title: Hypothesis on how to measure electromagnetic hypersensitivity.
abstract: Electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS) is an ill-defined term to describe the fact that people who experience health symptoms in the vicinity of electromagnetic fields (EMFs) regard them as causal for their complaints. Up to now most scientists assume a psychological cause for the suffering of electromagnetic hypersensitive individuals. This paper addresses reasons why most provocation studies could not find any association between EMF exposure and EHS and presents a hypothesis on diagnosis and differentiation of this condition. Simultaneous recordings of heart rate variability, microcirculation and electric skin potentials are used for classification of EHS. Thus, it could be possible to distinguish "genuine" electromagnetic hypersensitive individuals from those who suffer from other conditions.
authors.affiliation: Institute of History, Theory and Ethics in Medicine, and Human Technology Centre (HumTec), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tuengler
authors.forename: Lebrecht
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: von Klitzing
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004574:Electromagnetic Fields / Q000009:adverse effects*; D055724:Electrophysiological Phenomena / Q000528:radiation effects; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000528:radiation effects; D006801:Humans; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology