Dirty Electricity

My GP lent me something called a Gauss meter this week. You plug it into an electrical outlet and it measures the amount of electromagnetic radiation given off by that circuit. As we know, radiation is bad and is known to aggravate many conditions, especially those that involve detoxification of the body at a cellular level and conditions that involve defective immune systems, like Lyme.

They theory is that I might be one of the people who are naturally sensitive to electrical fields or perhaps, Lyme (and co-infections) have changed my body in such a way that I have become sensitive to them. Given that I do badly in places like computer labs and under certain kinds of light bulbs, this sounds plausible.

In many parts of Europe, I've heard, they recognized something called Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (EHS) in which certain people experience adverse reactions when exposed to electronic fields. Symptoms include:

... include skin rash, sleep disorders, muscle and joint pain (fibromyalgia), chronic fatigue, depression, headaches, dizziness, nausea, difficulty concentrating, memory loss, irritability, anxiety, weakness, muscle spasms, numbness, tingling, leg and foot pain, "flu-like" symptoms and fever.

This list is a lot like the list of Lyme related symptoms. My GP suggests that it is possible that the symptoms caused my infection are made worse by EHS.


A side note: people with sever Dyslexia often have physical reactions to fluorescent lights and LED lights - pretty much anything with am almost visible flicker rate. There is documentation of sever migraines and a worsening of their language skills in this sort of environment. It's worth looking into to see if there is a correlation between EM fields and this ailment.

So, I took this Gauss meter home and tested the outlets in my home. Most of them were around 100 units, one was as high as 140. According to the back of the meter, the Kazakhstan government recommends a rating of no higher than 50 for safe human exposure; ideally 25 or under. My ratings aren't so bad, most houses measure around a few hundred.

I took the meter to my old home, the apartment. The meter doesn't go up that high. The EM field was completely off the scale. Perhaps there is a correlation between this and why I am improving since I moved away. I also took the meter to my old work place - also off the scale. Two places where my symptoms were at their worst had high readings off the scale. There is definitely a correlations between this and my symptoms.

When the apartment sells and I have enough money to pay for it, I'll buy some filters for my bedroom to lower the effect. If it helps, I might gets some for the rest of the house. I know that I feel quite ill in the basement where the internet lives, it might be related to all the electronics or the proximity to the electrical panel and exposed wiring (unfinished basement). This is the main reason why I'm away from the internet so much these days.

Dirtyelectrisity.ca is where I've been getting most of my information about this topic, also the book Detoxify Your Life (you remember, the smelly book). You can also purchase meters and filters from the website.