Gulf War Syndrome

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This paper discusses Gulf War Syndrome (GWS), a representation of several medical and psychological complaints, which affect several men and women who had participated in the Gulf War which took place in 1991. It examines how these ailments include muscular pain, skin rash, sleep disturbances, peripheral numbness, memory loss, fatigue, respiratory illness, headaches, fever, spasms, low blood pressure and dizziness. It also analyzes how depleted uranium could be considered partly as a factor responsible for the Gulf War Syndrome since depleted uranium has produced long-term health problems in people who had contact with its usage. It was in the Gulf War that the depleted uranium weapons were used for the first time.

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"According to the study conducted in this area it has been found that individuals could inhale the small particles of burning Depleted Uranium and this is quite dangerous and poisonous. There could be a breakdown in the immune system as a result of having long-term contacts with the depleted uranium. There could also be other hazards to health in the form of infectious diseases. They could have serious effects and such cases have been steadily increasing. The infections are in the nature of Zoster infections and Herpes infections. There could also be found the symptoms of AIDS as a result of the breakdown in the immune system. There have been difficulties in the functioning of kidney and liver in many as a result of being affected by depleted uranium weapons."

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