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I need help with this Epilepsy and agent orange
Mon, 03/13/2006 - 20:36I am 22 and I have Epilepsy and i was wondering if anyone one could tell me if agent orange and my seizures are any ties between the two. Can someone please help me with this
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Re: Re: I need help with this Epilepsy and agent orange
Submitted by pilk on Mon, 2006-03-20 - 09:46
his dad was exposed,not him
Re: Re: Re: I need help with this Epilepsy and agent orange
Submitted by kymberlie83 on Tue, 2006-03-21 - 15:05
it doesnt matter if he was or his dad was. it can be transformed from his dad to him. i know this because i have been researching it from the va hospitals and online. it is a genetic condition that can expose you to about 2 to 500 different deseases. it makes you more vonerable to deseases. my dad has been suffering because of it since he was in the vietnam war and so am i. i too have epilepsy but it isnt because of agent orange, but the agent orange doesnt help matters any. it just makes things worse. epilepsy is a genetic desease, or you can also get it from severe blows to the head.
Re: I need help with this Epilepsy and agent orange
Submitted by txrhb1 on Mon, 2006-03-20 - 02:18
I did a web search, and you might want to check out the following article: http://www.workonwaste.org/wn228.htm Exposure to chemicals has been known to cause seizures. I'm not familiar with all the effects of Agent Orange, but this article was interesting. Good luck, Barbie