Is there a Gulf War Syndrome? Searching for syndromes by factor analysis of symptoms
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Gulf War veterans reporting health problems since the war may have experienced nerve injury. Researchers compared and analyzed symptom reports from 175 Gulf War veterans reporting health problems and 74 veterans reporting no health problems. Analysis revealed that symptoms fell into three primary groups, or syndromes: problems with attention, memory, reasoning, and depression; problems with thinking, disorientation, balance, dizziness, and impotence; problems with joint and muscle pain and weakness and abnormal sensations. Psychological testing revealed no evidence of posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, hypochondria, or malingering.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1997
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Self-reported exposure to neurotoxic chemical combinations in the Gulf War: a cross-sectional epidemiologic study
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Chemical exposures may explain symptoms reported by Gulf War veterans. A group of 249 Gulf War veterans reported symptoms and wartime chemical exposures. Veterans with impaired reasoning and learning were 8.7 times more likely to report wearing flea collars. Veterans with confusion and incoordination were 7.8 times more likely to believe they had been exposed to chemical weapons and 4.3 times more likely to report being in northeastern Saudi Arabia on the same day. Veterans with joint and muscle aches and abnormal sensation were more likely to report exposure to 75% DEET insect repellant. Exposure effects were additive.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1997
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Evaluation of neurologic function in Gulf War veterans: a blinded case-control study
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Gulf War veterans experiencing Gulf War-related illnesses may have neurologic injuries. Twenty-three affected veterans, 10 healthy veterans who were deployed, and 10 healthy non-deployed veterans in the same battalion, matched for age, sex, and education, underwent tests of neurologic and psychologic functioning. Testers did not know which veterans were health from those with complaints. The affected veterans had more abnormal scores compared with healthy veterans, although their scores generally fell within normal limits. Results are compatible with exposure to nervous-system damaging chemicals.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1997
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