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--- Begin Message ----Caveat Lector---- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2003 11:06:31 EDT > Subject: [apfn-1] Mystery blood clots felling U.S. > troops > > Mystery blood clots felling U.S. troops > By Mark Benjamin > Investigations Editor > Published 10/6/2003 12:41 PM > UPI > > WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Unexplained blood clots > are among the reasons a > number of U.S. soldiers in Operation Iraqi Freedom > have died from sudden > illnesses, an investigation by United Press > International has found. > > In addition to NBC News Correspondent David Bloom, > who died in April of a > blood clot in his lung after collapsing south of > Baghdad, the Pentagon has told > families that blood clots caused two soldiers to > collapse and die. At least > eight other soldiers have also collapsed and died > from what the military has > described as non-combat-related causes. > > A disturbing parallel has also surfaced: soldiers > becoming ill or dying from > similar ailments in the United States. In some > cases, the soldiers, their > families and civilian doctors blame vaccines given > to them by the military, > particularly the anthrax or smallpox shots. > > Some of the soldiers who died suddenly had > complained about symptoms suffered > by Bloom -- including pain in the legs that could > indicate problems with > blood clots. > > "If there is a significant number of deaths of this > type, it would make you > wonder what was going on," said Rose Hobby, whose > brother-in-law, Army Spc. > William Jeffries, died of a massive lung blood clot > and swelling of his pancreas > on March 31 after being evacuated from Kuwait. > > "How many others are out there?" > > "I would say that that number of cases among young > healthy troops would seem > to be unusual," Dr. Jeffrey Sartin, an infectious > diseases doctor at the > Gundersen Clinic in La Crosse, Wis., said about > blood clot deaths. Sartin, a former > Air Force doctor, last spring treated a soldier who > might have died from > anthrax or smallpox side effects. > > "I am not aware that there were this many cases" > during the first Gulf War, > Sartin said. > > The Pentagon has been investigating cases of a > mysterious pneumonia that has > killed two soldiers and put 17 more on ventilators. > Besides the pneumonia, > there do not seem to be any unexpected health trends > given the number of troops > in the region, said Army Surgeon General spokeswoman > Virginia Stephanakis. > > "We are not seeing larger numbers of most illnesses > than we could have > expected," Stephanakis said. "We have not seen any > red flags. As far as I know, > there has not been a huge red flag other than the > pneumonia." > > UPI's investigation found 17 soldiers who died of > sudden illnesses. Families > say they are bewildered by the deaths. > > "Bill just dropped. They thought he had been shot. > That is how suddenly it > happened," said Rose Hobby, the woman whose > 39-year-old brother-in-law William > Jeffries collapsed in Kuwait. > > After being evacuated from Kuwait to Rota, Spain, he > was in intensive care > for a week before dying, Hobby said in a telephone > interview from Evansville, > Ind. A doctor in Spain said Jeffries had "the > largest pulmonary embolism he had > ever seen," Hobby said. Jeffries also had a swelling > of the pancreas, often > caused by heavy drinking or some drugs. Jeffries was > not a drinker, Hobby said. > > Jeffries was back in the United States just days > before his death to attend > his own father's funeral. He had a scab on his arm > from his recent smallpox > vaccination. Hobby said she does not know if he got > anthrax shots also, like most > soldiers in the region. > > Patrick Ivory arrived in Germany Aug. 16 to see his > 26-year-old son, Army > Spc. Craig S. Ivory, before he died. By then, Craig > Ivory was already brain dead > from a blood clot that hit his brain on Aug. 11. > > "I had to make a decision to turn off life support, > which was the most > difficult thing I have ever done in my life," > Patrick Ivory said in a telephone > interview from his home in Port Matilda, Pa. > > In other cases of apparently healthy soldiers who > died suddenly in Operation > Iraqi Freedom, families told UPI they have gotten > few answers from the > military. Local media reports have quoted military > officials saying some of the > deaths were apparent heart attacks; they have > occurred from the beginning of the > conflict through last week. > > "If anybody has a right to know what my husband died > of, it is me," said Lisa > Ann Sherman, whose husband, Lt. Col. Anthony > Sherman, suddenly clutched his > chest and died Aug. 27 in Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. "The > only thing they (the > military) had to tell me was severe myocardial > infarction," or a heart attack. > > Anthony Sherman, 43, was a marathon runner and a > triathlete. > > Sherman said her husband complained of pain in his > legs after getting anthrax > shots. She said she has since learned that he went > to sick call complaining > of pain in his legs on the day he died. NBC's Bloom, > who also got the anthrax > and smallpox vaccines, complained of pain in his > legs, presumably from a blood > clot that has been attributed to cramped quarters in > his armored vehicle. > > "I am very suspicious about the true reason behind > my husband's death," > Sherman said. > > The Pentagon said side effects from the anthrax > vaccine are generally mild > and rare. > > In one case, however, the military said the anthrax > vaccine did cause a > soldier's chronic blood-clot condition. > > Capt. Jason M. Nietupksi says he has suffered severe > reactions to three > anthrax shots given to him in the Army Reserves in > February 2000, when he was 29 > years old. Nietupski said the vaccine caused chronic > fatigue, a skin reaction > and a blood clot condition called Deep Vein > Thrombosis. Nietupski described > intense pain in his legs caused by the clots from > that condition. > > Nietupski is on blood thinners for the rest of his > life. His records from the > military state his blood clot condition was caused > by the anthrax shots. > > "CPT Nietupski had multiple adverse medical problems > associated with three > anthrax vaccinations he received while assigned to > the 8th United States Army," > read the results of a military line-of-duty inquiry > report. "A condition > described as Deep Vein Thrombosis, chronic fatigue > and Steven Johnson's Syndrome > all are adverse reactions that developed in this > previously healthy individual > from the anthrax vaccine. Evaluation by Walter Reed > Physicians state (sic) that > his symptoms are related to the anthrax vaccine." > > The anthrax vaccine label warns of infrequent > reports of heart attacks or > strokes among people who have taken that vaccine. > Both heart attacks and strokes > can be caused by blood clots. > > With smallpox shots, top Pentagon health officials > released a study in June > that said 37 soldiers have had a swelling of the > tissue around the heart > probably caused by the vaccine and eight other > "cardiac events" occurred within a > fortnight of getting the vaccine, including heart > attacks. The Pentagon said > they had seen no deaths that might have been caused > by the smallpox vaccine. > > Civilian officials have disagreed, at least in one > case. > > In the April 4 death of Army Spc. Rachael Lacy of > Lynwood, Ill., a civilian > doctor who treated her and the civilian coroner who > performed her autopsy said > the smallpox and anthrax vaccines the Army gave her > March 2 in preparation for > her deployment for Operation Iraqi Freedom might > have caused her death. Lacy > had pneumonia and a swelling of the tissue > surrounding the heart, among other > things. > > The Deputy Director of the Military Vaccine Agency, > Col. John D. Grabenstein > told UPI in August that Lacy's death has not been > classified by the military > as related to either vaccine. > > "Rachael Lacy is still in the unexplained death > program" at the Centers for > Disease Control and Prevention, Grabenstein said. > > After two health care workers died of heart attacks > after getting smallpox > shots, in March the Centers for Disease Control and > Prevention recommended that > people with a risk of heart disease not take the > vaccine. > > > > MB > > > "If this were a Dictatorship, It'd be a heck of a > lot easier, Just so > long as I'm the Dictator" > George W. Bush 12/18/2000 > CNN Transcript > HTTP://www.CNN.com/transcripts/0012/18/nd.01.html > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! 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