An artist colleague came in this evening and struck upon a new subject altogether. I was explaining the story of the object to her and while I was talking she was doing two things. Firstly she was expressing some doubt as to how she might connect to his object and secondly she was holding her neck in obvious discomfort. Neither of us realised the irony of this coupling. We moved onto talking about lead poisoning and then she dropped something extremely interesting into the conversation. She had herself been diagnosed with high lead levels in her body after having had a sample of her analysed as well as blood tests.

Somewhere in the diagnosis process she was introduced to the highly controversial condition Electromagnetic Sensitivity and realised that this was what she had. From the sound of things a mixed blessing of a diagnosis. It must have helped to know why the neck pain, the burning cheeks, the exhaustion but at the same time to be thrown into a web of doubters about the existence of this condition and a possible government hush-up over what causes it. While talking we moved outside of the bus because the electromagnetic fields in the metal bus with its wireless networks and mobile phones were causing too much pain. This is a big issue and deserves a larger post but here is an introduction to the subject with the full paper at http://www.ebab.eu.com/iss1_html/rtcl4/ESS1Nichols.htm

Bioelectromagnetic Therapy of Fibromyalgia/Chronic Fatigue Immune Deficiency Syndrome and Magnetic Field Deficiency Syndrome/Electrical Sensitivity

Trent W. Nichols, MD.

Advanced Magnetic Research Institute, Hanover PA, USA. email: twnichol@blazenet.net

Abstract

Electrical Sensitivity (ES)/Magnetic Field Deficiency Syndrome (MFDS) are often seen in patients with Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS)/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFIDS). There is much overlap between these syndromes and chronic exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF) is common among them. Electrical Hypersensitivity (EHS) is the term the WHO prefers and recommended that research be funded to identify the relationship between EMF and EHS.

EMFs are endogenous to the human body and directional signals are used in development and repair. Static Magnetic Field (SMF) therapy and DC Electromagnetic Field (DEMF) therapy have been shown in pilot studies to be beneficial in these syndromes. Possible hypothesis of their mechanism of action of DEMF are increase of cell dehydration.

Keywords: Electromagnetic fields, electrical sensitivity, electrical hypersensitivity, magnetic field deficiency syndrome, fibromyalgia syndrome, chronic fatigue syndrome, static magnetic field therapy, DC electromagnetic field therapy, cell dehydration

Further Reading:
http://www.garyjohnson.org.uk/page2.html
http://www.powerwatch.org.uk/health/sensitivity.asp