“Gulf War Illness: Unifying Hypothesis for a Continuing Health Problem”

It is proposed that multiple vaccinations, with concurrent or subsequent exposure to PB or additional chemical insults of a liver-damaging nature, plausibly explain the pathogenesis and the observed chronicity of GWI. The suggested mechanism for GWI is thus a chemically-induced impaired liver function, with the spillage of stored vitamin A compounds(“retinoids”) into the circulation in toxic concentrations, resulting in an endogenous chronic form of hypervitaminosis A. Implications of the hypothesis are briefly reviewed.

Gulf_War_Illness_ijerph_1_3_2019 (download)

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

January 3, 2019

The article “Gulf War Illness: Unifying Hypothesis for a Continuing Health Problem” has been published in the Int J Environ Res Public Health as part of the Special Issue on Vaccination and Health Outcomes and is available online:

Abstract: http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/1/111
PDF Version: http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/1/111/pdf
Special Issue: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph/special_issues/vaccination