Italy will fund the treatment of allergy to TV and telephone - Gazeta.pl

People chemical sensitivity syndrome affected the faint electromagnetic field and have migraines. (Edmondo / sxc.hu)

According to the experts on this type of allergy suffers about half a million Italians. Italian media reported that a resident of Sardinia Maria Grazia Murru for six years sought help from allergists and clinics all over Italy, complaining of worsening acute symptoms in response to chemicals and because of so. elektrowra?liwo?ci, which is in contact with the electromagnetic field emitted by the TV, mobile phone or even a refrigerator.

When a branch of the national health fund rejected her request for funding for treatment, she referred the matter to court. Her lawyer argued that unrecognized by the Italian ministry of health, and therefore ineligible for the treatment of allergy, which affects a woman, makes it impossible to live a normal life, and with the rise in symptoms causes irreversible changes in the body.

lawyer requested fund treatment abroad, because in Italy there is no suitable facility. The court in Sardinia agreed to the argument and ordered the division of the fund on the island allocate a total of 27 thousand. euro women to go to the UK and her stay at the resort treating such diseases. This is the first in Italy ruling on this type of allergy.

– Although chemical sensitivity syndrome is considered a rare disease, it is actually quite common – immunologist and allergist said Giuseppe Genovesi of Polyclinic Umberto I in Rome. He explained that the team has suffered about 3 percent. population in the U.S. and Europe, including about half felt elektrowra?liwo??. That means – said the expert – that in Italy these people are at least half a million.

agency Ansa quoted by Dr. Genovesi said that within two years in 300 people diagnosed chemical sensitivity syndrome, and some just allergic to electromagnetic field. 8 percent. cases in children. As noted by the doctor, the disease is often not recognized and treated it as a mental disorder. As a result, many people are not aware that their symptoms are the result of contact with electrical equipment.

Among the symptoms of allergies are mentioned fainting, trouble breathing, severe migraine and skin diseases. Treatment consists of reducing sensitivity to electromagnetic waves.