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. 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 > 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 at http://groups.google.com/group/hum-sufferers?hl=en.
