Army or anyone else in the forces please read

[BTAutoMag]

i tried to join the navy but had no luck because of the fact that a nurse practitioner said i had atopid dermitites... she sent my to a qualified dermatologist and he said it was seborheic (sp) dermatites. with those papers in hand i sent in a waiver and got turned down. so i decided to write to a couple of senators and house reps... they sent their letters and in went another waiver... turned down. i decided to try the air force since its what my grand daddy did... they sent in a waiver to the surgen generals office... turned down... since then i have gone to the dermatologist 2 more times and he can say WITHOUT a doubt that i dont have atopic.... im still being dqed for it though... who to write to now? the president? will it work? other options?

[behemoth]

what's Atopid Dertmites

[MarkM]

Originally posted by FiRe
what's Atopid Dertmites

Background: Atopic dermatitis (ie, eczema) is a chronic pruritic skin condition usually beginning in infancy.


Pathophysiology: Precise etiology is unknown, but current theories center on a disordered immune response, especially an imbalance of cytokines. The disease also appears to have a hereditary component; family history is positive for atopy (ie, asthma, allergic rhinitis, atopic dermatitis) in two thirds of patients.


Frequency:
In the US: Prevalence of atopic dermatitis is 12%.

Mortality/Morbidity: This disease usually is not life threatening.

Sex: No predilection for occurrence exists; however, females have a worse prognosis.

Age: Eczema typically manifests in infants aged 1-6 months. Approximately 60% of patients experience their first outbreak by age 1 year and 90% by age 5 years. Onset of atopic dermatitis in adolescence or later is uncommon and should prompt consideration of another diagnosis. Disease manifestations vary with age.


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[-Carnifex-]

Maybe, just somehow, something is telling you not to join the army?

[Army]

Thing is, if you are in the dirt for weeks/months at a time and you have a breakout occuring, some really nasty evil rotten stinky ooky infections can easily set in. This renders you ineffective and a burden casualty. Since the dermatitus cannot be, apparantly, eradicated, there is no way to completely control the rashes.

Sorry buddy.

[Animal Mother]

It sucks.. I have Seborrheic Dermatitis only on my scalp. Goes away for months at a time.. then it comes back fierce, so then I gotta go to the dermatologist to look at my head, say "Yep, that's Seborrheic Dermatitis" and give me a prescription for 1 week that cures it for a few more months. Repeat the cycle your whole life.... ugh..

I can understand the Army, Marines, but the Navy? He'll be on a ship where he can get a prescription, not in the dirt. As I understand Seborrheic Dermatitis is very common, first time I had it the dermatologist looked at my head for 1 second and I was out of there. And my local Wal-Greens ALWAYS runs out of the medication for it. last time I went "oh sorry.. we just ran out 10 minutes ago, try the other Wal-Greens". There is also the AirForce, both of theses aren't "in the sheet".

::shrugs::

[SG Avenger]

Or what about this scenario. I signed up as a tank crewman, often we are out in the field for a month at a time, [or deployed for 6+ months] with oh... maybe 1 shower break after 3 weeks of being in the mud/sand.

But on top of that, when you get into an NBC {Nuclear Biological Chemical} environment that requires the use of a gas mask... well lets just say sitting arround in a gas mask for 8 hours isn't exactly great for ones face... even worse when you are tired, dirty, poorly shaven, and surrounded by CS Gas...

Glad you want to serve, but I geuss those are the breaks.

[pbzmag]

Sorry to hear that. Pretty much when the Surgen General says no, that's it. Yes you can write to your senetor, but that only means that the power is to make sure that the waiver process went by the book. As for the Air Force, they have the lowest waiver approvals out of all the branches. From what I heard, they met their quota for the next year. Another thing that will DQ you is having a GED. My recruiter told me that statistics showed that enlistee's with GED had the highest dropout rate. As for me, joining didn't work out for me too. I also went in under an asthma waiver. My last documented attack was back a few years ago that only happened late at night for two nights. I also found out that I was color blind, meaning that I couldn't get any MOS with normal vision. That was basically everything except for deskjobs, mortitian, and I think optomitrist(sp). I wanted to go into signal corps, MOS 31R. Luckily my friends dad is trying to get me on a tech project that he is working on. It's called the NMCI project. It stands for Navy Marine Corps Intranet Project. He also found out that the Army and Air Force wants to join the project, furthur extending the project. I Here's a list of all the DQ's if anyone is wondering: http://usmilitary.about.com/library/...dstandards.htm. Remember, getting a waiver is done on a case by case basis. One week they can approve a waiver for a specific DQ, the next week they won't. As for asthma, I read that they have been granting more and more waivers for it then in the previous years. But it still done case by case. One last thing, DO NOT LIE AT MEPS. If you get into basic and you have an episode that is a DQ, they will find out about your medical history and will discharge you for fraudulent enlistment. Which is a felony. I have been frequenting the military boards and read many stories of soldiers being discharged for fraudulent enlistment. Sorry for the rant but it's info that must be stressed.