'Havana Syndrome' appears to cause real and severe symptoms among federal employees suffering from the mystery illness, but there’s no evidence of brain injury or biological abnormalities among them, a new report shows.
“Havana Syndrome” appears to cause real and severe symptoms among federal employees suffering from the mystery illness, but there's no evidence ofThese symptoms have been described as “Havana Syndrome” because U.S. government personnel stationed in Havana, Cuba, first reported such cases in 2016.
A battery of other medical tests also found no differences between Havana Syndrome patients and healthy controls that would explain their symptoms. These included blood panels,However, researchers hastened to add that these symptoms are genuine, even if a cause isn't apparent. A little over 40% of the patients also met the criteria for functional neurological disorders, a group of common movement disorders caused by abnormalities in brain function, researchers said.and mood symptoms reported are not surprising, given the ongoing concerns of many of the participants,” said co-researcher Louis French, a neuropsychologist and deputy director of the National Intrepid Center of Excellence at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
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