"Dr. Haley’s research group not only discovered that veterans with exposure to sarin were more likely to develop GWI, but also found that the risk was modulated by a gene that normally allows some people’s bodies to better break down the nerve gas. Gulf War veterans with a weak variant of the gene who were exposed to sarin were more likely to develop symptoms of GWI than other exposed veterans who had the strong form of the gene.

“Quite simply, our findings prove that Gulf War illness was caused by sarin, which was released when we bombed Iraqi chemical weapons storage and production facilities,” said Dr. Haley, a medical epidemiologist who has been investigating GWI for 28 years. “There are still more than 100,000 Gulf War veterans who are not getting help for this illness and our hope is that these findings will accelerate the search for better treatment.”

Originally Posted By Clarinath:
I have strange skin issues ever since coming back.

hives pop up and then disappear as I look at them.

Really strange.

A friend of mine is the county VA officer and he says I really need to go in and have a disability work up done.

Loss of hearing, Gall bladder out at 30, skin issues.

He keeps saying we were poisoned and need to get taken care of, but I just haven't done it