EHS: Symptoms and Support
Electrohypersensivity (EHS), originally known as microwave sickness, is receiving international recognition as an emerging public health problem. The Canadian Human Rights Commission, the Americans with Disabilities Act and our Canadian Government now recognize EHS as an Environmental Sensitivity, and it is now recognized in Sweden and Norway as a Functional Impairment.
Over 3,000 doctors agree, " . . . One can no longer evade these pulsed microwaves. They heighten the risk of already present chemical/physical influences, stress the body's immune system, and can bring the body's still-functioning regulatory mechanisms to a halt. Pregnant women, children, adolescents, elderly and sick people are especially at risk." Freiburger Appeal, signed by over 3,000 German Medical Doctors
The damaging health effects of electromagnetic frequency (EMF) and radio frequency (RF) fields - neurological, respiratory and cardiac, as well as others of a more general nature - have been known for decades, but with the explosion of modern wireless devices and infrastructure, ill health effects are being felt by more people every day.
Those for whom symptoms are more subtle do not usually, in the early stages of reactivity, make the RF connection. For those who already know they are electrohypersensitive, this is a life-affecting reality.
The Power Watch Handbook states that between 3% and 35% of our population are sensitive in some way to electormagnetic frequencies. The likelihood will only grow with continued exposure and time.
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2011
Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity: Fact or Fiction?
Stephen J. Genuis- University of Calgary
Introduction, Background, Management of Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity, Case History of Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity, Quality of life Considerations, Debate about the Legitimacy of Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity.
As the prevalence of wireless telecommunication escalates throughout the world, health professionals are
faced with the challenge of patients who report symptoms they claim are connected with exposure to
some frequencies of electromagnetic radiation (EMR). Some scientists and clinicians acknowledge the phenomenon of hypersensitivity to EMR resulting from common exposures such as wireless systems and electrical devices in the home or workplace; others suggest that electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS) is
psychosomatic or fictitious. Various organizations including the World Health Organization as well as some
nation states are carefully exploring this clinical phenomenon in order to better explain the rising prevalence
of non-specific, multi-system, often debilitating symptoms associated with non-ionizing EMR exposure. As
well as an assortment of physiological complaints, patients diagnosed with EHS also report profound social
and personal challenges, impairing their ability to function normally in society. This paper offers a review of
the sparse literature on this perplexing condition and a discussion of the controversy surrounding the legitimacy of the EHS diagnosis. Recommendations are provided to assist health professionals in caring for individuals complaining of EHS.
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