Gulf War syndrome

American  

noun

Pathology.

1. a group of symptoms occurring in some Gulf War veterans, most commonly including headache and memory loss, muscle pain, skin disorders, fatigue, sleep disturbances, and gastrointestinal and respiratory ailments, possibly caused by exposure to chemical weapons, vaccines, infectious diseases, or other factors.

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Gulf War syndrome British  

noun

1. a group of various debilitating symptoms experienced by many soldiers who served in the Gulf War of 1991. It is claimed to be associated with damage to the central nervous system, caused by exposure to pesticides containing organophosphates

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Example Sentences

What brought us together with the mice every evening was an attempt to understand a medical mystery: Gulf War syndrome.

From Scientific American

Scientists have been trying to work out for years what could be the cause of Gulf War syndrome.

From BBC

In later years, Perot pushed the Veterans Affairs Department to study neurological causes of Gulf War syndrome, a mysterious illness reported by many soldiers who served in the 1991 Persian Gulf war.

From Seattle Times

Over the next few years, she rarely ventured into the West Wing; she stuck to safe issues, such as adoption and Gulf War syndrome; she wrote a best-selling book about raising children.

From Washington Post

Their persistent appeals on her behalf re­sulted in a full disability pension, one of the first awarded to a sufferer of Gulf War syndrome.

From Time