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Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
Too many ingredients
What is in the book?
Chapter: Specific health problems
Sick Building Syndrome
The suspects
Health effects
Solutions
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity
Allergies, asthma, hypersensitivity
What is an allergy?
Health effects
Asthma
Hayfever
Other allergies
Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) is another illness of our modern times. And, as with the Sick Building Syndrome, the medical profession is at a loss to explain the exact cause and mechanism.
The body is like a storage cabinet for toxic substances. A drawer may contain lead or mercury, while another may store modern chemical compounds, such as dioxins or pesticides.
Each individual substance accumulates over the years until the drawer is full and eventually overcomes the body’s tolerance. The person will then experience a predictable toxic reaction to a particular chemical.
This is the reaction in a normal person. In a highly sensitive person, however, the drawers don't have to overflow at all. They may contain only traces of several chemicals, but it appears that the interaction of several substances may be enough to sensitize a person.
Symptoms may not develop for some time, but prolonged exposure will eventually result in a multitude of acute reactions.
