, of veterans began showing up at hospitals run by the Department of Veterans Affairs with these and other symptoms...
  http://www.healthcentral.com/encyclopedia/408/320.html

• Gulf War Vets Receive Benefits for FM, CFS and IBS

  ... of their disability?... You can read the section of Title 38 pertaining to benefits for FM, CFS and IBS on the American GulfWar Vets Association’s Web site....Karen Lee Richards Co-Founder of the National Fibromyalgia Assn. gulf war vets hi karen...lets see... been singled out by the VA?According to WIS TV in Columbia, S.C. who spoke with Bryan Kerouc of the Disabled American Vets, it’s not because they’ve proven that something in the Gulf region caused the illnesses but rather that they couldn’t ignore “the... to our current cconflict(war) in Iraq for a few tours and let them see what they come home with and sit down with V.A. and listen to each others' BS,and maybe we'll getsoething started.........just a thought ......jeff12step...
  http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/5949/10824/war-fm-cfs

• May 12 –– Awareness Day

  ... Saturday, May 12th is International Awareness Day for fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, Gulf War syndrome and multiple chemical sensitivities.Although Awareness Day began in the United States, it is now recognized internationally.... The date of May 12 was chosen because it is Florence Nightingale’s birthday.Nightingale was an English army nurse during the Crimean War (1854 – 1856) and was a pioneer in what would be the International Red Cross Movement.She became ill while working on the front lines and never really recovered.Her symptoms of pain and fatigue closely resembled what we know today as fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome.She was virtually bedridden for much of the rest of her life until her death in 1910...
  http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/5949/9386/12-day

• Encounters with the Invisible – Book Review

  ...Encounters with the Invisible: Unseen Illness, Controversy, and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is a very personal account of author Dorothy Wall’s battle with chronic fatigue syndrome.However, you will relate to it equally as well if you have fibromyalgia, Gulf War Syndrome, multiple chemical sensitivity, or any one of a number of chronic and controversial illnesses. ... Wall is gifted with extraordinary descriptive abilities.You don’t just read about her illness; you experience it with her.She describes her deepest personal emotions and frustrations in such a way that you’ll find yourself thinking, “That’s exactly how I feel.”More than one reviewer has described it as the best book of its kind they’ve ever read.... Read a recent review...
  http://www.healthcentral.com/chronic-pain/c/5949/8967/book-review

• Depression Rose Among Gulf Coast Residents After Spill

  ... A recent U.S. survey has found that people living on the Gulf Coast-facing counties showed a more than 25-percent increase in depression diagnoses after the BP oil spill. The survey of 2,598 residents of counties in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, and Texas also showed that the oil spill caused a decline in residents' overall emotional health. atudor...
  http://www.healthcentral.com/depression/news-540079-98.html

• Experiencing Outreach: Bridging the Gulfs

  ...Experiencing Outreach:Bridging the Gulfs ... As an organization, we have struggled at times to reach a younger audience with our public educational message, pre-menopausal women in particular.The cumulative stresses of pregnancy... program.Truly, we were performing an outreach service!To close the gap in health disparities, outreach is all about reaching across the gulf:the gulf between languages and cultures, the gulf between the familiar and the unfamiliar, the gulf between answers and questions, and the gulf between understanding and ignorance.In Salinas, those gaps were narrowed by the contributions of many, hands offering hope, direction, and a healthier lifestyle.I feel so proud for this tiny but important milestone...
  http://www.healthcentral.com/incontinence/c/76594/122511/experiencing

• Standing Up For Asthmatic Children In The Gulf Coast

  ...When former Press Secretary to President Bush, Scott ... McClellan, wrote about the administration's response to Hurricane Katrina, he ... said, "We spent most of the first week in a state of denial."Now, as the third anniversary of Hurricanes ... Katrina, Rita and Wilma approaches, the state of denial remains in place.There is no stronger evidence of the ... administration's shortcomings than its ineffective response to the housing ... crisis in the Gulf ... On May 28, the Washington ... Post highlighted the sad situation of families shunted from flooded homes ... to FEMA trailers.Gina Bouffanie, a Mississippi mother ... displaced by the storms, and the daughter she was pregnant...
  http://www.healthcentral.com/allergy/c/2646/29296/standing-asthmatic

• I was in remission from all my immune related illnesses-no meds taken, After I got diagnosed with Peripheral Neuropathy and other neuropathy problems,in 4-2008, all my immune illnesses have come back.

  ... It was my neurologist and RA docs that felt my immune system was ripe for flares since the diagnosis of the neuropathies. I usually wake up with some sort of pain, most bad to where I can't function properly, some days are ok.I am so tired of the pain! Any thoughts? gaelicgirl62...
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• The Risk of Neuropathy for Diabetics

  ...Neuropathy can affect: ... Any combination of these three main types of nerves ... Researchers have identified more than 100 types of neuropathy. Symptoms, which may take days, weeks, or months to develop, depend on the type or types of nerves affected and on whether neuropathy affects...
  http://www.healthcentral.com/diabetes/risks-271876-5.html

• Peripheral Neuropathy

  ...Peripheral neuropathy is the degeneration of peripheral nerves that supply mainly the distal muscles of the extremities. ... This syndrome is associated with non-inflammatory degeneration of the axon and myelin sheaths. Although peripheral neuropathy can occur at any age, incidence is highest in men between ages 30 and 50. Onset is usually insidious, and patients may compensate by overusing unaffected muscles. ... The peripheral nervous system is the network of nerves used for all movements (motor... between the area it serves and the brain. This can impair the ability to move muscles or to feel normal sensations. It can produce a painful sensation along the involved peripheral nerve. ... Peripheral neuropathy is the term used to describe damage to the peripheral...
  http://www.healthcentral.com/encyclopedia/408/614.html