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Electromagnetic Hygiene
Published in Aruna Bakhru, Nutrition and Integrative Medicine, 2018
In 2016, the EMF working group for the European Academy for Environmental Medicine (EUROPAEM) published a document to help doctors diagnose and treat their patients with EMF-related health problems and illnesses (Belyaev et al. 2016). This document is a must read for physicians and health care professionals who want to improve their understanding of electrosmog, EHS, and related illnesses. The 35-page report has more than 300 references and topics that include current state of the scientific and political debate about EMF-related health problems from a medical perspective; worldwide statements of organizations regarding EMF; EMF and cancer, genotoxic effects, neurological effects, infertility and reproduction, electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS), and other diseases that require attention with respect to EMF exposure. They also provide recommendations for action, treatment strategies, response of physicians to this development, and how to proceed if EMF-related health problems are suspected. They discuss when EMF exposures can be evaluated by questionnaires and when monitoring is required, and they recommend precautionary guidance values and EMF exposure values with information on how to reduce or prevent EMF exposure. They provide findings of medical examinations, recommended diagnostic tests, and provocation tests. They provide information about differences in individual susceptibility and they recommend that both the patient and the environment be treated. This is one of the most comprehensive documents on EHS designed specifically for health care practitioners.
Therapeutic Use of Stress to Provoke Recovery
Published in William J. Rea, Kalpana D. Patel, Reversibility of Chronic Disease and Hypersensitivity, Volume 4, 2017
As a psychoanalyst and holistic psychiatrist who has worked intensively with patients suffering from chronic health problems, I have had the opportunity to observe the emergence of various themes and patterns in the evolution of patients from compromised functionality to more robust capacity. I believe that I am therefore in a position to put forth some rough guidelines for treating the underlying disease process in patients suffering from chronic fixed-name illnesses—whether primarily mental (examples include mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and personality disorders, to name but a few) or primarily physical (examples include chemical sensitivity, chronic fatigue syndrome, electromagnetic hypersensitivity, fibromyalgia, and autoimmune disorders, to name but a few).
A survey on electromagnetic hypersensitivity: the example from Poland
Published in Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine, 2022
Grzegorz Tatoń, Artur Kacprzyk, Tomasz Rok, Monika Pytlarz, Rafał Pawlak, Eugeniusz Rokita
For the last 5 years, we have been conducting research on the effects of EMF on the human body in our Department. One of the aspects of such impact is so-called electromagnetic hypersensitivity. This phenomenon is connected to a very wide spectrum of symptoms assigned to EMF by the people affected by this syndrome (Gruber et al. 2018). Colloquially called “electromagnetic hypersensitivity” or “electrosensitivity”, it should rather be referred to as the environmental intolerance attributed to electromagnetic field (IEI-EMF) as recommended by the WHO (2005). This term clearly states that the etiology of IEI-EMF is unknown and not confirmed (Idiopathic). Membership of an electrosensitive group relies on self-definition as a sensitive person by the patient. There are no specific methods for dealing with such patients and doctors do not have objective tools to confirm such disease. This is due to the fact, that electrosensitivity is a condition defined “by the attribution” of non-specific symptoms to EMF (usually of anthropogenic origin) but not “by the particular set of symptoms”. The predominantly reported symptoms are various and nonspecific. For example, sleep disorders, asthenia, headaches, memory and concentration difficulties, dizziness, musculoskeletal pain, skin conditions and mood disorders (Dieudonné 2020).
The enigma of headaches associated with electromagnetic hyperfrequencies: Hypotheses supporting non-psychogenic algogenic processes
Published in Electromagnetic Biology and Medicine, 2020
Hyperfrequency fields (HF, or microwaves), are omnipresent in modern society. The HF frequencies range between 300 MHz and 300 GHz. The most popular applications to date are GSM/CDMA/TD-SCDMA/UMTS/LTE frequencies, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. According to the International Telephone Union (ITU), there were 3,385 billion internet users in 2016 and 7.1943 billion mobile telephony subscriptions registered in 2015 in the world (source: ITU, www.itu.int). This raises the question of the safety of these technologies. HF-induced symptoms are recognized by international organizations such as EUROPEAM (European Academy for Environmental Medicine)(Belyaev et al. 2016). Some objective brain consequences had been described, even though there are some controversial findings. However, subjective effects, often related to an underlying psychological susceptibility, are the most reported, mainly including headaches, anxiety, depression and other neuropsychiatric consequences. Therefore, an electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS) has been defined and described with a prevalence of 1.5% to 5% (Durusoy et al. 2017; Hillert et al. 2002; Mohammadianinejad et al. 2016; Schrottner et al. 2007; Wilen et al. 2003). Although there are numerous reports supporting EHS, a nocebo effect is mostly mentioned by authors (Kwon et al. 2012; Oftedal et al. 2007).
Comment on ‘Cell phone use and ill health: is there a definite relationship?’
Published in South African Family Practice, 2018
We have read with interest the editorial by Prof. Gboyega A. Ogunbanjo, entitled ‘Cell phone use and ill health: is there a definite relationship?’, published in South African Family Practice. Ogunbanjo in his article has addressed the possible link between mobile phone use and adverse health effects such as cancer. He has also discussed the challenging issue of electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS). Despite its remarkable strengths, this paper needs some clarifications. The first concern is about possible association of mobile phone use with cancer.