Autoimmune Disorder Connection To Jet Fuel Exposure?

[Tbird]

it is looking more and more like i have autoimmune disorder and i have read some stuff, but nothing definitive that links jet fuel exposure to autoimmune disorder.

anyone else out there with autoimmune disorder that has been able to connect it to jet fuel exposure?

[kw34]

I forgot my doc were both of my treating physcians the c&p doctor was nutreal said the same as a dva a case i submitted but the vet won. The transferd it to duke letterhead almost word for word what the added helped.

[rentalguy1]

T..I have a autoimmune disorder, too (Reynaud's Syndrome) and I was exposed to JP-4 daily. I would be very interested in what you find out on this.

[cowgirl]

Tbird, Jim, kw and Rental, I am sorry to hear of these concerns and effects. Autoimmune disorders are really coming on. Close freind had MDS, God bless his heart, known as 'Myelodysplastic syndrome'. Thank God for dedicated doctors care.

MDS on wikipedia and other med sites - Workers in some industries with heavy exposure to hydrocarbons such as the petroleum industry have a slightly higher risk of contracting the disease than the general population. Males are slightly more frequently affected than females. Xylene and benzene exposure has been associated with myelodysplasia. Vietnam Veterans that were exposed to Agent Orange are at risk of developing MDS.

The best to y'all,

Cowgirl'up2009!

[Hoppy]

kw34

Were you first diagnosed while on active duty? If yes, the other evidence might have been overkill.

The VA recognizes associations between chemicals and disease involving immediate onset. The problem most veterans face is that their conditions have years of delay before the onset of symptoms.

My condition is based on the immune response. However in my case it is not auto immune, The triggers come from the environment. I am pretty sure auto immune requires that your immune responses are being caused by chemicals produced within your body. Thus, they are self perpetuating.

I was diagnosed with the condition while still on active duty. It was determined by the VA to be associated with exposure to industrial hydrocarbons that I worked with in the military.

In the late 90's I found literature on the National Multiple Sclorosis website. It was authored by Steven Gislason. It discussed in vague detail that industrial chemicals were causing type 3,4 ige reactions. I do not think the literature had much impact on my claim. Since I was diagnosed while on active duty I did not need to prove etiology.

[kw34]

No Hoppy I was out and in the reserves they make it hard because i feel to many people are exposed to fuels and if the give in and say its dangerous no more crew chiefs fuel cell and hydraulic troops the ones playing in it everyday. I found in my research that every study done by the air force and the petroleum industry found fuels to be of no measurable risk but independant studies all proved otherwise links to all types of things.

[hawkcrewchief]

All those times i got JP-8 on me during fuel samples and went flying for hours because i couldnt change... And how about the submerged fuel pump replacements where you have to go in the fuel cell with nothing but a little fan... OMG i wonder whats brewing inside of me...... :) :)