While the use of chemical weapons has been confirmed in Syria, American experts have looked into the effects of exposure to these products during the war in Iraq. Gulf War Syndrome is a real illness, affecting nearly 250,000 veterans of the Iraq conflict between 1990 and 1991. Symptoms can range from multiple aches and pains to headaches, memory loss and pain. breathing difficulties.
In a second expert report, the Research advisory committee, mandated by the US Congress, confirms that this disease is caused by chemical agents and not by the psychological stress of combat. The first report, published in 2008, linked the syndrome to exposure to toxic chemicals like pesticides and a drug prescribed to protect soldiers from nerve gas.
Products promote brain tumors
“Numerous studies on the brain, using imaging systems and electroencephalograms, have provided further evidence showing that central nervous system dysfunctions are a key symptom of this syndrome,” explained Dr. Roberta White. , main author of the first report, cited byAFP. MRI scans performed on soldiers showed that exposure to sarin and cyclosarin gases would cause cognitive impairment.
The new study confirms that the psychological stress is in no way related to the disease. But exposure to certain toxic products would have favored the appearance of brain tumors. In the report, the researchers also talk about work being done on treatment, such as dietary supplements, intranasal insulin and a technique that works on breathing, AFP reports.
