NBC:
HEROLD, W.Va. — A half century after serving in Vietnam, hundreds of veterans have a new reason to believe they may be dying from a silent bullet — test results show some men may have been infected by a slow-killing parasite while fighting in the jungles of Southeast Asia.
The Department of Veterans Affairs this spring commissioned a small pilot study to look into the link between liver flukes ingested through raw or undercooked fish and a rare bile duct cancer. It can take decades for symptoms to appear. By then, patients are often in tremendous pain, with just a few months to live.
Of the 50 blood samples submitted, more than 20 percent came back positive or bordering positive for liver fluke antibodies, said Sung-Tae Hong, the tropical medicine specialist who carried out the tests at Seoul National University in South Korea.
“It was surprising,” he said, stressing the preliminary results could include false positives and that the research is ongoing.
Northport VA Medical Center spokesman Christopher Goodman confirmed the New York facility collected the samples and sent them to the lab. He would not comment on the findings, but said everyone who tested positive was notified. read more
They’ve been blowing these Brown AND blue water sailors off for decades. Just as bad as agent orange fucking them up genetically and their offspring.
This is nothing new and a big shame.
DDT did a job on me, now I’m a really sickie.
“Though rarely found in Americans, the parasites infect an estimated 25 million people worldwide, mostly in Asia.
Yet; The number of claims submitted reached 60 in 2017, up from 41 last year. Nearly three out of four of those cases were also denied, even though the government posted a warning on its website this year saying veterans who ate raw or undercooked freshwater fish while in Vietnam might be at risk. It stopped short of urging them to get ultrasounds or other tests, saying there was currently no evidence the vets had higher infection rates than the general population.
Which general population?
That’s as bad as insurance adjusters, who in fact are not there to help – they’re there to see how much compensation they can get away with denying.
50 years ago; plus a 20 year old soldier equals 70. How many people are there?
I hope I make it to 70.
Uh-oh.
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Don’t worry VietVet, It’s just a fluke.
Vietvet
How many times have people tried to tell you there’s something wrong with your bad self? Maybe now you’ll finally listen. Dang it.
At least you didn’t die there. My cousins boyfriend made it 6 months and was killed.
@Bad_Brad: Any liver that can survive through all the alcohol and the chemotherapy certainly ain’t gonna worry about no slanty-eyed parasites, that’s for sure.
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@Sally: Sorry for your cousin’s loss.
P.S. – You just kinda triggered my survivor’s guilt a little bit, but it’s nearly not as bad as it used to be, so no harm done.
Make that “not nearly”. Need edit function.
Vietvet,
LOL, You have a good point there pal. Love all you Vietvets. You’re all awesome charters.
Quick, send McCain there pronto!
Thanks, Bad_Brad. I’ve reached the point where my only goal left in life is to live long enough to be able to piss on Jane Fonda’s grave. If I don’t make it, I’m hoping that you or some other like-minded individual will pick up the torch and carry it to the finish line for me.
For America.
🙂
Vietvet
Strategically that might present a problem. We’re talking extremely short range ordinance here. I’ll aim high and do my best. Lol
Viet vet, don’t worry , I am sure there will be a line for Jane Fonda that rivals the one at John McCain’s.
@Bad_Brad: If all else fails, do what I do; Hover over the target and dribble.
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@Thomas: I figure if Jane’s smart, she’s already paid for a waterproof coffin. Too bad she probably doesn’t know what a couple of pounds of C-4 can accomplish.
Vietvet,
I’m all over the bombing run.
Is this passed on to children?
@VietVet, I’ve got a lot of swift boater friend and brown water Chiefs that will stand in line for you.
They are also waiting for a chance at the traitor kerry.
If i got a chance to piss on fondas grave, I wouldn’t pee for three days just so i could float her coffin
@reboot: So many targets, so little ammo.
Keep drinking that coffee, boys. They can’t live forever.
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Songbird McStain, Horseface Kerry and Hanoi Jane.
First one who goes, road trip Vv.
I did pee on Nixon’s birthplace plaque, in Yorba Linda.
Sally, you could have left our age out of this discussion.
Do eating local food, I guess? Army and Marines wouldn’t serve bad fish.
Not I!
Just another reason to hate the globalist big money interests.
And just when we though we had enough of a challenge fighting the VA over Agent Orange, now this?