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Posted by Laura (Ca) on 11/24/2013
Hi -- I'm looking for advice on a kind of space heater that will be tolerable for someone with multiple chemical sensitivities and indoor/outdoor allergies. I recently tried a parabolic heater and it made me light-headed and foggy. Any advice on a type of heater that will not cause these effects would be greatly appreciated. Laura
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Posted by margaret (f;) on 06/25/2021
oil heaters work for me.
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Posted by Rey (Philippines) on 07/10/2013
I have chemical allergy for 4years. I accidentally touch the chemical on the container that contained chemical use for dvd disc. The dVd disc has 2 part the front or data side and back the dummy side so, they use bonding chemical to stick each other that the kinds of chemical I touched. Until now only my fingers both have like Small bubbles and have like water inside and I scrach always coz uncomfortable. I already go to different doctor to check and gave me a cream and medicine it lose for 1week the bubbles but after a week the allergy back again. Ahat I need to do. Please send your reply. Thanks a lot.
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Posted by Timh (Louisville, Ky, Usa) on 06/07/2013 2048 posts
111laker111: Definitely supplement NAC to boost your body's natural Glutathione levels. Also for detox boosting eat liberal amounts of Cabbage, Broccoli, and Brussels Sprouts. Wheat Sprout Antioxidant will help.
It may be necessary to do some body PH buffering (lots of info here on E.C.) as almost every type of chemical exposure will acidify the tissues. In the case of acidosis, detox enzymes get slowed down and sometimes dramatically. Alkaline Water would be advised here as well.
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Posted by Dave (Fountain Inn, SC) on 06/07/2013
A well known method for drug de tox is the watermellon cleanse. Only eat/drinking the juice too, and as much of the rine as possible... down into the white.
I remember it was Reverend Lester Roloff, who had a girls home in Texas, used the watermellon method for those who came with an addiction issue. He'd have them on the watermellon diet for three days... only watermellon for three days.
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Posted by KT (The USA) on 06/07/2013
I'm not familiar with Fels Naptha. What is it and where can you purchase it, please?
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Posted by Trudyg (Waynesboro, Va) on 06/07/2013
Sorry. Fels Naptha is a natural bar soap. You can find it in the detergent aisle at most stores. It will be near the borax and washing soda.
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Posted by KT (, The Usa) on 06/08/2013
Thanks Trudyg. I have some furniture in storage (maybe ten yrs) that I'm sure must be moldy and smell really bad by now. Will I be able to use this soap on that? It was furniture my mother has reupholstered but died suddenly and I had nowhere else to put it at that time.
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Posted by KT (The Usa) on 06/08/2013
I was referring to a couch and chairs in storage. Thanks for the H from H tip... We have dresser drawers in the house that have a funky smell and we do have a mold problem. Can I crumple the newspaper and put it in the corners around the clothes? If I don't rotate my husbands shirts and underwear they absorb that smell.
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Posted by KT (The Usa) on 05/22/2013
I don't feel bad. I just keep reading about many who do and wanted to offer another possible cause. There are many who cannot afford all free-range, organic everything and my minimal experience is that it is not always the safest. Some are able to tolerate more than others but that doesn't mean no damage is being done and sometimes too late to reverse. I'm older than you and I cannot afford the risk.
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Posted by Vicky L. (N. carolina) on 05/31/2022
You may eat and take a lot of things packaged in plastic but I'm wondering- have you had sensitivities to plastic in the past?
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Posted by Mmsg (Somewhere, Europe) on 02/04/2014
NotDefeated: someone just posted about grounding/earthing. Maybe you can look into that.
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Posted by Prioris (Fl, Usa) on 02/04/2014
You mentioned that "specialists look at me like ..."
You would consult with a clinical ecologist—a doctor who specializes in environmental medicine. I assume you know about them. That is only doctor I would consider consulting in. Any other doctor doesn't really know much about the problem. I would never accept any doctor who just says I would have to live with it. I like your "Not Defeated" attitude.
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Posted by Barbara (Ca) on 02/07/2018
Where can one find ghee that you mentioned. Perfumes drive me NUTS and so does carpeting and other things.
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Posted by Margaret (fl) on 06/25/2021
Amazon also has ghee.
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Posted by Iowama (Iowa) on 02/08/2018
Barbara,
I notice you are in CA. Trader Joes carries it with their other cooking oils.
Best Wishes
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Posted by Robyn (Melbourne, Australia) on 09/18/2012
Lisa, I am on the list. Here in Oz they can only take it from the fat which they take from your belly. I dont know with Addisons that I can do a surgery?? but its awhile away and Im on the street now.
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Posted by Lindsay M (Nyc) on 02/14/2016
Were did you go to get your stem cell done? I am looking to do so as well.
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Posted by Denise (Arizona) on 05/13/2016
The The Dynamic Neural retraining System is helping me greatly. I am now able to do more than I could before. Thank you for your post
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Posted by Cathy (Toronto) on 09/25/2017
I moved from Toronto to Kincardine, ON. Water seems extremely chlorine or something and totally burns and extremely dries my skin. As well building I moved to was painted garbage room below my apartment with oil paint. Very bad sensitivity that gets better for a day that I don't smell anything hardly and burning itching symptoms not bad and then so severe head, scalp, internally stomach, etc. I want to move back to Toronto but paid $3,000 to move here. I grew up here but was not like this.
I got Bell Allergy relief which helped but I had to take double the amount to calm it down to a level which still bothered me but I could relatively cope.
I am out of my mind and family thinks it is just me and my sensitivities. The building at first said they had painted with oil paint and then when I addressed the problem tried to say they don't use any oil paint.
Trees and plants around any area where construction of homes is going on gives me a sharp burning smell in my nose and itching through entire body. Could be the different trees plants grasses and lots more of it combined with the paints, building sealants that are being used. Elevator always has an oil smell but gets less at times.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks
Cathy
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Posted by Jen (Mankato, Mn) on 04/11/2018
How do you use the baking soda to improve your symptoms?
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Posted by Notdefeated (Radford, Va) on 02/04/2014
I have horrible Multiple Chemical Sensitivity reactions. I get very ill when I go out to shop for groceries or any store. I can't go to church anymore because I smell perfumes, etc. My church just put down new carpet. (formaldehyde) I become so ill when I smell stuff that I have even passed out. it has caused tinnitus and it keeps getting worse. I have tried so many herbal supplements and remedies that it has drained me financially, not counting the doctor bills. Doctors won't even discuss the MCS with me like I'm making it up. They say, learn to live with it. I stay away form people completely so I won't e sicker. I am sick every day. more or less. Can any one who suffers with MCS, so you can relate, help me at all? Maybe home remedies or other natural supplement's? Thanks! :-(
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Posted by Mike62 (Denver) on 02/04/2014
Notdefeated: Religion love and enlightenment are very hard to achieve when suffering physically. Eat like Adam and Eve did when they dwelled in the Garden Of Eden, raw organic produce and raw grass fed animal products.
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Posted by J.p. (Massachusetts) on 02/05/2014
I have the same thing...I went to a Dr.appointment and they put a new rug in and I had to wait out in the hall...I went to another Dr.appointment a year or so later and was waiting to be seen and this woman came in with perfume that set off my tinnitus like a fire alarm...Even when I go into a restaurant that has a fireplace going the smell sets of my tinnitis...I breathe deeply a few times a day which I think helps me...But just one whiff of anything like perfume will set me off. Just ONE...The worst is nail polish remover which my wife occasionally uses.. I'll beat this as I didn't have it until about 10 years ago...went 40 years with none of that...
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Posted by Lucy (Baldwin, N.y.) on 03/16/2016
I suffer with tinnitus from MCS. It gets really bad after exposure to perfume or chemicals -even ripened fruit. Some make-up also give me a problem with tinnitus. It gets so bad that I can't even concentrate, get anxiety too. I just want to go sleep until it gets better. It's hard to even go shopping. I'm not safe even in my own home. It's very frustrating!!!
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Posted by Mmsg (Somewhere, Europe) on 03/17/2016
Lucy, you're lucky in that at least you know what the tinnitus by you is from, or what modulates it. Maybe you can read up on how to strengthen your system to be able to deal with MCS.
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Posted by Gloria (Fl) on 04/20/2016
I've been chemically sensitive for 30 years. It took 20 to finally be diagnosed. I had to go to Baltimore where Dr. Ziem has her office. She is the foremost authority on MCS. If you look up her web site she has her recommendations for MCS, there is no cure, avoidance is the only way to stay healthy, which is very difficult. Dr Ray in Texas has a clinic and if you are severe that is the place to go.
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Posted by Debbie (Melbourne, Australia) on 05/23/2011
★☆☆☆☆WARNING!
I am looking into buying a mattress at the moment and came across an interesting article. Some mattresses and pillows can contain chemicals which may make you feel sick (headaches, allergies, depression etc.)
Here is the article
http://www.chem-tox.com/guest/guestbook.html
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Posted by Pat (Bloomingdale, Il) on 06/13/2011
Ik*a has chemical free cotton mattresses.
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Posted by Marie (Houston, Texas, Usa) on 11/05/2011
Hello, I know the subject was chemical sensitivity which I used to have big time as a result of breast implants but about 10 years ago I started to develop photosensitivity and it controls my whole life. I cannot work on a computer without turning it down to almost pitch dark, I can't stay out in the sun unless it's a short length of time or under any type of light, used to be just florescent now it's any light. Suncreen helps but only for so long. I don't so much get the bad rashes but my skin gets prickly and inflamed, like swollen, and hurts really bad, and I get really tired, I'm in pain until I remove myself from the light source for about a half hour (not feasible to do at work). I have UV filters on everything! I avoid light now like the plague.
My problem is I am trying to go back to grad school and I need a cure for this illness or there is no way I can do it. The only other thing I can think of as possible causes is an infection I got in my eye 10 years ago. I also had a falling accident and I might have gotten some kind of infection from the cut. Didn't go to a doctor. I've been tested for lupus but it came back negative. This is a mystery illness, nothing I have done so far has been able to solve. Other things to note: I am anemic don't know if that's a factor. I've been to several derms and docs. I will say that at times it's better - I can even turn my monitor screen to a brighter light. Right now it's as bad as it gets though. I was eating really bad the last few months. I've since tried to eat better again but to no avail. I did try the baking soda thing as well - didn't really help. Has anyone else suffered from this???
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Posted by Timh (Louisville, Usa) on 11/07/2011 2048 posts
Marie, here is a list of stuff for eye health: l-taurine, vit-A, zinc, lutein, zeoxanthin, astazanthin, NAC (or any glutathione boosters), bilberry, eyebright, grape seed. There are many nutrition formulas that contain most of the above ingredience, then u can obtain everthing in 1 cap, but there's the list for comparrison.
Magnet therapy can drive out any possible radiation in head/brain, as well as reduce inflamation and promote healing.
If your anemic and have photosensitivity, include cooked chicken or calf liver in your diet at least once weekly. Liver is loaded with nutrition, esp vit-A. Also eat organic eggs as they too are loaded with good protein and vit-A. Be carefull to not overdose the vit-A.
Do some immune support and also topical for eye infection. Colloidal Silver is good for both the forementioned. Be careful if purchasing the protein or gelatin based C. S. As it can grow germs after expiration date. Oops, now the labels are manufacture date. Nothing past 1yr imho.
Good luck and update your cond./ prog.
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Posted by Jane (Brisbabe, Qld, Aust) on 02/11/2012
Chemical Sensitivities: Hi everyone:) I have had Chemical Sensitivities for roughly 10 yrs now (hubbie even makes our soap/face cream, I clean with vinegar and only edible "all natural" stuff used in house & on our farm etc) I am writing because I also suffer from Electromagnetic Radiation sensitivities (from Wi-Fi, mobile phones / towers, cordless home phones etc) -This really limits where I can go and I can't get too close to people (everyone seems to own a mobile phone) I developed EMR "1st" after 2 large mobile towers were built a couple of blocks from a past owned suburb home - the chemical sensitivities followed soon after. Towards the end of living in this house I was also developing electrical sensitivities - I couldn't even switch lights on /off without pain (very strong pins and needles) in not only in the finger which switched it off, but hand and arm that would last for hours after.
Since moving home my electricity sensitivity has improved to almost 'normal' (with the exclusion of very high fields (eg no hair drier, held power tools etc) I believe I am not quite as chemically sensitive also but my EMR sensitivity has not improved.
I'm posting this because I wanted to share that I believe EMR caused my body to 'break down' and not be able to tolerate anything. It may be worth a try to stay (as long as possible 1- 2 mths?) somewhere with 'low mobile reception' and turn off the cordless home and mobile phone and Wi-Fi and see if this helps at all???? Best wishes and hopes to you all
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Posted by Steve (Las Vegas, NV) on 02/11/2012
Take a look at earthing mats, sheets, shoes, and also connecting with bare earth as much as possible. It should help relieve some of the EMF stress and help your body heal as well.
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Posted by Debbie (Melbourne, Australia ) on 02/12/2012
The best shoes to wear are leather soled shoes as they will help "earth" you. On Earthclinic you can also check under remedies "barefoot".
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Posted by Zorro (West Allis, Wisconsin) on 02/12/2012
Hello, Please google orgone it helps with this, you can make your own or buy it. ou put it around your house and by phones. tv's, computers anything eletrical.
Here are some sites that can explian orgone. You can also wear this around your neck.
the woman warriors.net
educate your self.org
Zorro
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Posted by Lisa (Thousand Oaks, Ca, Usa) on 02/12/2012
Hi Jane, I just thought I'd write to say I do all of the aforementioned except make the orgone. I started wearing a q link about 11 years ago for emf protection. I also have an emf protection pad on my bed that has far infrared heat if I want it too. I use an earthing mat that I have under my feet when I'm at the computer as well.
When I attended a Longevity Now conference that is held here in California, all the doctors on the panel, when asked what have they seen really change over the last 8 years, answered, the rise in maladies due to all the electromagnetic fields we are being exposed to.
So, it's very real! And I do what I can to protect myself. I would google the various words, earthing, barefoot technology, q-link, etc and educate yourself on what you can do. There's also a book that I know can be found on Amazon called, "Earthing" which I've read and heard one of the doctors who helped w/ that book speak on. He suggested just simply lying on the grass, walking barefoot or strolling on the beach to clear your body. I hope this helps.
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Posted by Sunflower (St Augustine, Us) on 03/25/2012
Only ACTIVE works. Passives: pendants etc can be harmful Http://blushield.us/passive.htm
Try it, IT WILL change your lives as much as it does for me and my family, in ways we could only dream of. IMHO, it makes sense to arm ourselves with a schumann resonance
This is the Most affordable, yet gives the BEST results version I discovered and am using currently, also the ONLY one synced to our cicardian/bio rhythm. Not only does it offer emf protection, it revives the immune system, aids recovery, protects & heals from illnesses by generating the Schumann resonance.
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"The frequencies of the Schumann signals change with ionospheric conditions. These conditions change diurnally, seasonally, and with variations in solar activity. That, in its own turn, varies both with the eleven-year sunspot cycle, and also with a twenty-seven to twenty-nine day cycle, mainly during sunspot minimum periods. Lunar tidal changes in the height and thickness of the layers could also sometimes affect the cavity dimensions and hence the Schumann frequencies. So can powerful ELF signals from HAARP.
Harmonizing rhythms usually return to orderly pulsations once the source of disturbance is removed. A strong harmonizing rhythm will drive and entrain the matrix of interlocking fields, creating more orderliness.
Planet Earth has a natural frequency for electromagnetic radiation called the Schumann resonances. The human brain also has resonant natural frequencies for EM radiation "in tune" with the planetary cycles.
Schumann's resonance forms a natural feedback loop with the human mind/body.
In turn, these basic frequencies can re-activate stalled healing processes, enhance growth, accelerate immune responses, and generally "jump-start" functions inherent to the body's tissues, by "rebalancing its energies" (according to Oriental medicine) or (in Beal's terminology) by re-configuring the liquid crystal orientation of cell membrane components and thus triggering specific intracellular responses.
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Posted by Fran (Ireland) on 09/25/2018
Shungite is a Russian stone which absorbs EMF and also purifies water. It is known as a miracle stone in Russia.
You can get it in little circles to put in your pockets. Rocks to put by computer/ wifi/ TV etc. Mats to use on your mattress.
It also purifies water- you can have a couple of little stones in your glass water or glass bottle and it will help. It can be added to a bath and you can get shower heads with it.
I went through a period of hearing electric and phone lines which drove me crazy- this stone was recommended to me by a healer and it has really helped me. I have the 'harmonizers' in my pockets, I have some by my bed, I have little tiles to put my food on and some little rough elite pieces for making up water. I add essential oils to the water for a air fresher or face spritzer.
There are a lot of places selling it- including Amazon but it will be much cheaper direct from a factory in Russia.
Good luck- I hope you feel relief soon
