Military personnel who have been deployed abroad often experience physical and psychological effects when they return home, according to a July 30, 2001, news release from the American Academy of Dermatology. Physical effects can include dermatologic conditions that may remain dormant for years.
For veterans of the Persian Gulf War, one of the most common dermatologic conditions is leishmaniasis, an infectious disease caused by a protozoan transmitted by the bite of a sandfly. ...