“Malaria may have afflicted as many as 250,000 ground troops in Vietnam, making malaria nearly as common as gunshot wounds. This statistic is relevant to Vietnam veterans today, because while they may have recovered from the malaria illness itself, a number of these veterans developed cerebral malaria and may have been left with neuropsychological and neuropsychiatric symptoms involving problems with mood, temper and memory which could be mistaken for PTSD.” – Congressional Testimony….The message to be drawn from this research is that there may be some Vietnam veterans at risk for suffering from a persistent neuropsychiatric syndrome which can produce a wealth of psychiatric, psychological, neuropsychological, neuropsychiatric and neurological symptoms.
For the full testmony before the House COmmitte on Veterans Affairs visit. http://www.va.gov/OCA/testimony/16JY98NV_USA.htm
Tags: Health, Malaria, Vietnam
