Thousands of veterans who served during the Gulf War in the 1990s continue to report mysterious symptoms, especially short-term memory loss and debilitating fatigue, over 20 years later.<\/p>\n
The collection of ailments that active duty soldiers and veterans reported after the operation to oust Saddam Hussein from Kuwait ended in 1991 were known as Gulf War syndrome<\/a>, Gulf War illness and most recently, as chronic multi-symptom illness.<\/p>\n To address the health complaints of veterans, U.S. officials set up the Gulf War Registry<\/a>, which involved self-reporting the kinds of ailments that the veterans had. As of March 31 of this year, the registry included a total of 145,612 veterans enrolled. That\u2019s nearly one in five of those who were deployed.<\/p>\n Initially, military and Veterans Affairs<\/a> officials said the ailments stemmed from post-traumatic stress disorder, which irked the veterans and legislators who wanted better explanations.<\/p>\n Over the years, the suspected culprits for gulf war illness have included (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Thousands of veterans who served during the Gulf War in the 1990s continue to report mysterious symptoms, especially short-term memory loss and debilitating fatigue, over 20 years later. The collection of ailments that active duty soldiers and veterans reported after…<\/span><\/p>\n