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#15 From: "Margaret Diann" <mother_margaret@...>
Date: Sat Feb 18, 2006 6:51 pm
Subject: Practical Diagnostic Helps
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One man shared that he has too many red blood cells ... Hmm ... when I heard he had flu symptoms 2 years ago ... and very high blood sugar , I suspected exposure to 2-butoxyethanol.  Wonder whether in his case the reticulocyte count got stuck?

Are these mostly  AUTOIMMUNE issues?

How to Tell whether 2-butoxyethanol type chemical harmed you

Remember a time with flu-like symptoms, but it wasn't the flu? Eyes burning and hurting; urine turns dark ... and HORRIBLE FATIGUE that lasts and lasts and lasts? A a grouchiness you didn't have before.  Example
Is there blood in urine?  *  Gather all urinalysis since this fatigue started
What is the Retic Rate? Track it over time.  Why Fatigue  Acquired Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia  Examples  1975 Acute Attack of AIHA  Why isn't it ordered?
What is the size and shape of red blood cells

Check the kidneys.  The kidneys produce hormones that

help build strong bones and

help form red blood cells. Check pituitary

Do you have several of these health ailments:
  • A Give you doctor the Big Picture
  • B Any of these health concerns?
  • C Similar list, just restated
  • D  Suspected  'pattern of harm'
  • E
Gather copies of your own blood info - and ask some questions about your immune system    Men  Women 
Bacteria in blood & urine would not be uncommon  Even expected
Bio-markers?
Rheumatology or Neurology Problem?
Were the red blood cell counts dropping over time?
Even if in the 'normal range?'  (Maybe doctors might find the immature red blood cells, but most of the time not.)  They often find the blood in urine but don't realize its significance.
After a LONG time (15+ years) the blood in urine may not be as findable, but in an acute attack, it is there.  Also the reticulocyte count needs to be tracked over time.   Showing up high in an acute attack ... (at 2.5 days most obvious) & over a long time ... too low ... but still the CBC (complete blood counts) don't look much off

I wonder whether FDR's similar symptoms were from 2nd hand exposure? Did he meet with WWII Officers & soldiers who were sufficiently exposed to it?

Don't forget, there is a strong 'second hand' solvent exposure with 2-butoxyethanol (n-butyl ether chemicals)  The 'gulf war' troops wondered why their children born before the 90-91 war & their spouses were coming down with the same 'symptoms' 

Most likely there would be a realization that the immune system is overactive ... but not going after bacteria as it should - Attacking the person, & some viruses.  The immune system becomes instantly autoimmune.  And there are a whole host of autoimmune issues to deal with after it starts with the red blood cells:  test for autoimmune hemolytic anemia.

 

 

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 

 

  • from Hemat = blood and 
  • uria = of urine 

·         Hematuria simply means blood in the urine

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

 


Loss of taste 
Headaches and Stupor. 

Causes skin irritation. 
Causes severe eye irritation - damage to tissue possible 
Irritating to mucous membranes and upper respiratory tract

 

 

2-butoxyethanol  and

CHRONIC EFFECTS - TARGET ORGANS

  • Sense Organs & Special Senses (OTHER OLFACTION EFFECTS)
  • Sense Organs & Special Senses  (OTHER EYE EFFECTS)
  • Behavioral   (GENERAL ANESTHETIC)
  • Behavioral   (ALTERED SLEEP TIME)
  • Behavioral   (SOMNOLENCE)
  • Behavioral   (EXCITEMENT)
  • Behavioral   (ATAXIA)
  • Behavioral   (COMA)
  • Behavioral   (ANALGESIA) LUNGS, THORAX OR RESPIRATION (DYSPNAE)
  • LUNGS, THORAX OR RESPIRATION (OTHER CHANGES)
  • Gastrointestinal  (NAUSEA OR VOMITING)
  • Gastrointestinal  (OTHER CHANGES)
  • LIVER (TUMORS)
  • KIDNEY, URETER, BLADDER (HEMATURIA)
  • KIDNEY, URETER, BLADDER (OTHER CHANGES)
  • Endocrine (Tumors)
  • Skin and Appendages (Hair) 
  • Maternal Effects  (UTERUS, CERVIX, VAGINA)
  • Maternal Effects  (OTHER EFFECTS ON FEMALE)
  • Effects on Fertility (PRE-IMPLANTATION MORTALITY)
  • Effects on Fertility (POST-IMPLANTATION MORTALITY)
  • Effects on Fertility (LITTER SIZE)
  • Specific Developmental Abnormalities (MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM)
  • Specific Developmental Abnormalities  (CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM)
  • Nutritional and Gross Metabolic (WEIGHT LOSS OR DECREASED WEIGHT GAIN)
  • Nutritional and Gross Metabolic (CHANGES IN: METABOLIC ACIDOSIS)
  • Tumorigenic  (CARCINOGENIC BY RTECS CRITERIA)
  • Tumorigenic (EQUIVOCAL TUMORIGENIC AGENT BY RTECS CRITERIA)       Source

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#16 From: "Margaret Diann" <mother_margaret@...>
Date: Sat Feb 18, 2006 6:58 pm
Subject: Blood in urine - much later Abnormal Peripheral blood smear
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For those with strong, DIRECT exposure(s) (not birth defect effects) ...
To find the harm of 2-butoxyethanol - you have to prove the fatigue of CFS, CFIDS (Doctors say they do not know what the fatigue is):
- Autoimmune hemolytic anemia
Thankfully, everyone doesn't come down with everything this chemical can do AKA  ethylene glycol monobutyl ether.  The biggest clue to its harm is 
  • blood in urine.  Next clue is 
  • red blood cells that are small-sized * (immature?)  You need to know that, because liver and white blood cell tests don't read right if red blood cells are predominately immature.

"Glucocorticoid hormones are involved in how the body utilizes and stores carbohydrates, protein, fat and blood sugar."  How are your hormones?  High or low?

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#18 From: "Margaret Diann" <mother_margaret@...>
Date: Sat Feb 18, 2006 11:45 pm
Subject: Check Glucocorticoid Hormones
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Check Glucocorticoid Hormones

These adrenal gland hormones are involved in how the body utilizes and stores

carbohydrates, protein, fat and blood sugar.

 

"Autoimmune Addison's disease is characterized by chronic and insufficient functioning of the outer layer of the adrenal gland. The adrenal glands are located atop each kidney and produce vital glucocorticoid hormones. Because of this chronic under-functioning of the adrenal glands, persons with Addison's disease have a deficiency in the production of glucocorticoid hormones. Glucocorticoid hormones are involved in how the body utilizes and stores carbohydrates, protein, fat and blood sugar. "

I suspect this autoimmune dysfunction is more common that realized. How do you get doctors to check for hormonal levels of your glands ... and whether or not the immune system is overactive (as in autoimmune) vs underactive (as in nearly burned out)?  Can the same thing happen to the pancreas?

I've been looking for what to check out, because with the EGBE chemical exposure that is very common, it goes undetected until a 2ndary ailment - gets the 'blame'

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