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curious74432
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 Posted - 08/21/2007 : 20:23:01
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I have written many agencies and medical offices trying to find some information. My husband was in the Air Force and did two tours in Viet Nam stationed on the front lines as a weather observer. The weather observation area was on the flight path surrounded by fuel and chemicals...Agent Orange and others. The bladders leaked, personnel spilled fuels and chemicals, etc.
Approximately 15 years ago my husband could no longer produce testosterone, he later developed adult onset diabetes, neuropathy, hypertension, had to have stents in his heart. The most recent developments are ones that I am trying to research with little luck...within the last 11 months he has developed both hypotension and bradycardia. The cardiologist says the EKG, stress test and holter monitor do not show anything he is concerned about.
My father was in Nam for 2 tours, died at age 60 after 2 1/2 years of declining health. He looked 80 years old. He was told he had Wegener's Granulomotosis, his kidneys failed, he could no longer produce red blood cells. His first heart attach was at age 46, he developed diabetes before his death. The cause of death on his death certificate is hypotension.
I would appreciate any information or leads you can provide regarding other veteran's experiencing hypotension, bradycardia, any reports or studies that have any information at all would be most appreciated. Thank you for your time.
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shawnsmith
Czech Republic
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Posted - 08/22/2007 : 05:09:00
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For those who are not familiar with this topic, approximately 20 million gallons of herbicides were used in Vietnam between 1962 and 1971 to remove unwanted plant life and leaves which otherwise provided cover for enemy forces during the Vietnam Conflict. Shortly following their military service in Vietnam, some veterans reported a variety of health problems and concerns which some of them attributed to exposure to Agent Orange or other herbicides.
curious74432,
Did you contact the The Institute of Medicine? See: http://www.iom.edu/
They produced a multi-authored book called:
"Veterans and Agent Orange: Herbicide/Dioxin Exposure and Type 2 Diabetes"
In their conclusions they wrote:
Based on material presented in the papers and reports reviewed here, as well as the cumulative findings of research reviewed in Veterans and Agent Orange (1994), Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 1996, and Veterans and Agent Orange: Update 1998, the committee finds that there is limited/suggestive evidence of an association between exposure to the herbicides used in Vietnam or the contaminant dioxin and Type 2 diabetes.
see: http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=9982&page=36
There are, however, several scientific studies on this topic, some are found here: http://www.ffrd.org/agentorange.htm#Studies
Also, you might want to contact the Department of Veterans Affairs - Agent Orange division. See: http://www1.va.gov/agentorange/
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Read chapter 4 of Dr. Sarno's "The Divided Mind." Also chapers 3, 4 and 5 in Dr. Scott Brady's "Pain Free For Life" are very important. |
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Agent Orange and Heart Disease
