(Abstract of original paper)

Med Hypotheses. 2005;64(4):717-20.

*Is Gulf War Syndrome actually chronic Lyme disease?*

*Owen DC.*

Department of Accident and Emergency, College of Medicine, University
of
Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff United Kingdom, Cardiff, UK.

Symptoms of Gulf War Syndrome and chronic Lyme disease are very
similar.
Lyme disease is a condition which can be difficult to diagnose since
one
of the main features of the condition, the erythema migrans rash, may
be
absent or overlooked and serological testing for Lyme disease may be
falsely negative. Symptoms of Lyme disease may not became apparent
until
years after exposure to the causative organism. Military personnel
during training in the field are at risk of tick bites and it may be
that those who developed Gulf War Syndrome entered the conflict with
latent Lyme disease. There has been no systematic examination of Gulf
War Syndrome sufferers for chronic Lyme disease and it is hypothesized
that chronic Lyme disease has been overlooked as a cause of Gulf War
Syndrome. To address this it is suggested that sufferers of Gulf War
Syndrome or similar illnesses should be examined by physicians who have
experience diagnosing and treating large numbers of patients with Lyme
disease.

PMID: 15694687 [PubMed - in process]

No, it has been proven w/o a shadow of a doubt that GWS is cuased by uranium
235 & 238 dust, used in DU munitions.
Some batches of those munitions have even been contaminated with plutonium.

All over Iraq, Iraqi's are suffering the same "Gulf War Syndrome" suddenly,
after the attacks on Iraq.

Seeing ghosts in every closet and blaming everything on "Lyme" hardly will
gain you respect with anyone who's respect you need (politicians,
researchers, doctors, insurance comapnies, journalists).

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