Electrosensitivity and electrohypersensitivity

What is EMF sensitivity? How does it differ from EMF hypersensitivity?

Since the prefix hyper- means extreme or excessive, it's an indication of a greater degree. It's not a black-and-white thing, but rather a sliding scale.

In reality, the difference between EMF hypersensitivity and EMF sensitivity lies in the level of impact and the timing of the effects. Because we're all human, with more or less the same biology and cellular structures, EMFs affect us all. They are not necessarily at a level that is consciously noticeable to many.

Electro-sensitivity: a new pathology on the rise (source: CEM Expertise)

This new pathology, electrosensitivity, is a particular form of allergy, recent and growing in our industrialized countries, which occurs in the presence of electromagnetic fields.

Like an allergy, it can worsen over time. The more often the body is exposed to "provocative" waves, the more sensitive it becomes, reacting to ever lower doses or frequency ranges previously ignored. Once the first symptoms are noticed, it can only get worse.

In Sweden, between 230,000 and 290,000 people suffer from various symptoms when in contact with sources of electromagnetic fields. (Between 3.5% and 4.5% of the population).

An electrosensitive Norwegian politician!

The best-known case is certainly that of Norway's Gro Harlem Brundtland.

Then Director of the World Health Organization (WHO), she revealed her electro-sensitivity to the public in 2002.

This woman in her sixties, a leading political figure who has been Prime Minister of her country several times and is the originator of the concept of sustainable development, is in fact able to detect from a few meters away whether a cell phone is switched on or off.

Tests with her own staff confirm that she gets it right every time:

• electro-sensing range: 4 meters,
• duration of migraines: 30 minutes to an hour, and symptoms are identical with indoor cordless phones.

For her too, it all started with a sensation of heat around the ear, followed by headaches.

She lives with her electro-sensitivity, cutting short her past conversations on other people's mobiles, and is now wary of her laptop "If I hold it up to read what's on the screen, it's like getting an electric shock through my arms."

The symptoms

Some people are more sensitive to certain electromagnetic fields: microwaves, radio waves, very high frequencies, while others are more sensitive to electric currents.

Most frequent symptoms: Headaches (helmet-like tingling on the head, intracranial pain, sensation of a vice or grip on and in the head, intense heat or cold), joint and/or muscle pain (knee, hand...), fatigue, insomnia, tinnitus, loss of concentration, depression, irritability, heart problems including tachycardia.

Clinical signs : disruption of the endocrine system, the neuro-immune system, the cardiovascular system, the nervous system, cell function in various organs.
Symptoms may resemble other disorders or diseases. They are also frequently encountered in the general population.

Some French associations believe that many people are unaware that they are suffering from electrosensitivity. It's becoming increasingly difficult to diagnose electrosensitivity as we become increasingly immersed in electromagnetic fields, particularly high-frequency ones.

Sources of electromagnetic fields:

• Cell phone antenna (up to at least 600 meters in the countryside),
• Cell phone (10 meters),
• Fixed wireless phone (DECT) and corded phone (to a lesser extent),
• Household appliances,
• Household electrical wiring,
• Compact fluorescent bulbs (energy-saving),
• Wireless alarm,
• High-voltage lines,
• Computer on contact or approach,
• Wi-fi, Wlan,
• Bluetooth,
• Wireless payment terminals (credit card),
• Microwave oven,
• Automotive (on-board electronics, ignition coil),
• Train,
• Plane,
• Radars.

The alternating current of domestic electrical installations is harmful to the body (the direction of the current alternates 50 times per second).

Hertzian waves (radio waves, microwaves, very high frequencies) are much more harmful when pulsed. Their impact on the human body depends on their frequency, power and type of pulsation. For example, at equal power levels, base stations are more harmful than FM radio transmitters.

Causes of electrosensitivity:

Electrosensitivity is caused by chronic intoxication to :

• biocides: pesticides, herbicides and all products containing biocides (wood treatment products, etc.),
• heavy metals: palladium, mercury (mainly from dental amalgams), aluminum...,
• chemicals: epoxy, glues, solvents, plastics (fumes released by electronic components in computers and other electronic devices when hot), certain perfumes. All these pollutants will weaken and disrupt the body, making its resistance more precarious in the face of disturbances caused by electromagnetic fields,
• has excessive physical stress.

Means of protection

Protective measures to be implemented to reduce sensitivity and symptoms :

• Avoid approaching and coming into contact with devices emitting these fields, using measuring devices if necessary (current and electric field detectors, radiofrequency and microwave detectors). Most people with electrosensitivity use or have used such devices to learn and understand how different sources radiate. These devices are much more widely used in other countries, such as Germany and Sweden, particularly by non-electrosensitive people, to limit and protect themselves from the various sources.
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Possible actions to reduce symptoms :

• Protect yourself from chemicals: biocides, industrial chemicals.
• Avoid and/or protect yourself from electromagnetic fields.
• If necessary, have dental amalgams removed from the mouth, following a strict protocol. Consider heavy metal detoxification (chelation).
• Antioxidants (vitamin B group, vitamin C, alpha-lipoic acid, NAC or N-acetyl-cysteine, selenium).

Metals in the body:

Metals partially re-emit the waves they receive.
Dental amalgams, dentures, metal prostheses (titanium), orthopedic prostheses, in addition to being electromagnetic receptors, disrupt the body's tissue/cell communication pathways (interfering with acupuncture meridians, and generating super-conductivity between the various tissues of the human body).

Disease recognition:

Since 2009, electro-sensitivity has been recognized as a real pathology in France.

Doctors who know about it are rare. Misdiagnoses occur on a daily basis: confusion with fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome or calling the disease a psychosomatic illness, a mental illness (schizophrenia or depressive syndrome).

In England, Germany, Sweden and some US states, the disease is treated and recognized.

If you suffer from electrosensitivity, we invite you to contact ARTAC (Association de Recherche Thérapeutique Anti-Cancéreuse), chaired by Professor Belpomme, which offers a consultation on this ever-growing pathology.