No it didn't sound like a case of blaming the victim just not blaming an industry How can you be sure you actually have HF tinnitus when they are admitting in this 2009 study that The pathophysiology is still incompletely understood. ???
On May 7, 4:28 am, Trev <[email protected]> wrote: > Sounds like a case of blaming the victim! > I suffer from HF tinnitus and never previously or recently thought it > has anything to do with EM sensitivity,as such. > They may well co-exist- that is something different! > Recently , I travelled away some distance and the Hum stopped , but > not the tinnitus- that's mine, > The Hummmm is somebody elses.... > > On May 7, 4:43 am, dboots <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > CONCLUSIONS: Our data indicate that tinnitus is associated with > > subjective electromagnetic hypersensitivity. > > > PLoS One. 2009;4(3):e5026. Epub 2009 Mar 27 > > >http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19325894?ordinalpos=1&itool=Entrez... > > > Association of tinnitus and electromagnetic hypersensitivity: hints > > for a shared pathophysiology? > > Landgrebe M, Frick U, Hauser S, Hajak G, Langguth B. > > Department of Psychiatry, Psychosomatics, and Psychotherapy, > > University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany. > > [email protected] > > > BACKGROUND: Tinnitus is a frequent condition with high morbidity and > > impairment in quality of life. The pathophysiology is still > > incompletely understood. Electromagnetic fields are discussed to be > > involved in the multi-factorial pathogenesis of tinnitus, but data > > proofing this relationship are very limited. Potential health hazards > > of electromagnetic fields (EMF) have been under discussion for long. > > Especially, individuals claiming themselves to be electromagnetic > > hypersensitive suffer from a variety of unspecific symptoms, which > > they attribute to EMF-exposure. The aim of the study was to elucidate > > the relationship between EMF-exposure, electromagnetic > > hypersensitivity and tinnitus using a case-control design. > > METHODOLOGY: Tinnitus occurrence and tinnitus severity were assessed > > by questionnaires in 89 electromagnetic hypersensitive patients and > > 107 controls matched for age-, gender, living surroundings and > > workplace. Using a logistic regression approach, potential risk > > factors for the development of tinnitus were evaluated. FINDINGS: > > Tinnitus was significantly more frequent in the electromagnetic > > hypersensitive group (50.72% vs. 17.5%) whereas tinnitus duration and > > severity did not differ between groups. Electromagnetic > > hypersensitivity and tinnitus were independent risk factors for sleep > > disturbances.. However, measures of individual EMF-exposure like e.g. > > cell phone use did not show any association with tinnitus. > > CONCLUSIONS: Our data indicate that tinnitus is associated with > > subjective electromagnetic hypersensitivity. An individual > > vulnerability probably due to an over activated cortical distress > > network seems to be responsible for, both, electromagnetic > > hypersensitivity and tinnitus. Hence, therapeutic efforts should focus > > on treatment strategies (e.g. cognitive behavioral therapy) aiming at > > normalizing this dysfunctional distress network. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Hum Sufferers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/hum-sufferers?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Hum Sufferers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/hum-sufferers?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hum Sufferers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hum-sufferers?hl=en.
