Feedback from a patient finally opened up this mystery of “chemical hypersensitivity” for me. Those affected are terribly poor and don’t really get help anywhere, which is why it’s important to share this information here! Franziska was unable to work for a long time due to MCS When she came to us about 8 years ago, she couldn’t stay in the waiting room, we had to keep all the doors and windows open. With slight odor stimuli she developed acute attacks of suffocation (laryngeal spasm) and sometimes. weeks of deterioration with bed rest. When I experienced this myself for the first time, I thought it was hysteria, the symptoms were so unusual. I learned about „myoclonus“ as a symptom of the disease (= strong muscle twitches and also spasms) and „laryngeal stridor“ but never experienced it before. MCS was researched in Pubmed at the time This is an inflammatory reaction… |
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