Study: Gulf War Syndrome Isn’t Psychological, It’s Caused By Nerve Gas
enlarge Credit: Planet Green.com What a relief for these soldiers and their families! Would it be too much to ask that they get whatever help they need? There’s no denying it now: Gulf War Syndrome, characterized by memory loss, lack of concentration, neuropathic pain and depression, is a physiological illness, not a psychological one. A UT Southwestern study, published in the journal Radiology, used a specialized MRI that specifically measures blood flow in the brain and detected marked abnormalities in the brains of those with Gulf War Syndrome . Not only have those abnormalities persisted for 20 years, but in some cases they’ve worsened. The findings mark a significant advancement in our understanding of the syndrome, which was for years written off by the Defense Department and the Department of Veterans Affairs as a form of combat stress rather than an objectively diagnosable injury. Dr. Robert Haley, chief epidemiologist at UT Southwestern, and a cadre of clinicians and researchers, have struggled with the government for some 18 years for research funding and to have the syndrome recognized as a legitimate war injury caused by chronic exposure to minimal amounts of sarin gas.
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Study: Gulf War Syndrome Isn’t Psychological, It’s Caused By Nerve Gas
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