US Says 50 Troops Now Diagnosed with Traumatic Brain Injury After Iran Strike

• US Says 50 Troops Now Diagnosed with Traumatic Brain Injury After Iran Strike
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  WASHINGTON: The Pentagon said on Tuesday (Jan 28) 50 US service members were now diagnosed with traumatic brain injury after missile strikes by Iran on a base in Iraq earlier this month, 16 more than the military had previously announced.
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  President Donald Trump and other top officials initially said Iran’s Jan 8 attack had not killed or injured any US service members.
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  “As of today, 50 US service members have been diagnosed” with traumatic brain injury, Pentagon spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Campbell said in a statement about injuries in the attack on the Ain al-Asad air base in western Iraq. Symptoms of concussive injuries include headaches, dizziness, sensitivity to light and nausea.
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  Thirty-one of the 50 were treated in Iraq and returned to duty, including 15 of those diagnosed most recently, Campbell said. Eighteen of the total have been sent to Germany for further evaluation and treatment, and one was sent to Kuwait and has since returned to duty, he said.
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