Doctor, Some helps in diagnosis of unexplainable fatigue (red blood  damage?)  Such as the fatigue from exposure to 2-butoxyethanol

KEY:  Is there BLOOD in your urine?  From a lot in the beginning to just a TRACE now?  You should feel the fatigue hit  4 months after exposure.  (Red blood cell life is supposed to be 120 days?)  A key to identifying 2-butoxyethanol poisoning is also to know if your red blood cells are immature?  How '''old' are your red blood cells?  

KEY:  Do you have too many immature red blood cells???

If you have both of these, ask to be tested for autoimmune hemolytic anemia.  Harm from 2-butoxyethanol shows up in the damage to red blood cells and it underlies all other ailments which are myriad.  It is a mystery why the regular blood work doesn't show this up

·         What is happening with the red blood cells? 

·         What size are they? 

·         What shape? 

·         What is the `Retic' ratio? Elevated in the beginning;

       not making enough red blood cells as time goes on.

·         Iron storage and utilization?

·         Complete Blood Counts with differentials

·         Absolute Cell count (part of routine blood test)

Let your patient explain his/her own symptoms to you.

Ask about headaches 

Ask about the `loosing temper quickly'

Ask about the fatigue  - how he used to be able to work, vs now

Remember a time when urine turned dark or even black _____; Then flu-like symptoms ___ and HORRIBLE FATIGUE? ____

Ask about vision (can become `legally blind') Holes in eye tissue?

(DO NOT MIST) The worst exposure to this chemical –

Remember a time when your eyes burned like hot pokers were in them

Ask about Rapid heart rate, and the size of heart chambers - any enlarged glands

Ask about rapid weight loss (check liver?)

Ask about blood in urine in recent years –

 'Have you had times when you feel like you need to urinate, but nothing happens?' (check kidney/adrenals?) Do you have back pain in area of kidneys?

Ask about skin damage ___  Any `defatted' skin?

Any sinus or lung problems?

Difficulty sleeping at night?

Depression, difficulty concentrating, short-term memory loss?

Any suicidal tendencies?

...Had temperature that is high or low for no reason?

Seizures ____ ,  Collapsing _____

Joint pain

Ask if there have been any irregularities with any of the endocrine glands:

Thyroid___, Pituitary ___, Hypothalamus ___, Growth Irregularities ____,   Pancreas: Insulin ___, Blood sugar ___, Digestive Juices _____,

Blood Pressure:  High ___,  Low ___ . Adrenal Glands: ____, Hormones off ____

Immune system out of whack, `Catch everything that is going around & you stay ill longer? ____ Gall Bladder Affected _____, Any reproductive harm? ____ damage to testes – burning semen ____

Bouts with paralysis

Grande Mal Seizures

Any swollen, ulcerated organs:

Gall bladder ___

Spleen ___

Pancreas ___

Testes ___

Heart ___ 

These ___ Other ____

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Any of these symptoms of hemolytic anemia  *
Chills 
Fatigue 
Pale color 
Shortness of breath 
Rapid heart rate 
Yellow skin color (jaundice) 
Dark urine (indicative of blood in urine - never dismiss this! Stop exposure immediately!)
Enlarged spleen

If too many immature red blood cells, other tests may be off

This chemical also causes:  Narcosis 
Damage to the kidney 
Damage to the liver 
Present an abnormal blood picture showing: Erythropenia 
Present an abnormal blood picture showing: Reticulocytosis 
Present an abnormal blood picture showing: Granulocytosis 
Present an abnormal blood picture showing: Leukocytosis 
Likely to Cause Fragility of Erythrocytes 
Likely to Cause Hematuria 

Causes Central Nervous System (CNS) DEPRESSION   *

Difficulty concentrating

Short term memory loss

Very irritable `fly off the handle all the time over nothing'

Difficulty sleeping

Suicidal Tendencies

Central Nervous System DEPRESSION

Information is intended solely for general educational purposes and is not intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice relative to your specific medical condition or question. Always seek the advice of your physician or other health provider for any questions you may have regarding your medical condition. Only your physician can provide specific diagnoses and therapies.