Iraq veterans diagnosed with rare disease that ‘shows Gulf War Syndrome exists’

By Mike Hamilton

A GROUP of Gulf War veterans has been diagnosed with an extremely rare  illness that would normally affect just one man in the entire European  population.

The vets have been told they are ­suffering from a “systemic disease” that stops them producing testosterone and affects their glands, brains, hearts  and other organs. It also leads to early-onset of osteoporosis.

Prof Stephen Atkin studied 11 vets over two years in Hull. His findings reveal  eight are suffering from lymphocytic ­hypophysitis – which usually affects  just one in 500million men.

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