Lokho Abafanako
Impi yasePersian Gulf yaqala ngo-1991, kodwa abantu abangaphezu kuka-170 000 bezilwane zasempi namanje balwa neGulf War syndrome. Sekuyiminyaka engu-17, balwa nenhlamba nokungakholwa, kodwa ekugcineni, ngasekupheleni kuka-2008 iqembu eligunyazwe ngokuhlanganyela liphetha ngokuthi iGulf War syndrome (GWS) empeleni "ingokoqobo" futhi ayiyona isimo sengqondo.
Ama-Veterans anama-GWS nawo ajwayele ukwedlula i- fibromyalgia (i-FMS) ne- chronic fatigue syndrome (i-CFS noma i- ME / CFS ), kanye nezinye izimo ezimbalwa.
Iyini I-Gulf War Syndrome?
I-GWS iyigciwane elidambisayo, elinokugula okuningi okuthi, ngokusho kwabacwaningi, kubangelwa ukuvezwa kwamakhemikhali anobuthi. Amaningi wamakhemikhali ayehloselwe ukuvikela izisebenzi zempi, njengezibulala-zinambuzane ezibhekene nezimpukane zehlabathi kanye nezinye izinambuzane kanye nezidakamizwa ezibavikela emgodini wegciwane. Abambalwa kakhulu kulabo abathuthukisa i-GWS baye bathola kangcono.
Iminyaka eminingi, i-GWS ngokuvamile ibhekwa njengomphumela wokucindezeleka kokulwa. Kodwa-ke, abacwaningi bathole ukuthi ama-veterans abathuthukise lesi simo kungenzeka ukuthi abe nokushintshashintsha kwezakhi zofuzo okwabenza bakwazi ukubekezelela amakhemikhali athile kanye nobuthi uma kuqhathaniswa nalabo abangazange bahlakulele i-GWS. Ukuguqulwa okufanayo kuhlobene nezinye izifo ze-neurological, kuhlanganise ne- ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, isifo sika-aka Ge Gerig). I-ALS nomdlavuza webuchopho nazo zivame kakhulu kubantu abane-GWS kunabantu abaningi.
I-Gulf War Syndrome e-Fibromyalgia & ME / CFS
Ijaji lisekhona ukuthi kungani i-GWS ibonakala ibeka abantu ku-FMS naku-ME / CFS. Izimo zonke zinempawu ezifanayo futhi zibandakanya ukubandakanyeka kwezinzwa.
Zonke izimo ezintathu zixhunyaniswa nemigraines (njengesimo esidlulayo.) I-FMS, i-ME / CFS, ne-migraine konke kubhekwa njenge-sensitive sensitivity syndromes, okusho ukuthi zibandakanya ukuzwela okukhulu kwesistimu yezinzwa.
Ucwaningo olwenziwa ngo-2012 lwembula ubuhlungu obungavamile kulesi sigameko sama-GWS, ikakhulukazi lapho kutholakala ukushisa. I-FMS yaziwa ukuthi ihlanganisa ukusabela okunjalo ekushiseni. Lokhu kungasho ukuthi izimo zinezici ezijwayelekile.
Kungabe kunjalo i-GWS isimo sokuzwela phakathi? Asikwazi ukuphendula lo mbuzo okwamanje, kodwa ubufakazi bubonisa ukuthi kungenzeka, noma ukuthi ngandlela-thile kuhlobene nalelo class of izifo.
Nakuba manje sesiyazi imbangela ebalulekile ye-GWS, izinqubo eziyinhloko ezihilelekile azikacaci. Kungenzeka ukuthi kuzodingeka sifunde kabanzi mayelana nayo yonke le mibandela ngaphambi kokuba siqonde ngempela ubuhlobo babo komunye nomunye.
Ukubona i-GWS kufana nokuxilongwa kwe-FMS kanye ne-ME / CFS: izimpawu ezizimele kanye nokuhlolwa ukukhipha ezinye izimbangela ezivela kulezo zimpawu.
Izimpawu zeGulf War Syndrome
Izimpawu ze-Gulf War syndrome zihlanganisa:
- Ukukhathala okungapheliyo
- Ukungasebenzi komqondo
- Ubuhlungu obuhlangene nobunzima
- Ukukhathazeka
- Ukucindezeleka
- Ubuhlungu noma ukukhathazeka okuhlobene nokulala ngokocansi
- I-brronchitis
- I-asthma
Kulezo zimpawu, i-bronchitis, i-asthma, nobuhlungu obuhlobene nokuya ocansini yizo kuphela ezingabelwe i-FMS ne-ME / CFS.
I-GWS iphinde ihlotshaniswe nesifo sokucindezeleka ngemuva kokucindezeleka nokusebenzisa kabi utshwala.
Ukwelapha i-Gulf War Syndrome
Kuze kube manje, alukho uhlobo oluthile lokwelapha lwe-GWS.
Ukwelashwa kwamanje kugxila ekuphuculweni kwesifo, okungukuthi izidakamizwa zokucindezeleka nobuhlungu, kanye nokwelulekwa kwengqondo ngezinkinga ezinjengokucindezeleka, ukukhathazeka, ukucindezeleka ngemuva kokucindezeleka, nokudakwa ngokweqile.
Abanye umbiko we-veterans bathola usizo oluvela emisebenzini yokwelashwa ehambisanayo nezinye izindlela, okubandakanya ukukhwabanisa, ukudla okunomsoco, izithako zokudla kanye ne-hypnotherapy.
I-Gulf War Syndrome Ukwelashwa vs. FMS & ME / CFS Ukwelashwa
Ngenxa yokuthi ukwelashwa kwazo zonke lezi zimo kugxile ekukhululeni kwezimpawu futhi izimpawu zifana nokufanayo, akunakwenzeka ukuthi ukwelashwa kwe-GWS kungavimbela noma kuphazamise ukwelashwa kwe-FMS noma i-ME / CFS.
Noma nini lapho uphathwa ngezimiso ezingaphezu kweyodwa, kubalulekile ukuthi ukhulume nodokotela wakho kanye nemithi mayelana nokusebenzisana kwezidakamizwa kanye nokuqinisekisa ukuthi bonke abahlinzeki bakho bezempilo bayaziswa mayelana nemithi yokwelapha kanye nokuphathwa kwakho.
Ukuphila NeGWS
Ama-Veterans anama-GWS afaneleke ukuthola izinzuzo ezivela ku-Veterans Administration, ezingasiza ekuhlinzekeni ukufinyelela kokunakekelwa kwempilo efanele futhi zimboze izindleko. Funda kabanzi mayelana nosizo lwe-VA:
Iqiniso lokuthi i-GWS manje eyaziwa ngokusemthethweni njengesifo sofuzo kumele isuse ukususa inhlamba yabantu futhi igcine ukungakholelwa emphakathini wezokwelapha, okungaba yingozi ngokomqondo.
Iphaneli ye-congressional ku-GWS iphakamise ama-dollar angu-60 wezigidi ngemali yonyaka yokucwaninga kwe-GWS. Uma ucwaningo luxhaswa ngaleyo nqanaba, lungahlinzeka ngemithi engcono esikhathini esizayo. Okokugcina, umbono wezilwane ze-veterans ne-GWS ubonakala uyathuthuka.
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