Gulf War Veterans: New Chemical Intolerances Revealed #shorts

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[00:00:00]However, 78% of the first 59 Gulf veterans we saw at the Houston center also reported new onset chemical intolerances since the war. For example, mechanics who once liked the smell of engine exhaust or said they used to bathe, literally bathe in solvents with no associated symptoms, reported severe symptoms with these exposures since the war. One mechanic told me that before the war his idea of the perfect perfume was WD40.

[00:00:25]Now, WD40 and many other low-level chemical exposures, he says, make him feel ill. 78% of the veterans also reported new food intolerances or feeling ill after meals. 40% had experienced one or more adverse reactions to medication since the war.

[00:00:40]66% of those who used alcoholic beverages reported that even a small amount, such as one can of beer, made them feel ill. And this was in individuals who frequently enjoyed drinking maybe a six-pack on a weekend.

[00:00:52]25% of those who used caffeine reported feeling ill if they drank coffee or another caffeinated beverage. And 74% of those who smoked reported that smoking an extra cigarette or borrowing someone else's stronger brand made them feel ill. More than half of the Gulf veterans seen at the referral center reported intolerances in all three categories: chemical inhalants, foods, and drugs or food-drug combinations. Um what this really shows is sort of a generalized pharmacologic intolerance that these individuals seem to have developed. Uh responses at at low levels, things that would not bother the ordinary person and don't had not bothered these individuals previously. Now, we're seem to be triggering symptoms in them.