Fatigue that's hard to find - will the 'retic ratio' find it? Is it your immune system prematurely destroying your red blood cells?
Look through this link, fill it out and share it with your doctor. There are so many odd, seemingly unrelated, symptoms with this chemical exposure
http://www.valdezlink.com/health_survey_for_doctor.htm
Look this over and fill in what is applicable - Are there enough symptoms to check your 'retic ratio?'
Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether (2-butoxyethanol) causes harm. AND it is in many, many products, so carefully avoiding exposure is important.
First you want to know whether you have too many immature red blood cells
www.valdezlink.com/check_blood.htm#retic I wish it were part of the routine blood test; also ask the size and shape of the red blood cells.
This is the fatigue, I believe, of CFS and CFIDS and gulf war syndrome which would begin immediately upon too much exposure to this chemical and underlie all other symptoms, including leukemia. Headaches, bones aching, spleen enlarged ... & the full range of 'gulf war syndrome symptoms are what this chemical causes.
http://www.valdezlink.com/why_fatigue.htm
There should also be compensated hemolytic anemia going on if this is so.
http://www.valdezlink.com/hemolytic_anemia_tests.htm
When there are too many immature red blood cells other tests can be 'off'
So everyone should know if this is a fatigue that affects them.
I notice that 'gulf war syndrome'
and effects of ethylene glycol monobutyl ether
look the same
http://www.valdezlink.com/rr_topic_desert_storm.htm
also
www.valdezlink.com/fatigue_hard_to_find.htm
www.valdezlink.com/rbc_size_shape.htm
www.valdezlink.com/gwv_symptoms.htm This chemical harms many people; however, the secondary symptoms get the credit: high blood sugar may be an autoimmune pancreas problem, representative of endocrine disruption, not diabetes per se, bones and skeletal and muscle and joint problems, etc
I would also believe that there is a high incidence of CFS, CFIDS and symptoms similar to 'gulf war syndrome' symptoms among the entire population & believe the whole population should be given the survey for these symptoms AND the 'retic ratio' test to see if they have too many immature red blood cells. This is the 'signature' of this chemical's harm and it has been harming our people for over 50 years with no end in sight!
This 2-butoxyethanol is a teratogen and per the World Health Organization is the cause of more tumor of the brain and leukemias in children of people so harmed by it. The CDC didn't start tacking brain tumors until 1977. It probably takes 30-40 years to show up ... so is this a modern day ailment from some type of chemical exposure?
My thoughts in reply to this article
http://www.valdezlink.com/cancer_rev...l.htm#thoughts
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