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jeffybefffy519today at 6:00 AM2 repliesview on HN

Could this lead into how there are people who thing non ionising radiation sources affect them?


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Noaiditoday at 2:13 PM

Yes, I think it is. And I am one of these people who are sensitive to electromagnetic fields. Both radio frequency and lower frequency magnetic and electric fields.

No, I’m not running around with a tinfoil hat on thinking that it’s going to kill me, but it does cause me, insomnia, nightmares, and a worsening of my mood disorder.

The problem is since voltage gated ion channels are also associated with mood disorders[1] and are, I believe, how EMF’s effect certain people, then it’s easy to play our sensitivity off as just our mood disorder.

[1] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3646240/

nandomrumbertoday at 11:33 AM

One acquaintance, after years of trying to work out what was wrong and believing EM missions may play a role turned out to have hemochromotosis (genetic disorder characterized by excessive intestinal absorption of dietary iron, resulting in a pathological increase in total body iron) which is fixed by regular blood donations.

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