Gulf War Syndrome Symptoms, Veterinary Antibiotics for Veterans
A Vietnam veteran describes developing severe skin rashes and chronic fatigue after sharing a room with Gulf War veterans in Topeka, Kansas. Discussion centers on the presentation of Gulf War illness, which often begins as pimple-like rashes that expand into ringworm-sized lesions. Due to lack of treatment from the VA, some military personnel reportedly purchase antibiotics like tetracycline from feed stores, leading to a commitment to fund doxycycline for veterans in need.
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00:00 Hello folks, this is Jeff Davis with the legendary Jeff Davis show from Central Texas USA and I love my cans and archives. Peace out baby! Now we've had some callers that have been holding for a long time you want to go? Yeah Joyce needs to talk anybody needs to talk with Joyce you need do it now We need to talk okay who's the first caller on air? Joyce, Raven. Harvey Joyce? Yes sir, what's your first name? I'm Pat. Hi Pat! I am a Vietnam veteran and went through the post-traumatic stress unit up there in Topeka Kansas and my two roommates were Gulf War veterans about 2 months after I got out of that program I came up with all kinds of pimples all over my body
00:55 And then they spread it out and it looked like ringworms. They were about the size of an orange, about six inches around. And they said well it wasn't ringworms so they gave me this fungal cream that said you must have picked something up in the shower or something which was impossible because every time someone takes a shower they spray it down with Clorox and water Okay, anyway it got worse and worse and worse. I didn't run any fever or any temperatures or anything but uh slept all the time And they gave me DEX like cycling It was a white pills, and they gave me this antibiotic cream Oh its T-R-I-A-M-C-I-N-O L-O-N-E Acetone Dime They gave you that
01:45 Then they cut out a bunch of little sections and sent it in to five or six different major clinics to see what it was, and it all came back negative. They couldn't decide or they wouldn't tell me what it was. Do you think that's Gulf War Syndrome? Well, let me tell you that I cannot diagnose anything because I'm not a physician. No, no, it doesn't sound like it. Thanks for your call Pat. We need to get on some other calls here. Alright Pat and did you get the phone number? Yeah, yeah let me say this... Unfortunately, everything you say fits with what we're talking about with the Gulf War illness. And I am not a doctor and I'm not trying to prescribe or diagnose but let me say to you that everything you just said fits very much with the Gulf War illness. That it starts like pimples in the rash that Gulf War veterans have to large extent then it goes into the ringworm size
02:43 presentation and usually the VA will then give a cream, a fungal cream for it. And you are lucky to get prescribed doxycycline if you were prescribed that if that was what you said I didn't understand but because that's very unusual they would do that but that sounds like the presentation of becoming very sick very tired those are all the symptoms Now the problem that we have with Gulf War veterans that are living in close relationship with each other is that people tend to eat and drink after each other. You know, you pick up a glass somebody else has used or you eat something that somebody else had and uh...that's one of the problems And I would say to you that um..the possibility is there very much so
03:27 Now there is the blood test like we were talking about, but it costs $150. On the screen right now what you're seeing is a teramycin powder and tetracycline for fish and unfortunately that's what Gulf War veterans have done they've gone to the feed stores because they cannot get the antibiotics our military are now going to feed stores to get the antibiotics to treat themselves and their families which is incredibly atrocious So that's why we've agreed to pay for DOCSIS cycling for anyone who cannot afford it. We will find the money, we will get the money for you. We don't want any veteran going into a feed store." But he answered yes to his question and that is what I'm hearing from other Gulf War veterans
