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An Assessment of Illness in U.S. Government Employees and Their Families at Overseas Embassies

An Assessment of Illness in U.S. Government Employees and Their Families at Overseas Embassies

National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
Health and Medicine Division

Paperback

Medical Reference

ISBN10: 0309681375
ISBN13: 9780309681377
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: Jan 5 2021
Pages: 76
Weight: 0.61
Height: 0.33 Width: 10.80 Depth: 8.36
Language: English

In late 2016, U.S. Embassy personnel in Havana, Cuba, began to report the development of an unusual set of symptoms and clinical signs. For some of these patients, their case began with the sudden onset of a loud noise, perceived to have directional features, and accompanied by pain in one or both ears or across a broad region of the head, and in some cases, a sensation of head pressure or vibration, dizziness, followed in some cases by tinnitus, visual problems, vertigo, and cognitive difficulties. Other personnel attached to the U.S. Consulate in Guangzhou, China, reported similar symptoms and signs to varying degrees, beginning in the following year. As of June 2020, many of these personnel continue to suffer from these and/or other health problems. Multiple hypotheses and mechanisms have been proposed to explain these clinical cases, but evidence has been lacking, no hypothesis has been proven, and the circumstances remain unclear.

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