Posted on: Monday, 8 September 2008, 00:00 CDT

By Lisa Adams

IT'S called an allergy to modern life and half of Scots in the next 10 years could be at risk from this crippling illness, according to scientific research.

Victims of the condition, which is triggered by electromagnetic waves from mobile phones, power lines, microwaves and computers, suffer headaches, crushing chest pains, nose bleeds and a loss of feeling in arms and legs.

Experts report that up to 1.5million people in the UK already have their lives blighted by electro-sensitivity, with symptoms that also include heart palpitations, tiredness, fainting, light sensitivity and skin problems.

Mike Bell, chairman of the Radiation Research Trust, said: "We are seeing a significant increase in enquiries from individuals suffering from these symptoms.

"We're concerned that many people could be living with health- related electro-sensitivity symptoms without realising the cause.

"Doctors in the UK are not trained to recognise this condition. They could be misdiagnosing patients and treating them with drugs rather than investigating the cause."

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http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1546678/techno_lurgy__allergy_to_modern_gadgets_posing_health_risk/

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Case Study: 'Largs Hum' Made Me So Ill I Left Town

Glasgow Daily Record - Glasgow, Scotland, UK

And she fears the implant turned her into a human aerial - picking up electricity waves when she is near a mobile phone mast, pylon or military radar. ...

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/news-feed/2008/09/08/case-study-largs-hum-made-me-so-ill-i-left-town-86908-20728758/




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