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Article: What causes multiple chemical sensitivity (MCS) and environmental illness (EI)?(Case study)(Clinical report)
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- Original Internist
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- September 1, 2007
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Several hundred thousand persons in the US are afflicted with MCS and EI. The typical patient with multiple chemical sensitivity has been ill for 5-20 years. Patients with these illnesses react with allergic responses to a progressively greater number of substances until they become "universal reactors" who are sensitive to nearly all foods and chemicals.
In its most advanced form a woman was living naked in a home lined with foil. She was reduced to eating the only food she did not react to. Adrenaline and oxygen were necessary to immediately treat anaphylactic reactions. In addition to her severe allergic problems, she had a multitude of health problems. There ...
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