Trev Are you inferring your tinnitus is known to come and go because of blood pressure medicine???
On May 8, 2:47 am, Trev <[email protected]> wrote: > Tinnitus? > It comes and goes with BP meds, for a starter.[Known for it] > Also ,I've had 'it' years before Hum kicked in. > > As for victims- I object to the dysfunctional handle, rather than the > true 'functional'. > > On May 8, 6:45 am, dboots <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > 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. 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