Physical Symptoms that may “appear” like Psychological Symptoms
Burn Pits
Burn Pits 360 is serving as a pathway of advocacy to assist veterans, their families, and civilian
contractors who have been negatively affected by toxic burn pits. Contractors were assigned the
task of properly disposing of any and all trash on military installations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and
other locations in the Middle East. Unfortunately, instead of using incinerators, the contractors
disposed of the waste through toxic burn pits and now thousands of veterans have been put at
serious risk. Visit www.burnpits360.org for more information.
Gulf War Veterans Illness Taskforce – 2012
http://www.va.gov/opa/publications/2011_GWVI-TF_Report.pdf
The newest report on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses including medically unexplained multisymptom illnesses including chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia and functional gastrointestinal disorder.
Inoculations
Veterans who experiencing any of the following may want to consider more extensive medical
evaluations to determine if they have been exposed to “squalene” an adjuvant used in the
Anthrax inoculation. As you can tell, some of these symptoms can “look like” mental health
symptoms (headaches, memory loss and cognitive dysfunction), but if any of these other
symptoms are present, may require additional medical tests. You can request these tests from
your private or VA Medical Primary Care Physician.
If any of the tests are outside the “normal” range, you should ask “why” and “what you should
do next”. The goal is to know and understand WHAT is happening so that you have an
opportunity to make good choices about your care and lifestyle.
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Joint and muscle pain
Severe headaches which began after anthrax shots
Rashes
Seizures
Memory Loss
Cognitive Dysfunction
Blood Clots
Bleeding Disorders
Abnormal Thyroid Function
Multiple Myeloma
Problems like MS, Rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, ALS, polymyositis, optic neuritis, aplastic
anemia
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Any abnormal blood cell counts
Dizziness
Abnormal brain scans
Abnormal EEG’s
Chronic fatigue
Sensitivity to light
Diarrhea
Medical tests to be run include:
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ANA
ANCA
Rheumatoid factor
ESR
CRP
CPK
CBC with diff.
Anti-dsDNA (whether ANA is positive or not)
Anti-RNP
Complement C3 and C4
Thyroid profile with TSH
Anti-thyroid microsomal antibodies
Antineuronal Antibodies
Anti-MBP,
Anti-MAG
More information on the use of “Squalene” in the Anthrax inoculation is included in the Squalene
research papers included here:
Antibodies to Squalene in Gulf War Syndrome
Antibodies to Squalene in Recipients of Anthrax Vaccine