Wednesday, February 3, 2016

The Tet Offensive A Brief Summary of What Should Have Not Happened!

The Tet Offensive A Brief Summary of What Should Have Not Happened!

In December 1967, President Johnson. Secretary of Defense McNamara, and

General Westmoreland considered victory in Vietnam was near.

Just after midnight on January 30, 1968, some 84,000 Viet Cong guerrillas and North Vietnamese Army soldiers launched a coordinated attack on all of the provincial capital cities of South Vietnam. This surprise attack took place during the Lunar New Year or Tet holiday, which had been a time of ceasefire in previous years of the Vietnam War.

The war between North and South Vietnam had already been raging for 13 years in 1968.Ground combat forces from the United States, South Korea, Australia, Thailand and other SEATO allies had joined the fight. While the military and political leadership of the US publically expressed complete confidence in a swift victory for the anti-communist forces

At the policy level, the American brass and the Johnson administration had convinced themselves that the communists were incapable of mounting a coordinated attack on southern cities. The North Vietnamese, however, believed that such a show of strength would convince the population of South Vietnam to rise up en masse to overthrow their corrupt military leaders and reunify the country under communist rule.

The Viet Cong, with support from the North Vietnamese Army, began a series of attacks that would strike more than 100 southern cities between January 30 and February 3, 1968. In each case, the communists unleashed a barrage of mortars and rockets, using weapons brought south via the Ho Chi Minh Trail, and followed with a ground forces invasion.

South Vietnam lost almost 5,000 soldiers killed, 16,000 wounded and around 1,000 missing in the first phase. Its SEATO allies lost over 4,000 troops killed and about 20,000 wounded or missing. In addition, 14,000 South Vietnamese civilians died in the fighting, and approximately 24,000 were wounded.

American President Lyndon Johnson (COMMANDER IN CHIEF) grew so unpopular that in March of 1968, he announced that he would not run for a second term in office. His successor, Richard M. Nixon, initiated a program of "Vietnamization," meaning that the US withdrew its ground forces over the next several years and turned over responsibility for South Vietnam's defense to its own army.

March 22, 1968- Gen. Creighton Abrams takes over command from Gen. Westmoreland.

As much as any other individual, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara personified the American commitment in Vietnam. He was "the can-do man in the can-do society in the can-do era,". McNamara's tearful departure from the Pentagon at the height of the Tet Offensive in early 1968, as much as Lyndon B. Johnson's March 31, 1968, speech, marked the inglorious end of an era once bright with promise.

The Very Top of Our Military Command totally collapsed. This seriously hurt the moral of the brave troops fighting on the ground!

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Gulf of Tonkin Incident = THE REAL UNNCESSARY BEGINNING OF THE VIETNAM WAR

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Friday, October 16, 2015

Suppliments, Platelets, Macular Degeneration, Neuropathy

Since the average lifespan of each platelet is around 10 days, the body needs to constantly keep up the production of new platelets. These are made in the bone marrow.

. Vitamin B9 or folate is extremely important for healthy cell division in the body which can be a beneficial factor in the treatment for low platelet count. A healthy adult should consume at least 400 mg of folate everyday

Vitamin A is essential for healthy platelet production.

Overall high calorie meals are suggested for ideal production of blood platelets. Vitamin K is a necessary ingredient that keeps cell growth at optimum levels in the body.

Lean protein foods are excellent sources of zinc and Vitamin B12. These nutrients are essential to reverse the effects of thrombocytopenia

Vitamins to increase platelet count

To increase platelet counts, consult your doctor to take a multi-vitamin containing a high dose of vitamin A, B ,C, D, and K. also include the foods containing these vitamins in your diet. Take a lot of vitamin C supplements. You can obtain vitamin C from fruits and vegetables as well. Because vitamin C is water soluble, it can be easily absorbed by the body and will immediately help in restoring the body’s platelet count. Sufficient intake of vitamin C and flavonoids from natural foods like lemon, broccoli, spinach, bell pepper and kiwi are also beneficial for low platelet counts. He also advises consuming the orange’s white fibrous rind as it contains high levels of flavonoids, which improve blood vessel elasticity.

Pumpkin is another helpful food to improve your low platelet count. It is rich in vitamin A that helps support proper platelet development.

r Milk is high in calcium, which can help your body regenerate the number of platelets. The calcium content works along with Vitamin K and the milk protein fibrinogen. This is to increase your platelet count and improve the blood’s ability to form clots. Calcium deficiency can lead to having your body take much time longer in forming blood clots, especially when dealing with excessive bleeding. Apart from milk, you can also consume cheese, yogurt and organic dairy products to keep your calcium levels at an optimum.

Eat omega-3 fatty acid

Omega-3 fatty acid containing foods include fish, free-range eggs, flax seed oil, tuna, and wild salmon. Omega-3 fatty acid foods boost your immune system and can naturally increase your platelet level count.

Regular exercise will boost blood circulation, improve your immune system and lead to an increase in platelets. (NEUROPATHY)

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B12 Deficiency: Fatigue, Muscle Pain, Brain Fog, Neuropathy

One thing we know as gluten sensitives is that malabsorption of crucial nutrients is more than likely, and not just if you are coeliac and have flattened villi.

Auto Immune Damage to Stomach Parietal Cells

Gluten causes auto-immune damage. This auto-immune process can affect literally anywhere in the body. Two key areas it is known to affect are the parietal cells of the stomach, from which you produce your stomach acid and intrinsic factor, which you need to absorb B12, and the pancreas, where you produce your pancreatic enzymes and insulin.

Low stomach acid and low pancreatic enzymes means no breakdown of food which equals low nutrient levels and a buffet in your gut for bad bacteria and organisms. That’s why the stomach acid and enzyme fact sheet is an important part of your Barrier Plan package.

B12 Deficiency Signs

Low intrinsic factor leads to a deficiency in B12. This then causes neurological problems like depression, numbness, tingling, migraine, fatigue, muscle pains/spasm and breathing difficulties (low red blood cells and consequent low oxygen), poor immunity (low white blood cells) and clotting disorders (low platelets).

The first main clues that should trigger a B12 check are chronic fatigue, depression and brain fog. Recognise it?! I think many do.

Here’s an interesting diagram from the GFS showing the pathway to some of the consequences of B12 deficiency:

Note there the changes to red and white blood cells and to platelets. I hadn’t realised this one and, funnily enough, I keep coming across it. Note B12 is needed for the production of your normal blood cells and platelets so could well be at the heart of blood cell changes in gluten sensitives.

The number of patients in whom extraintestinal symptoms reflect the initial manifestation is rising. Common symptoms are changes in blood counts, which can arise from changes in all cell lineages. Among these, iron deficiency anemia is very common, but also thrombocytosis and thrombocytopenia have been reported to manifest themselves within the framework of celiac disease.

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Peripheral Neuropathy and Agent Orange

VA presumes Veterans' early-onset peripheral neuropathy is related to their exposure to Agent Orange or other herbicides during service when the disease appears within one year of exposure to a degree of at least 10 percent disabling by VA's rating regulations.

About peripheral neuropathy

Peripheral neuropathy is a condition of the peripheral nervous system, which consists of nerves outside the brain and spinal cord.

Symptoms include numbness, tingling or prickling in the toes or fingers in early stages. This may spread to the feet or hands and may cause burning, throbbing or shooting pain that is worse at night. Other symptoms include pain equally in both sides of the body (in both hands or in both feet), muscle weakness, loss of balance or coordination, and extreme sensitivity to touch

- See more at: http://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/agentorange/conditions/peripheral_neuropathy.asp#sthash.nkrh9fMY.dpuf

Agent Orange And Low Blood Platelet Count

I was in E 2/5 USMC in Vietnam (AnHoa and PhuBai) in 1967 and I am having all kinds of problems with bone degeneration, aching legs, and a very low blood platelet count. Is there a correlation between this and agent orange? I have been to the VA in Memphis and really haven't found out too much regarding the above. They keep prescribing meds and so far nothing has helped. PS At last count my blood platelet count was 90,000 and have been dropping since 2001. I hurt so bad, I am only averaging about 3-4 hours sleep per night. Can't go on too much longer like this. I need some answers

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My father also was in vietnam and he was around the spraying of agent orange.
It is now known that Agent Orange

I truly think that if they
would have given him med's to protect his liver (which there are med's that do
protect your liver that they don't tell you about) he would still be here today

I know this had to do with his
LOW platlet count. Liver/Hep B/ Gallbladder

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.My father-in-law is in your shoes.He was in Vietnam around the same time you were. He has been to the hospital 8 times in this past month. He has seen over 100 doctors and they have not found out what is wrong with him. His blood platelets have gone from 113,000 to 2 at the lowest.They don't know what is causing it. He has no feeling in his legs and keeps falling. He is now in the hospital for bleeding in the brain.He has a list of problems

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I was in Vietnam on a river boat. I am also haveing problems with aching legs, shaking legs, restless leg syndrome, and low blood platelet count. my platelet count is averaging about 60,000 over the past 4 to 5 years

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hi bill, yes there is a correlation between AO & platelets....i am in the process of getting backing on this from a vy good dr. in minn. keep in touch....maybe we can help others....been working on this for a long time with all services......I am the vp for the north cental region in the "redhorse assc"

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WE VETS DESERVE AN ANSWER,AS DO THE FAMILIES OF THE VETS)Govt. red tape ,and all that,is quite obvious.WE served our wonderful country,so the Govt. SHOULD take care of us now.There are too many AO related platelet/blood/bone marrow conditions/diseases that need to be addressed!!!!!!!!!!!!

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There are three possible causes of low platelet count:

Presence of platelets in the spleen due to cancer or severe liver diseases. This causes a decrease in the number of platelets in circulation.
Reduced production of platelets due to leukemia, some types of anemia, viral infections, exposure to toxic chemicals, chemotherapy drugs, heavy alcohol consumption and deficiency of essential vitamins like vitamin B12.
Increased breakdown of platelets due to autoimmune diseases, reaction to medicines, bacterial infection in the blood, pregnancy and health problems like idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP).

Symptoms of liver diseases include

weakness and fatigue,
weight loss,
nausea,
vomiting, and
yellow discoloration of the skin (jaundice).

Alcohol is a very common cause of cirrhosis, particularly in the Western world. The development of cirrhosis depends upon the amount and regularity of alcohol intake. Chronic, high levels of alcohol consumption injure liver cells. Thirty percent of individuals who drink daily at least eight to sixteen ounces of hard liquor or the equivalent for fifteen or more years will develop cirrhosis.

Chronic viral hepatitis is a condition wherehepatitis B or hepatitis C virus infects the liver for years. Most patients with viral hepatitiswill not develop chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis. For example, the majority of patients infected with hepatitis A recover completely within weeks, without developing chronic infection. In contrast, some patients infected with hepatitis B virus and most patients infected with hepatitis C virus develop chronic hepatitis, which, in turn, causes progressive liver damage and leads to cirrhosis, and, sometimes, liver cancers.

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