With so many wireless and cellular products on the market these days, sufferers of Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (EHS) – an allergic reaction caused by exposure to electromagnetic fields caused by cellphones and other electronic devices – fight the symptoms of a condition that few doctors even recognize, reports the BBC.
"My face turns red, I get a headache, my vision changes, and it hurts to think. Last time [I was exposed], I started getting chest pains – and to me that’s becoming life-threatening," explained Diane Schou, one of the estimated five percent of Americans who suffer from EHS.
Despite the severity of the symptoms, EHS is not recognized by the World Health Organization, which pointed out in a statement that it "has no clear diagnostic criteria and there is no scientific basis to link EHS symptoms to [electromagnetic field] exposure. Further, EHS is not a medical diagnosis, nor is it clear that it represents a single medical problem."
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