Gulf War ?

[mymissie]

My son,who is now 38,was in the first Gulf War. He served on the USS Roosevelt, for 6 month tour. He came out,and made a sucess of his life.

Then lately,he has loss A Lot of weight,an has lost most of his hair,his bad colostral is high,an colostrol are high. He went to the VA Clinic today, an the Doctor took a blood test,to check on his tyroids.To find out causr of so much weight loss!!

My Question is! Could this have anything to do with Chemical,on air currents,that drifited and is now affecting him?

I know that I saw something here on Hadit,but sense I got those cluster strokes,cant remember long enought to find information I am looking for. THANKS

Edited June 15, 2007 by mymissie

[Jay Johnson]

It could be anything from cancer to PTSD (repressed) to simple stress. I would keep getting him tested until they find a cause. The CBC (blood test) should help though...

[timetowinarace]

I'm a Gulf War 1 Vet and have done lots of searching and reading about GWI.

I do not recall weight loss or high colesterol as being a concern for GWI. (I also have dementia though B) )

However, most GW Vets that have health issues have multiple(several) symtoms that seem unrelated to a specific disease or to each other for that matter. Also, I don't think there are very many that are developing these symptoms after this much time has passed.

I agree with Jay. Keep getting him checked out untill the cause is found.

Time