Daily Mail: Vietnam's silent bullet: Terrifying study shows jungle parasite from Southeast Asia may be killing American veterans decades after end of the war
* Cholangiocarcinoma is a rare bile duct cancer that is killing Vietnam veterans
* Disease's origins believed to stem from ingesting raw or undercooked fish
* Small pilot study found out of 50 veterans tested, 20 percent were positive
* It can take decades for symptoms to appear and by then, patients are often in tremendous pain with just a few months to live
Half a century after serving in Vietnam, test results show some men may have been infected by a slow-killing parasite while fighting in the jungles of Southeast Asia.
The Department of Veterans Affairs this spring commissioned a small pilot study to look into the link between liver flukes ingested through raw or undercooked fish and a rare bile duct cancer.
It can take decades for symptoms to appear.
By then, patients are often in tremendous pain, with just a few months to live.
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WNU Editor: There are a lot of Vietnam vets who read this blog .... I suspect many of you are now wondering if you ate raw fish when you were deployed to Vietnam.
More News On Reports That A Jungle Parasite From Southeast Asia May Be Killing American Veterans Decades After The End Of The War
Hundreds of Vietnam Veterans May Be Infected With a Slow-Killing Parasitic Worm: Study -- Newsweek
What is liver fluke? Slow-killing parasite from Southeast Asian jungles could be responsible for death of Vietnam War vets -- International Business Times
Parasite from Vietnam could be killing war veterans -- Washington Times
Cancer In Vietnam War Veterans May Be Linked To Lethal Parasite From Southeast Asia -- Tech Times
Decades later, Vietnam vets may be silently fighting cancer-causing parasite -- Ars Technica
1 comment:
It takes either a MRCP or a ERCP to diagnose this disease. Most insurances won't pay for them and the VA is useless.
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