VA study shows parasite from Vietnam may be killing vets

Fox News ^ | 11-22-2017

[khelus]

Thank-you for posting. Good Information.

[Delta 21]

Would a Diatomaceous Earth treatment or a regular de-worming help?

Or are we gonna let a few more thousand die while we come up with a multi million dollar treatment?

[shibumi]

Ping to just a few fellow VietVets off the top of my head.

If any of you have better lists...

[Blue Jays]

Remarkable medical discovery. Good find.

[Chainmail]

Oh, wonderful. First, we lost all of girlfriends while we were gone.

Then, it was the dysentery and Malaria, fungus and boils.

Next, the privilege of getting hit and all those new complexities to our lives.

After that, the fun of the homecoming and the know-it-alls.

Next, it was prostate cancer.

Now it's carcinogenic liver flukes.

Weren't we the lucky ones!

[RitchieAprile]

don’t forget the black syph and your schwanze falling off.

[laplata]

Thank you very much for the ping, shibumi.

[Persevero]

War is an earthly version of hell.

Thank you sincerely for your service.

[blueunicorn6]

I had a good friend who served in Vietnam.

He came down with leukemia.

The VA is supposed to automatically find “service related” for Vietnam Veterans with leukemia.

The Fort Harrison, MT VBA came back with “not service related”.

He died several months ago from the leukemia.

I despise the VBA.

[laplata]

I knew a couple of guys who wished it would fall off.

[shibumi]

Dysentery was my favorite part.

(That was the only time in my life I wasn’t overweight.)

[1_Inch_Group]

Headed for my 4th surgery for a skin disorder picked up playing in the sandbox. Asia has wonderful things to offer the American Soldiers in exchange for their treasure.

[onedoug]

Thanks, blam.

Never ate fish in Vietnam, either in 68-69, or in 2000.

[onedoug]

Those poor bastards that had to spend the rest of their lives on some God forsaken island in the Pacific. </sarc>

[GOPJ]

Thanks for posting...

[momincombatboots]

Great post.. I guess the flukes were suppressed by strong immune systems until they stopped being strong. Looking into this one. Immun / parasit ping.

[GreyFriar]

Blam, Thank you for posting this article.

A Ping for all who served in Vietnam regarding source of bile duct cancer.

[doorgunner69]

So, how do you go about getting this test? I suspect my Kaiser GP would just give me a blank stare.

[vetvetdoug]

It would help if they named the specific liver fluke. Clinorchis, Fasciola, Shistosoma or something else?