Re: Article - Scientist: Gulf War illness may stay mystery

[Guest guest]

I get the impression that Professor Wessely is not so much saying that

science is not capable of determining a cause, but rather that all the

information that would be needed to diagnose this is never going to be

made available.

Lee

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wrote:

>

> Scientist: Gulf War illness may stay mystery

> Those who served have more health problems

>

> http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/10/19/health.gulf.reut/index.html

>

> LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Veterans of the Gulf War suffer more

> health problems than other members of the military but the causes of

> the mysterious array of symptoms may never be known, a leading

> British scientist said on Monday.

>

> Men and women who served in the 1990-1991 war are 20 percent more

> likely to suffer from headaches, fatigue and pain but do not have a

> higher rate of cancer or heart disease.

>

> " There is no shadow of a doubt that something has happened, something

> has gone wrong, " Professor Simon Wessely, of King's College London,

> told a news briefing.

>

> But the head of the Gulf War research unit at the college said the

> increase in ill health is unlikely to be a new disease or have a

> single cause.

>

> " There are huge areas that remain unclear and I am afraid I suspect

> they will always remain unclear, " he added.

>

> Multiple vaccinations, exposure to pesticides, smoke from oil-burning

> fires, stress and organophosphates, chemicals that have been shown to

> affect the human nervous system, have been cited as possible causes

> of the illness.

>

> Professor Mark Peakman, an immunologist at Guy's, King's & St '

> School of Medicine in London, said the human immune system is more

> than capable of dealing with multiple vaccinations given in a short

> period of time.

>

> Although vaccinations can cause local reactions, there is no evidence

> so far linking them with the symptoms of Gulf War Syndrome.

>

> Professor Ray of Nottingham University doubted that exposure to

> dangerous chemicals in pesticides or insecticides was the culprit.

>

> " It doesn't look like a pattern of chemical poisoning, " Ray said.

>

> Wessely and his colleagues spoke to journalists ahead of the release

> of an independent British inquiry into the illness and a day after a

> draft U.S. report by a group of doctors and veterans said exposure to

> neurotoxins explains the symptoms better than stress or psychiatric

> illness.

>

> The British scientists said they could not comment on the U.S. report

> without seeing it.

[Guest guest]

I get the impression that Professor Wessely is not so much saying that

science is not capable of determining a cause, but rather that all the

information that would be needed to diagnose this is never going to be

made available.

Lee

--- In , " xhannahx24 " <xhannahx24@y...>

wrote:

>

> Scientist: Gulf War illness may stay mystery

> Those who served have more health problems

>

> http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/10/19/health.gulf.reut/index.html

>

> LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Veterans of the Gulf War suffer more

> health problems than other members of the military but the causes of

> the mysterious array of symptoms may never be known, a leading

> British scientist said on Monday.

>

> Men and women who served in the 1990-1991 war are 20 percent more

> likely to suffer from headaches, fatigue and pain but do not have a

> higher rate of cancer or heart disease.

>

> " There is no shadow of a doubt that something has happened, something

> has gone wrong, " Professor Simon Wessely, of King's College London,

> told a news briefing.

>

> But the head of the Gulf War research unit at the college said the

> increase in ill health is unlikely to be a new disease or have a

> single cause.

>

> " There are huge areas that remain unclear and I am afraid I suspect

> they will always remain unclear, " he added.

>

> Multiple vaccinations, exposure to pesticides, smoke from oil-burning

> fires, stress and organophosphates, chemicals that have been shown to

> affect the human nervous system, have been cited as possible causes

> of the illness.

>

> Professor Mark Peakman, an immunologist at Guy's, King's & St '

> School of Medicine in London, said the human immune system is more

> than capable of dealing with multiple vaccinations given in a short

> period of time.

>

> Although vaccinations can cause local reactions, there is no evidence

> so far linking them with the symptoms of Gulf War Syndrome.

>

> Professor Ray of Nottingham University doubted that exposure to

> dangerous chemicals in pesticides or insecticides was the culprit.

>

> " It doesn't look like a pattern of chemical poisoning, " Ray said.

>

> Wessely and his colleagues spoke to journalists ahead of the release

> of an independent British inquiry into the illness and a day after a

> draft U.S. report by a group of doctors and veterans said exposure to

> neurotoxins explains the symptoms better than stress or psychiatric

> illness.

>

> The British scientists said they could not comment on the U.S. report

> without seeing it.

[Guest guest]

> I get the impression that Professor Wessely is not so much saying

that science is not capable of determining a cause, but rather that

all the information that would be needed to diagnose this is never

going to be made available.

>

> Lee

No. Prof. Wessely is the premier " psychologizer " who has denied the

existence of CFS, ME, GWS, MCS, MCS and claims that these are all

psychoneurotic conditions brought on by dysfunctional and hysterical

mental attitudes.

Professor Wessely is one of the major denialists of emerging

syndromes and is the chief of the " It's All In Your Head " school of

medical theory.

Professor Wessely is about to get a major " wake up " call.

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[Guest guest]

> I get the impression that Professor Wessely is not so much saying

that science is not capable of determining a cause, but rather that

all the information that would be needed to diagnose this is never

going to be made available.

>

> Lee

No. Prof. Wessely is the premier " psychologizer " who has denied the

existence of CFS, ME, GWS, MCS, MCS and claims that these are all

psychoneurotic conditions brought on by dysfunctional and hysterical

mental attitudes.

Professor Wessely is one of the major denialists of emerging

syndromes and is the chief of the " It's All In Your Head " school of

medical theory.

Professor Wessely is about to get a major " wake up " call.

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