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Multiple Chemical Sensitivity

 

What Is Multiple Chemical Sensitivity?
Multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) is the name given by some to a condition in which various symptoms reportedly appear after a person has been exposed to any of a wide range of chemicals. The exposure may occur as a major event, such as a chemical spill, or from long-term contact with low-levels of chemicals, such as in an office with poor ventilation. As a result of exposure, people with MCS develop sensitivity and have reactions to the chemicals even at levels most people can tolerate.

Multiple Chemical Sensitivity - also referred to as MCS - is also known as Chemical Injury, Chemical Sensitivity, Environmental Illness (E.I.), and Multiple Allergy.

Multiple Chemical Sensitivity; in broad terms it means an unusually severe sensitivity or allergy-like reaction to many different kinds of pollutants including solvents, VOC's (Volatile Organic Compounds), perfumes, petrol, diesel, smoke, "chemicals" in general and often encompasses problems with regard to pollen, house dust mites, and pet fur & dander.

Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) is basically a subset of Environmental Illness (EI), which is caused by living in a toxic world. The chemicals that were synthesized after World War II (including, pesticides, synthetic fragrances, cleaning products, detergents, etc.) are mostly "petro-chemicals" (petroleum based) and are quite toxic to humans. There have been virtually no studies done on the majority of these chemicals to see how they affect humans - the industry just placed the chemicals in the environment with the assumption that they are "safe, till proven toxic", instead of the other way around. One of the biggest offenders is PERFUME and other scented products. Did you know that many of the ingredients in your perfume are the exact same ingredients found in GASOLINE??!! I didn't either! The scary thing is that the perfume industry is NOT REGULATED at all - they can put any number of chemicals in fragrance without revealing what those chemicals are - or how they affect humans. We humans are all participating in a giant "lab experiment" against our knowledge and against our will, and it's making some of us VERY sick. http://www.ourlittleplace.com/mcs.html

The Sickness Industry never has and never will be interested in curing us of anything. Where would, for example, the dandruff shampoo industry be if one bottle of the stuff actually cured your dandruff? The truth is that Health is the last thing these industries want for us. Prefering rather to bleed us and our health services dry by creating an endless string of product/medicines that offer by design not "cure of cause" - but only ever "temporary relief of symptom".
Martin J Walker

We have become silent

Multiple chemical sensitivity unlike true allergies - where the underlying mechanisms of the problem are relatively well understood widely accepted, is generally regarded as "idiopathic" - meaning that it has no known mechanism of causation & it's processes are not fully understood.

The problem here is made more difficult still, due to the variable nature of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity from one person to the next & this often makes treatment with conventional medicine & practices ineffective or inappropriate; for most sufferers with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity, the avoidance of pollutants/toxicants is the key.

Don't be fooled, these chemicals are affecting ALL of us in some way or another. Think about the last time you got a headache for no apparent reason. Could it be possible that someone had recently sprayed perfume or pesticides near you without you knowing it? Had you recently used scented laundry detergent or Clorox to clean with? Do you get headaches or feel nauseous from being around people wearing perfume or cologne? Do you feel you need to hold your breath when you go down the detergent aisle at the grocery store? All these things are your body's way of telling you something is wrong with the air you're breathing.

What CAN be said about defining Multiple Chemical Sensitivity - and in order to help the patient decide whether they truly have MCS or another allergy-related illness - is that the following deciding criteria apply to Multiple Chemical Sensitivity:
the client exhibits problems - often an allergy-like reaction - to both large - often extremely low levels of irritants/toxicants/triggers : other individuals present at the same time may be unable to detect anything at all or anything unusual or out of the ordinary.
the problem is ongoing, ie. chronic, and not a "one-off" event.
the same symptoms are reproducible with repeated exposure to the same triggers.
the patient is affected by many different triggers.
the patient improves when triggers are absent.

People with MCS identify many products as chemical triggers, including:

Tobacco smoke
Perfume
Traffic exhaust or gasoline fumes
Nail polish remover
Newspaper ink
Hair spray
Paint or paint thinner
Insecticides
Artificial colors, sweeteners and preservatives in food
Adhesive tape
New carpet
Flame retardants on clothing and furniture (such as mattresses)
Felt tip pens
Chlorine in swimming pools

It's like playing "Russian Roulette" - you never know how long your immune system can hold out before breaking down. Some people may never reach the point of "chronic illness" that I did - but most people are being affected, possibly without realizing it. Cancer has increased dramatically since World War II (after all the chemicals came out). Attention Deficit Disorder is on the rise (more and more of our children are being put on toxic, brain-altering drugs like Ritalin when simply cleaning up their environment could solve their problems). Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Alzheimer's Disease, Allergies, Asthma, Lupus, Fibromyalgia, and Multiple Sclerosis are also increasing. All these illnesses could very well have a chemical connection to their cause

 

the symptoms of multiple chemical sensitivityThe possible list of symptoms of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity is almost endless - varies from one patient to the next. Also worthy of mention here is the fact that there is no sharp demarcation between the symptoms of MCS and those of ME/CFS/CFIDS/PVFS (myalgic encephalomyelitis - chronic fatigue), but that most sufferers of MCS complain of at least several of the following:

•burning, stinging eyes
• wheezing, breathlessness nausea
• extreme fatigue/lethargy
• headache/migraine/vertigo/dizziness
• poor memory & concentration
• runny nose (rhinitis)
• sore throat, cough
• sinus problems
• skin rashes and/or itching skin
• sensitivity to light & noise
• sleeping problems
• digestive upset
• muscle & joint pain.
The idiopathic or "not understood" nature of MCS means that doctors & others are often highly sceptical about the reality of – and nature of - the MCS condition.

Many features of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity and it’s effects and the way it’s effects are described by the sufferer seem altogether unrealistic, impossible or implausible to a conventional & scientifically trained consultant or GP.

The products we use on our skin are absorbed directly into the bloodstream (the reason why nitroglycerine, nicotine, and hormone patches work). The chemicals we breathe (such as perfumes, formaldehyde, pesticides, etc.) all go straight to our brains and can cause low-level to severe damage - similar to how someone can snort cocaine or glue to get a "high". Start reading labels - check for petro-chemicals, formaldehyde, and fragrance, and avoid them as much as possible. A clue that an ingredient may be a petro-chemical is the "prop" prefix. A clue that an ingredient releases formaldehyde is "Quaternium". Be careful about products labeled "fragrance free" or "unscented". Don't trust them! Read the label and be sure they don't list "fragrance" or "masking fragrance". Don't put anything on your skin you'd be afraid to eat, because the end result is the same!

Health Risks from Perfume: The Most Common
Chemicals Found in Thirty-One Fragrance Products

The population at large are often equally sceptical, because the described symptoms (say, headache, joint pains, etc. ) and the externally observable effects ( say, runny nose, watering eyes, etc ), are blamed by the Multiple Chemical Sensitivity sufferer on an invisible chemical or toxin that the average person cannot even detect, much less be affected by !

How can a person really be affected by such a miniscule dose of a toxicant even if such a toxicant IS present? Surprisingly, perhaps, this is one aspect of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity that is very well understood in conventional medicine and it is called Sensitization.

Sensitization is a true allergic reaction to one chemical or irritant and is caused by involvement within the body of mast cells and IgE antibodies. Once sensitized to a particular irritant, a subsequent exposure to even a tiny amount of the same irritant ( even parts per million – ppm – or parts per billion – ppb) can cause an extreme allergic reaction.

Note: one ppm = 0.0001 percent.

These very low levels of irritant will often be totally undetectable to the average person and to them will be totally harmless.

Meanwhile, the main aspect of Multiple Chemical Sensitivity that is NOT fully understood - and that is regarded with such great scepticism - is that the MSC sufferer reacts similarly and in an allergic fashion to a whole raft of completely unrelated toxicants – typically "chemicals", solvents, perfumes, VOCs, odours, smoke, house dust mites, pollen, etc.

An art teacher, 45, had become unwell and pensioned off on ‘psychiatric’ grounds. She disputed this but as no medical explanation for her ‘imagined’ condition could be found, was forced to retire. Radionic analysis clearly indicated that the paints and solvents she had been using for years were the root cause of her problem and after treatment she recovered well. Sadly it was too late to get her job back, but she could enjoy her art work again.
by Linda Fellows

 

In conventional science and in the present state of knowledge, this effect is “impossible” because an allergy is an acquired reaction caused by an immune system response to one SPECIFIC excitant that has already been encountered at least once before : a multilateral response to many and varied toxicants is inexplicable using conventional medicine. Yet many MCS sufferers do report the same effects and the same symptom picture following exposure to varied excitants – in short, they all "tell the same story".

RADIONICS AND CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY

Can radionics help you? If you are suffering from any type of medical condition, major or minor,Chemical Sensitivities, or experiencing pain caused by an injury, it is most likely that radionics can help you (or perhaps someone you know). The earlier a condition is diagnosed and treated the greater the likelihood of a complete recovery.

It’s a well known fact that all known objects in the universe are merely vibrating masses of molecules. Whether that be a table, a TV, or a living being, every body has its own unique structure of vibrating atoms which distinguishes it from all others. Now think of every part of you: your fingers; your toes; your heart; your kidneys; your brain… every single piece of you is totally unique, like a fingerprint. Your vibrations belong to you - your vibrations are you!

More often than not we become ill because our body cells get infected and unbalanced by an intrusion from such things as bacteria, parasites, viruses, chemicals, cancers, fungi and stones, any of which can upset our natural frequencies. However, armed with the knowledge that all things, including infections, have their own unique vibration, we are able to “tune in” to a patient and identify precisely the cause of an illness.

An essential element of radionic healing is to look at the whole body and its functions in order to diagnose the root cause of a medical condition. It’s all too easy in this day and age to take a pill to mask the symptoms of an illness, without ever really discovering what is causing the internal imbalance and which parts of us need to be treated. Often the origins of an ailment or disease can stretch way back into our past, such as a childhood injury, and resurface years later to cause us pain and ill health.

In the course of his research Abrams made the startling discovery that diseases could be measured in terms of energy, and he devised and instrument which calibrated dials which enabled him to identify and measure disease reactions and intensities. From this work, called E.R.A. of the Electronic Reaction of Abrams, came Radionics as we know it today. Leading British physician Sir James Barr considered Abrams' discoveries to be among the most significant of the day

When King George V heard about Dr Abrams and his work, he despatched a pair of his most trusted physicians to study under him in America. Upon their return the doctors reported that they had no doubts regarding the authenticity and effectiveness of radionics. Presumably King George V received regular radionic treatment and he is believed not to be the only royal patient over the years – along with royal pets, celebrities, politicians and astronauts.

Not surprisingly, certain elements of the medical and scientific community attacked Abrams' work and sought to discredit him. In 1924, the year of Abram' death, a committee of the Royal Society of Medicine under the Chairmanship of Sir Thomas (later Lord) Horder investigated his claims. To the astonishment of medicine and science, the committee, after exhaustive tests, has to admit that Abrams' claim was proven

If a person, or an animal for that matter, is healthy, his or her organs are vibrating at a specific, known frequency. These frequencies were studied and recorded in the 1920s by an American physician called Dr Abrams and later by eminent chiropractor Ruth Drown See the HVR9. Knowing the optimum frequencies for each vital organ or bodily system, such as the lymphatic system, the nervous system, the reproductive system, the sleep system etc., allows us to analyze a patient’s anomalies very accurately and offer a diagnosis and treatment.
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Subtle healing with Radionics
Recently a lady approached me suffering from exhaustion for which her doctor could find no explanation. 'Using the analytical techniques of my therapy, radionics, I obtained an indication that this lady - let's call her Mary - might have an energy field blocked by the adverse effects of chemicals, some of them of natural origin. Mary was an experienced aromatherapist, who practised massage. I suspected that a combination of over-exposure to essential oils, together with the effects of pollutants which affect us all such as traffic fumes, had built up in her non-physical body to such an extent that it could no longer support the vitality of her physical one. I treated Mary with a combination of distant radionic healing and remedies, and she is now recovering
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by Linda Fellows

An explanation of how radionics might work

Surprisingly, an explanation of how radionics might work has come not from practitioners but from the changing view of ‘reality’ which has emerged from modern physics. It has become clear in recent years that space (distance) and time are properties of the material world which we inhabit, but not of the underlying reality from which our universe emerges and to which we return at death. There everything is at the same place and at the same moment. Well regulated scientific studies have also shown that human minds can apparently connect and share information over vast distances, and indicate that our personal consciousness seems to be part of a wider consciousness which links us to every living thing, and also to the deeper reality from which our universe emerges. Many are now of the view that distant healing, telepathy etc. are not carried out at a distance at all, but at the level of the underlying reality where there is no distance between us. (See Fellows, L.E. in Scofield, Ed., 2003).

ADVANCED BIO-PHOTON ANALYZER

The advanced bio photon analyzer or analyzer for short is a device that can be used for many different purposes to balance the body and speed up the energetic process. The analyzer has been used to:

Antidote and neutralize many chemicals, poisons, toxins, and allergens to your body.
Balance and stabilize the body.
Detoxify the body at a safe rate.
Neutralize chemicals and pesticides that are on food.
Increase the potency of a homeopathic remedy.
Create your own isopathic remedy.

People who use an analyzer are able to reduce the amount of offensive substances your body is exposed to, therefore reducing the stress on the total system. This process allows the body to spend more of its energy striving for good energy, instead of dealing with substances that are causing disease throughout the body. The additional detoxification created by the analyzer within the system also helps speed the energetic process. Using the Analyzer will help you feel better, fight off illness easier, reduce your allergic reactions and find the energetic, happier life you are looking for.

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Recommended reading
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Gerber, R. (2000). Vibrational Medicine for the 21st Century. London, Piatkus.
Hartman, J. E. (1999). Radionics and radiesthesia. A guide to working with energy patterns., Aquarian Systems.
Lafferty, T. (1998). A survey of Radionic care of human patients. Radionic Journal (Winter 1998): 17-24.
Mayne A. (1977) The radionic treatment statistics questionnaire - results of a statistical analysis. Radionic Journal. 34, 21.
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Russell, E. W. (1973). Report on Radionics. London, Neville Spearman.
Scofield, A. M., Ed. (2003). Horizons in Radionics. Trencavel Press.
Tansley, D. V. (1972). Radionics and the subtle anatomy of man. Health Science Press.
Westlake, A. T. (1985). The Pattern of Health. Element Books.

All the cases mentioned above are anecdotes and are presented for interest only. No claim is made that these constitute scientific proof that radionics works.