Burning skin and eyes, hair loss and other symtoms

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Here is article about tricothecene mycotoxins symptoms in biological

warfare which include burning skin and eyes and many other symptoms

we all have experienced. Interestingly experiments done in giving

cancer patients tricothecenes to stop growth of tumors! Another

reason to stay away from the medical establishment.

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It is suspected that from 1974 to 1981that toxic agents

(trichothecenes) were used in Afghanistan, Laos and Cambodia via

aerial application ( " yellow rain " ).12,23 Early symptoms in " yellow

rain " victims were severe nausea, vomiting, burning superficial skin

discomfort, lethargy, weakness, dizziness, and loss of coordination.

Within minutes to hours, diarrhea (first watery brown and later

grossly bloody) occurred. From 3 to 12 hours symptoms included

dyspnea, coughing, sore mouth, bleeding gums, epistaxis,

hematemesis, abdominal pain, and central chest pain. Exposed skin

could become red, tender, swollen, painful or pruritic. Small or

large vesicles and bullae were observed as well as petechiae,

ecchymosis and necrosis of the skin. Marked anorexia and dehydration

were frequent. Dying individuals became hypothermic, hypotensive and

developed tachycardia. Severely poisoned individuals had bloody ooze

from the nares and mouth with an associated hematochezia. Death

occurred from minutes to hours and days, and often preceded by

tremors, seizures and coma. The most frequent symptoms included

vomiting (71%), diarrhea (53%), skin irritation, burning and itching

(44%), rash or blisters (33%), bleeding (53%) and dyspnea (48%). All

of the symptoms listed could be attributed to trichothecene

mycotoxin toxicity.12

Both ocular and upper respiratory effects were observed with

the " yellow rain " exposure. Ocular signs and symptoms were tearing,

pain conjunctivitis and burning sensations about the eyes. These

lasted from 8 to 14 days following exposure. Of interest, a

trichothecene (DAS) isolated from one autopsy case instilled into

the eyes of rabbits produced reddening, edema and cornea opacity.12

Upper respiratory symptoms included the following: nose (itching,

pain rhinorrhea, epistaxis); throat (sore/pain, aphona, voice

changes); tracheobronchial tree (cough, hemoptysis, dyspnea, deep

chest pain, chest pressure). Agricultural workers exposed to hay or

hay dust contaminated with trichothecenes also developed similar

signs and symptoms of upper respiratory injury.12

Chronic Toxicological Effects: Chronic exposure to trichothecenes

cause Alimentary Toxic Aleukia (ATA) in humans, mycotoxicosis in

domestic animals, and adverse outcomes in individuals given

trichothecenes intravenously as a chemotherapy for colon

adenocarcinoma (for review, see Wannemacher & Wiener12).

ATA occurred in Russia during and prior to WW II when peasants

consumed field grains contaminated with trichothecene mycotoxins

infested with Fusarium. The clinical course of the disease occured

in four stages.24 Stage one was characterized by inflammation of the

G.I. tract mucosa, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, excessive

salivation, headache, dizziness, weakness, fatigue, tachycardia,

fever and sweating.

Progression occurs to the second stage (also called leukopenic or

latent stage). Leukopenia, granulopenia and progressive

lymphocytosis characterize this stage. If ingestion of the

contaminated grain is not stopped or if a large dose is taken in,

the third stage ensues.

The third stage is characterized by a bright red or dark cherry-red,

petechial rash on the chest and other areas of the body. These are

at first localized and then spread, becoming more numerous. In the

most severe cases, intensive ulceration and gangrenous conditions

develop in the larynx. This can lead to aphonia and death by

strangulation. Concomitantly, hemorrhagic diathesis occurs of the

nasal, oral, gastric and intestinal mucosa.

The fourth stage, (recovery stage), begins when the necrotic lesions

of the body beging to heal and the body temperature drops. The

affected individuals are susceptible to secondary infections,

including pneumonia. Convalescence takes several weeks and the bone

marrow approaches normality by two months.

Chemotherapy: The trichothecenes inhibit cell division causing cell

death. This was used as a basis for chemotherapy drug trial.25-27

Cancer patients were given daily doses (0.077 mg/kg) of DAS

(anguidine) for 5 days. They developed signs and symptoms of

toxicity which included nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, burning

erythema, confusion, ataxia, chills, fever, hypotension and hair

loss.26,27 The antitumor activity was either absent or minimal and

the drug trials were stopped because of patient intolerance.