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September 30, 2005Gulf War blamed for multiple sclerosis
Julie Mock served in the Gulf War in 1991.
Julie Mock says she has multiple sclerosis, and there is simple explanation. She believes her exposure to a chemical agent during the Gulf War triggered the attack on her central nervous system.....Julie Mock remembers the day well. "The plume was over us...we were in the area," she said. The former army corporal and dental hygenist was with the 87th Medical Detachment in the Gulf in 1991 when U.S. forces blew up two Iraqi ammunition dumps and accidentally sent the nerve agents sarin and cyclosarin into the sky above her. "Our chemical alarms went off from time to time and we thought they were malfunctioning," she said. Mock only had a short sleeve shirt on.....A lot of us noticed we were developing rashes that were hot and very itchy, after we were home, a lot of people…had achy joints, headaches," she said. "August of 2003 I was originally diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.”She believes she got the disease, which affects the central nervous system, from the chemical exposure....“Three people that served within 100 yards of me have been diagnosed with MS also," she said. |