Birth Defect from GW ... Melissa shares about her Nephew

Spinal cord problems in children of Gulf war?

My brother served in the Persian Gulf. He came back with all the symptoms of Gulf War Syndrome. He has had 3 children.  The middle child, his only boy, has had a constant struggle to stay healthy his whole life. ( colds, flu, ear infections etc.) He couldn't sit up. Can't walk, complains of pain in legs and foot, weighs only 23lbs., has severely crossed eyes and doesn't say a word. He can hear, he just doesn't talk. He was recently diagnosed with a Syrinx...?? ( a cyst in the spinal cord caused by brain fluid leaking).
My question is has anyone else out there encountered this same disease??

There seems to be no other explanation.
Any information would be extremely helpful.
Thank you,
Melissa  <mjensen732@aol.com>

http://www.valdezlink.com/pf/sorryabout.htm#outbreak

Is there anyone with information about infertility? My husband and I had a child a year after he came home but now he can not? is there anyone with this problem need some info pleeeeease  Gee  Oct, 1999
Gee <peewee907@aol.com>

Check into spontaneous infertility - Immune system attacking sperm

I had four strong sons from a previous marriage. I married a GWV and miscarried three. After testing on the outside sector, it was determined that my body was fighting off a foreign body of sorts.  Patty Pringle icequeennw@aol.com 
My husband and I also have unexplained infertility. My husband was a tanker in the gulf. We have had 5 miscarriages in the last 6 years. We have had semen analysis that show 76% of his sperm are severely amorphous. But getting pregnant is not our problem, we have trouble staying pregnant. The doctors told use that there is something wrong with the babies and they die before 3 mos. We are now having chromosome testing done. My test have come back normal for basic chromosome testing but his is still pending at this time. I don't know what to really ask for or what to look for.....I am not sure the doctors do either. My husband has some GW symptoms:  short term memory loss (BAD), his leg twitches (restless leg syndrome maybe), wt loss, severe acne on his back-chest-arms-neck-face-upper legs (the acne is small in size but large in numbers and it is deep in his skin with hard skin shells covering it). He went to the dr. in Germany after he returned from the gulf and was told he had prostatitis from ph imbalance due to climate changes. He has also seen a urologist here for prostatitis once. He has taken lots of oral medication  and topical medication for the acne...nothing touches it. We are still hoping to find answers to his symptoms. If anyone has any thoughts on this please e-mail us @ kenwen2@ivillage.com  Thank you!  Wendy

Infertility?  Check into spontaneous infertility

Immune system attacking sperm

...  helps in any way?

Dr Rea's Clinic comments, "We feel ozone therapy is very risky as it produces free radicals which can cause cellular damage.  We use nutrients, CoQ10, B vitamins and Taurine.  We also add Phosphatidyl Choline and Serine to IV therapy."

 

Spontaneous Infertility is an Autoimmune Condition

I never heard of this before; but it would fit the pattern of 2-butoxyethanol harm & if so, stopping the autoimmune function may restore?  *  

*   Sperm count dropping?   *   Affected by pesticides  *

 Do not take Accutane, it has a butylated inert ingredient

Accutane harm - butyl component!

In 'talking' with shewolf today, I made a discovery. The topic of Vioxx led to my commenting on Accutane's harm ... and upon relooking at info I put together over a year ago ... I noticed than an inert ingredient was 'butylated'

Aha! It was like a light bulb going off.

It was the butyl ether added to gasoline that caused that to be banned in many States, end of 1970s.

It is the ethylene glycol monobutyl ether that is of similar health concerns when in paints, in cleaning products, in gun cleaners and other degreasers.

Acne? I notice, by the way, that one of the inactive ingredients of Accutane is butylated This woman's 'symptoms' seemed to be from the diesel fumes

They were looking for people harmed from Accutane & were considering a lawsuit back then.

I am very concerned about our youth taking the Accutane for mild acne. It seems to cause about the same thing as the chemical I've been studying. And even though they say just take it if you could get pregnant during 'treatments,' these things can possible cause reproductive harm, and whose to say that it is only for that time period? Too much exposure to 2-butoxyethanol and there is reproductive harm.

My friend shared some helps for teens here

Why do warnings on Accutane & info on the chemical, 2-butoxyethanol look similar? The Parallels in the Warnings of 2-butoxyethanol and Accutane which has a BUTYLATED Inert Ingredient (I think this may be why)

In general - and discuss here

Or discuss on Desert Storm forum

Repost March 3, 2006