What does Second Hand Solvent Exposure Look Like?

[Dear Maggie]

www.valdezlink.com/hb_allergic_eyes.htm

"Girlfriend allergic to me?" questions Ian

"Howdy, Just thought I'd post about a little problem I'm having. I'd appreciate any thoughts anyone has on it..

For the past 2 months, ive been seeing this girl.. and it was all fine and dandy til I stayed round one night. we slept in the same bed and she woke up with red, sore, itchy eyes, that just got worse over a period of about an hour... and then stays painful and itchy for a few hours....

its happened every time I've stayed round there... and it doesn't happen when I spend the day around her, hugging her, etc. only when we sleep in the same bed.

we thought it may have been something i was wearing (hair gel, deodorant, soap, etc), so I've changed all of them, and its still doing it. I've tried having a shower right before bed and not putting anything on... and it still happened..

could she be allergic to my sweat or pheromones? I've been sent to sleep on the floor in another room til I find the solution

if anyone's got any advice, of has heard of this happening before, please let me know ...

It's just her eyes.... nothing else..

Thanks in advance..
Ian.

My thought, Second Hand Solvent Exposure?

This is what stands out to me:
... and she woke up with red, sore, itchy eyes, that just got worse over a period of about an hour... and then stays painful and itchy for a few hours.... it's happened every time I've stayed round there... and it doesn't happen when i spend the day around her, hugging her, etc. only when we sleep in the same bed." Ian

My reply,
You may be expelling 2-butoxyethanol in your breath

It sounds like you are in some way exposed to a solvent like ethylene glycol monobutyl ether (2-butoxyethanol). These type of solvents can be expelled through the respiratory system and the skin. (Gulf war vets wondered why spouses were coming down with the same symptoms as the 'Gulf War Syndrome' vets. I personally believe in comparing this group with those known to be exposed to 2-butoxyethanol, that this is the chemical that causes most, if not all, of their symptoms)

This is called second hand solvent exposure. I know of a chiropractor who worked around a lot of people exposed to this chemical in 1989. In 1992 he developed melanoma eye cancer; in 1999 he came down with a rare form of liver cancer; this usually mild mannered man became 'hard to live with' He died this year. My theory is that he was exposure to this chemical by many who were freshly exposed to it and getting rid of it as best they can. Sometimes he was cheek to cheek in administering a chiropractic treatment; he also gave therapeutic massages.

Now this is especially why your sweetheart's eyes would water and burn and that it would last for awhile: exposure of fumes thru the eye membranes is the worst possible exposure The literature discusses exposure to skin; not breathing fumes ... but the eyes are the most serious route of exposure to this chemical. Did either of you have urine turn dark? Did you also experience extreme fatigue even when waking up from a full night's sleep? (If you even can sleep thru the night.)

If you go for a check up insist that they do a 'retic' ratio. Doctors have not been finding the medical evidence most times; and actually, don't take this chemical seriously.

But most important, you may have been given a 'wake up call' Check everything you use at home and at work, and you may 'save' both your lives, to watch out for any products that contain these chemicals and NEVER use without goggles, & all the personal protective equipment!

I also read some solvent study research that gave a story about a man who had odd breath his wife didn't like. She asked him to breath away from her. After a year - the finish on the dresser he was breathing on - came off! www.valdezlink.com/solvent_studies.htm#story

With too much exposure you can become sterile; there can be birth defects. I hope that you have had a wake up call that prevents any of these things from happening to you.

What kind of work do you do? Painters, those who clean or work in the dry cleaning or plastics business can be affected. I believe it may be the solvent in weapon cleaning compounds; some automotive products; degreaser products.


On that forum someone commented that Ian had a bone marrow transplant that didn't work out and he died.

My question,

If someone had autoimmune hemoltytic anemia would a bone marrow transplant help?

Question 2:

If someone had this, but it was not diagnosed, and also had leukemia, would a bone marrow transplant help?

Groups of people to study
www.valdezlink.com/study_needed.htm#groups

What is the civilian name for 'gulf war syndrome?'
http://home.gci.net/~blessing/pages/whatis.htm