Thanks for the reference to this site. However, I have some issues with it.
It makes an interesting distinction between "chemical only" sensitivity and
"all stimuli" sensitivity. However, it then attributes the former mainly to
CO (carbon monoxide) poisoning. It doesn't quote much (any) underlying
evidence for this, but it does suggest months of oxygen therapy or buying
their CO meters as ways of tackling it. I don't get the impression that
this theory is "mainstream" among MCS researchers.
Of course CO poisoning is a very severe problem when it happens and one can
well imagine it causing long term immune system damage. But can it really
be the cause of most of today's MCS-type cases? My own view will be
affected by the fact that we are pretty sure that Sue has not had CO
poisoning and the causes of her MCS and ES seem to be different, although
the symptoms (including light and noise sensitivity) fit those described for
MUSES.
One bit of circumstantial evidence quoted by the webpage actually severely
damages their case; they claim Edgar Allen Poe and most 19th century
Americans were gradually poisoned by CO from coal gas (this would also apply
to UK and Europe). If this were the cause of MUSES, it and similar
afflictions should have been endemic in the 19th century and improved
considerably in the 20th century after natural gas (methane, CH4) replaced
coal gas. In fact, MCS/MUSES seems to be largely a phenomenon of the last
20 years (and indeed natural gas and its combustion products are a trigger
for MCS and ES for some people, even though the CO content is minuscule
compared with the old coal gas). Footnote: the once-favoured means of
suicide by putting your head in the gas oven worked by CO poisoning, and of
course was no longer effective with natural gas.
Ian
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www.mcsrr.org
has interesting info about a type of MCS that involves not only chemical
sensitivity but sensitivity to stimuli such as light and noise. It is caused
by carbon monoxide poisoning. I had CO poisoning before my symptoms
began so the site was useful to me. Perhaps it might help somebody else.
Josie
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