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Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) is closely related to Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, Gulf War Syndrome (Gulf War Illness), and Sick Building Syndrome. Researchers D. Buchwald and D. Garrity did a study comparing 30 patients diagnosed with MCS, 30 with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and 30 with Fibromyalgia. They concluded: "Despite their different diagnostic labels, existing data, though limited, suggest that these illnesses may be similar, if not identical, conditions...in fact, the diagnosis assigned to patients with one of these illnesses may depend more on their chief complaint and the type of physician making the diagnosis than on the actual illness process."

Comparison of Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, and Multiple Chemical Sensitivities, Archives of Internal Medicine (1994) 154:2049-53




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Many patients interviewed in Volume I of the video, "Multiple Chemical Sensitivity," describe how their illness started with exposures in a Sick Building situation. This video also contains an 8-minute segment relating Gulf War Syndrome to Multiple Chemical Sensitivity.

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