Objective To review the clinical findings in the first 1000 veterans seen in the Ministry of Defence's Gulf war medical assessment programme to examine whether there was a particular illness related to service in the Gulf. Design Case series of 1000 veterans who presented to the programme between...
Persian Gulf syndromeincidence studieshospitalizationcombat disordersmedical recordsEffects of Persian Gulf War (August 2, 1990–July 31, 1991) and Gulf War occupation on post-War hospitalization risk were evaluated through Cox proportional hazards modeling. Active-duty men (n = 1,775,236) and women...
Yet more than 20 years after the conflict, both Gulf War and Gulf Era veterans continue to report poor health (see Table 1 below) [7]. Table 1. Medical conditions associated with Gulf War Illness. Condition Chronic multisymptom illness Chronic fatigue syndrome Neuralgia Gastritis Chronic ...