Physical Symptoms that may appearlike Psychological Symptoms

Burn Pits

Burn Pits 360 is serving as a pathway of advocacy to assist veterans, their families, and civilian contractors who have been negatively affected by toxic burn pits. Contractors were assigned the task of properly disposing of any and all trash on military installations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and other locations in the Middle East. Unfortunately, instead of using incinerators, the contractors disposed of the waste through toxic burn pits and now thousands of veterans have been put at serious risk. Visit for more information.

Gulf War Veterans Illness Taskforce – 2012


The newest report on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses including medically unexplained multi-symptom illnesses including chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia and functional gastrointestinal disorder.

Inoculations

Veterans who experiencing any of the following may want to consider more extensive medical evaluations to determine if they have been exposed to “squalene” an adjuvant used in the Anthrax inoculation. As you can tell, some of these symptoms can look likemental health symptoms (headaches, memory loss and cognitive dysfunction), but if any of these other symptoms are present, may require additional medical tests. You can request these tests from your private or VA Medical Primary Care Physician.

If any of the tests are outside the normal” range, you should ask whyand what you should do next. The goal is to know and understand WHAT is happening so that you have an opportunity to make good choices about your care and lifestyle.

  • Joint and muscle pain
  • Severe headaches which began after anthrax shots
  • Rashes
  • Seizures
  • Memory Loss
  • Cognitive Dysfunction
  • Blood Clots
  • Bleeding Disorders
  • Abnormal Thyroid Function
  • Multiple Myeloma
  • Problems like MS, Rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, ALS, polymyositis, optic
    neuritis, aplastic
  • Any abnormal blood cell counts
  • Dizziness
  • Abnormal brain scans
  • Abnormal EEG’s
  • Chronic fatigue
  • Sensitivity to light
  • Diarrhea

Medical tests to be run include:

  • ANA
  • ANCA
  • Rheumatoid factor
  • ESR
  • CRP
  • CPK
  • CBC with diff.
  • Anti-dsDNA (whether ANA is positive or not)
  • Anti-RNP
  • Complement C3 and C4
  • Thyroid profile with TSH
  • Anti-thyroid microsomal antibodies
  • Antineuronal Antibodies
  • Anti-MBP,
  • Anti-MAG

More information on the use of “Squalene” in the Anthrax inoculation is included in the Squalene research papers included here:

Antibodies to Squalene in Gulf War Syndrome

Antibodies to Squalene in Recipients of Anthrax Vaccine