Posted on Aug 14, 2017
Vietnam vets report significant results of parasite study
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RP Members and Connections check out this article featuring one of our very own Veterans Advocates and a Board Advisors for Victory for Veterans Foundation SGT Hutch Dubosque
Vietnam Veterans please pass this on to your friends that have served in the Vietnam War or area of Operations.
Liver fluke is a water-borne pathogen prevalent in the Vietnam region and linked to liver cancer.
Veterans are asking the government to classify the disease as a service-connected disability, but they say they're facing resistance. Their efforts led to a recent pilot study conducted at the Northport VA. The VA would not comment on the results.
A spokesperson at the Northport VA says the facility is the first in the country to perform such a pilot study and says that now it is encouraged to seek funding for an even larger study. But some vets say time is not on their side.
"When it does get out of dormancy and go active, it's basically a death sentence," says Hutch Dubosque, of PTSD Veterans Association of Northport.
The spokesperson for the VA says those who tested positive will be followed and treated accordingly. Rep. Lee Zeldin met with the veterans this afternoon and says he is looking to assist with any possible solutions.
Vietnam Veterans please pass this on to your friends that have served in the Vietnam War or area of Operations.
Liver fluke is a water-borne pathogen prevalent in the Vietnam region and linked to liver cancer.
Veterans are asking the government to classify the disease as a service-connected disability, but they say they're facing resistance. Their efforts led to a recent pilot study conducted at the Northport VA. The VA would not comment on the results.
A spokesperson at the Northport VA says the facility is the first in the country to perform such a pilot study and says that now it is encouraged to seek funding for an even larger study. But some vets say time is not on their side.
"When it does get out of dormancy and go active, it's basically a death sentence," says Hutch Dubosque, of PTSD Veterans Association of Northport.
The spokesperson for the VA says those who tested positive will be followed and treated accordingly. Rep. Lee Zeldin met with the veterans this afternoon and says he is looking to assist with any possible solutions.
Vietnam vets report significant results of parasite study
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Will be sharing with a Legion group- I am astonished the government is meeting this with resistance. Oh that's right- we have to wait it out like the cancers from Agent Orange that didn't exist. Wow.
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SFC Ssg Sabin
PO3 Bob McCord - Roger that! I was drinking coffee made from river water (figured if the boil didn't kill, the coffee would), in the following days I had the runs so bad I was put in the hosp. spiking fevers of 103F+ and delirious. Woke up one day and they were throwing me into a tub of ice water. All I remember from that was that I blacked out immediatly on contact. And you know what, that coffee tasted like 'Nam smelled - rotten to the core. But God is good. I didn't have to fill sand bags or go outside the wire for awhile after that!
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COL Mikel Burroughs- Thanks for posting this information ,will try to find out more from my local VA health center.
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SGT Philip Roncari
PO3 Bob McCord - Oh great Agent Orange,Parasites and now Hep C that place was the gift that keeps on giving my Brother,be well Phil.
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs I am acquainted with a member of the staff at the Clinic in McAllen. I will talk with her and see if she has any G2
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