Gulf War illnesses are Autoimmune illnesses

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There is a long list of similarities in the medical literature

between ME/CFS and Gulf War syndrome.

The Wessely-school, funded by industry-linked

organisations has a network of psychiatrists/psychologists

all over the world.

They have big influence on governments and medical

journals like the BMJ and The Lancet.

They are trying to discredit serious illnesses, like GWS,

ME/CFS, FMS, MCS, etc., as Somatoform disorders.

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PubMed

Med Hypotheses. 2012 May 23.

Moss JI.

1508 NW 35th Way, Gainesville, FL 32608, United States.

Abstract

Gulf War illnesses (GWI share many of the features of

chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and both CFS and GWI

may be the result of chronic immune system processes.

The main suspected cause for GWI, the drug

pyridostigmine bromide (PB), has been shown to cause

neuronal damage from reactive oxygen species (ROS).

ROS have been associated with IgM mediated autoimmune

responses against ROS induced neoepitopes in depressed

patients and this may also apply to CFS.

It therefore follows that the drug used in the Gulf War

caused ROS, the ROS modified native molecules, and that

this trigged the autoimmune condition we refer to as Gulf

War illnesses.

Similar mechanisms may apply to other autoimmune

illnesses.

Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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