Strange woman allergic to ... electrical goods

A British woman is living away from the comforts of modern life due to a rare disease: allergy to electrical appliances.

The incidence of electrical allergy (ES) led Ms. Tunnicliffe to spend the evening in candlelight. Photo: Hotspot Media.

According to the Daily Mail , Janice Tunnicliffe, 55, of Nottinghamshire, England cannot watch television, listen to the radio or cook water with an electric stove to make tea. The mother's electrical allergies are so serious that neighbors around her family must also stop using wireless Internet.

In the evening, Ms. Tunnicliffe often entertained by playing board games (a group game, usually from 2 people or more, on wooden tables) under the candlelight, avoiding turning on electric lights or using a refrigerator , computers and mobile phones.

Ms. Tunnicliffe is using an electromagnetic field detector. The woman said modern technology made her ill after cancer chemotherapy. Photo: Hotspot Media.

Ms. Tunnicliffe said, a chemotherapy process during the treatment of bowel cancer three years ago made her suffer from a disease called n- sensitive to electricity. This disease causes serious reactions to electromagnetic fields emitted by electrical equipment.

For three years of illness, she suffered numerous headaches, chest pain, nausea and tingling in her hands and feet whenever near any device that emitted electromagnetic fields. The illness only subsided when the living village of Wellow was cut off. The windows of her three-bedroom cottages are shielded by insulating metal to deflect electromagnetic waves. She also spent weekends camping in the countryside with her husband to "completely separate" from electrical appliances.

Tunnicliffe's windows are now shielded by metal insulation to deflect electromagnetic waves that could damage her health. Photo: Daily Mail.

Ms. Tunnicliffe disclosed that she had learned to control her illness from electrical equipment after receiving a little sympathy from internal doctors but was denied medical treatment at a private hospital specializing in Diseases sensitive to electricity (ES).

Graham Lamburn, a member of the Powerwatch organization that specializes in the effects of electromagnetic fields, said 3-4% of the British population reported electrical sensitivities but rarely anyone suffered from such severe illness. Tunnicliffe.

While authorities in countries like Sweden and Switzerland have recognized ES disease, the UK Health Protection Agency has announced that scientific tests have failed to establish a link between radio and analogies. weak health. Many doctors in the island nation believe that this disease may stem from psychological stress.