Diagnostic status and treatment recommendations for Persian Gulf War veterans with multiple nonspecific symptoms

• Published in: Military medicine Vol. 166; no. 11; pp. 972 - 981
• Main Authors: BAKER, Dewleen G, MCQUARRIE, Irvine G, MURRAY, Megan G, LUND, Linda M, DASHEVSKY, Boris A, MENDENHALL, Charles L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bethesda, MD Association of Military Surgeons 01.11.2001; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Female; Health Surveys; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle East; Miscellaneous; Persian Gulf Syndrome - diagnosis; Persian Gulf Syndrome - epidemiology; Persian Gulf Syndrome - therapy; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Statistics as Topic; United States - epidemiology; Veterans; Veterans - psychology; Warfare; Middle East; United States; Human; Symptomatology; Prevalence; Treatment; War; Diagnosis; Veteran; Epidemiology; Recommendation; Public health

Unexplained symptoms have frequently been observed in deployed Persian Gulf War veterans (GWVs). Using factor analysis, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has established criteria for Gulf War illness (GWI). We report here on the prevalence of GWI, identify comorbidities, and compa...