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Agent Orange References
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With this page I want to add the medical foundations of the different illnesses, and diseases that are due to the exposure to Agent Orange.  So that you may look more into certain ailments that a loved one or yourself may be experiencing and learn more about the disease.  It may take awhile to have this page complete, since there are numerous effects of the chemical that they originally said was "harmless" to our soldiers!
I will also hopefully being adding a few other links of  diseases or ailments that affect or have affected personal friends or family members.  By doing this I hope that maybe someone may learn more about diseases that affect themselves or loved ones, and hopefully make people more aware of just how many health problems were caused by the spraying of Agent Orange!

 
AFFECTS OF AGENT ORANGE EXPOSURE:
*chloracne
*liver dysfunction
*severe personality disorders
*birth defects

For more information on a symptom or disease click on the name, and it will take you to the site that has the information.  The symptoms or diseases that are not underlined, I haven't found a site for yet, but rest assured I am still searching! Also some of the others that don't have detailed information on the subject, I am also looking for a more informative reference site!

CANCER:

FAMILY:

Birth Defects

*child deaths
*birth defects
*open eye
*kidney abnormalities
*enlarged liver
*enlarged head
*club foot
*intestinal hemorrhage
*missing or abnormal fingers or toes
*missing or abnormal reproductive organs
*missing ,abnormal or displaced body parts
*miscarriages
*spina bifida

METABOLIC:

*fatigue
*rapid weight loss
*spontaneous fever
*chills

RESPIRATORY:

*difficult or painful breath (dyspnea)
*shortness of breath (apnea)

American Cancer Society

This is the American Cancer Society homepage. This should cover any of the different types of cancer plus offer treatment and help in finding a physician.

CARDIOVASCULAR:

GASTROINTESTINAL:

*yellowing of eyes, skin and urine (jaundice)
*abdominal pain
*gastric hyperplasia

NEUROLOGICAL:

*tingling
*numbness
*dizziness
*headaches
*twitching, fidgeting, etc. (autonomic dyscontrol)
*suspension of breath (sleep apnea)
*incoordination
*unnaturally drowsy (hypersomnolence)
*loss of sensation in extremities

SKIN:

*increased sensitivity (heat)
*porphyria cutanea tarda

Dr. Finder.com

ENDOCRINE:

GENITOURINARY:

*hearing loss

PSYCHIATRIC:

*violent
*irritable
*angry
*suicide
*frenzied
*tremulous
*memory loss
*loss of concentration
*severe personality changes

VISUAL:

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