Re: Gulf War Syndrome & CFS

[Guest guest]

Yes, GWS is the key to uncovering CFS because what you have in GWS are non-blood

related healthy soldiers who contracted GWS in one area. Approximately 30-40% of

our returning US soldiers from the 1991 persian gulf war contracted GWS.

GWS is an epidemic while CFS is mainly endemic. Studying the tens of thousands

of GWS vets is a much better and accurate sample of GWS/CFS patients than any

other group. i believe the DoD has found the cause(s) for GWS, but still no real

treatment for it nor a cure. Unfortunately, the pathophysiology(disease process)

of GWS/CFS still have not been uncovered.

From: lemonfoundation <lemonfoundation@...>

Subject: Gulf War Syndrome & CFS

Date: Saturday, May 26, 2012, 10:48 PM

[Guest guest]

there is a paper coming out soon about CFS and the gut.....wonder if extreme

stress or infection can screw up the gut flora so badly that it causes CFS?

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From: Larry <saleenm@...>

Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2012 6:38:02 PM

Subject: Re: Gulf War Syndrome & CFS

 

Yes, GWS is the key to uncovering CFS because what you have in GWS are non-blood

related healthy soldiers who contracted GWS in one area. Approximately 30-40% of

our returning US soldiers from the 1991 persian gulf war contracted GWS.

GWS is an epidemic while CFS is mainly endemic. Studying the tens of thousands

of GWS vets is a much better and accurate sample of GWS/CFS patients than any

other group. i believe the DoD has found the cause(s) for GWS, but still no real

treatment for it nor a cure. Unfortunately, the pathophysiology(disease process)

of GWS/CFS still have not been uncovered.

From: lemonfoundation <lemonfoundation@...>

Subject: Gulf War Syndrome & CFS

Date: Saturday, May 26, 2012, 10:48 PM

[Guest guest]

or if it wakes up an HERV.....

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From: Larry <saleenm@...>

Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2012 6:38:02 PM

Subject: Re: Gulf War Syndrome & CFS

 

Yes, GWS is the key to uncovering CFS because what you have in GWS are non-blood

related healthy soldiers who contracted GWS in one area. Approximately 30-40% of

our returning US soldiers from the 1991 persian gulf war contracted GWS.

GWS is an epidemic while CFS is mainly endemic. Studying the tens of thousands

of GWS vets is a much better and accurate sample of GWS/CFS patients than any

other group. i believe the DoD has found the cause(s) for GWS, but still no real

treatment for it nor a cure. Unfortunately, the pathophysiology(disease process)

of GWS/CFS still have not been uncovered.

From: lemonfoundation <lemonfoundation@...>

Subject: Gulf War Syndrome & CFS

Date: Saturday, May 26, 2012, 10:48 PM

[Guest guest]

I agree with your statement about GWS. From what I can assess, the only two

objectively-defined subsets of CFS are:

1) Non-HIV AIDS (1st case in 1992; also Chapter 33 of Osler's Web) &

2) Gulf War Syndrome (1st cases shortly after 1990-91)

I believe that if the entire CFS paradigm spent its time focused on,

researching, and understanding these two *mostly censored* objective subsets

(rather than discounting them as too small/irrelevant to bother with), the

answer(s) to the entire paradigm would be unearthed. I chose not to include the

Reno outbreak, because I don't think that there is much left to it.

Using an great Kierkegaard quote I recently heard, " Life can only be understood

backwards..., " if people try to understand CFS backwards (now) they will make

more progress living it forward.

My unique, inverted perspective on CFS is because I've had the bittersweet

*luxury* of living it in reverse, as I started out HIV+ (which turned out to be

false positives). My 1st letter (written in 2004):

http://www.thebody.com/Forums/AIDS/SideEffects/Q160149.html

I recommend to everyone joining a " Gulf War Syndrome " forum and an " AIDS

Dissident " group. There are several that already exist, and they are chuck full

of smart people.

There are a lot of smart and passionate people here, it is for that reason that

I believe CFS research can become exponentially more progressive.

www.cfsstraighttalk.blogspot.com

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> From: lemonfoundation <lemonfoundation@...>

> Subject: Gulf War Syndrome & CFS

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> Date: Saturday, May 26, 2012, 10:48 PM

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