Subject: Re Chronic fatigue syndrome (Dahlberg)(Cook).
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 152128 -0500
From: Roy Beavers
To: guru
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.........Response from EMF-L.......
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Subject: Re: Chronic fatigue syndrome (Dahlberg)....
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 21:00:41 +0100
From: Andrew Cook
Organization: Hummingbird-One
To: roy@emfguru.com
References: <39D38D19.B411E051@emfguru.com>
Dear Roy
You might be interested in the website www.heartmath.org
They show that emotional states have a profound influence on heart rate
variability, and so I would not be surprised at all that ME sufferers
have unusual ECG's - whether that may be sue to purely physiological
factors (as you suggest), emotional causes of ME, or emotional response
to the physical symptoms.
Furthermore, reading between the lines of the HeartMath research (from
my own professional point of view as CranioSacral Therapist) the ECG is
related to both Autonomic system (ANS) balance, and CranioSacral Rhythm
(CSR). CSR is often weak in ME sufferers, possibly because of general
systemic debility, but sometimes this "feels" like swollen or scarred
meninges - resulting in an excessive tightness of the meningeal system
and reduction of its elasticity (as you might expect from e.g. something
similar to sub-clinical post-meningitis syndrome or similar viral
infection of the CNS)
Since the CSR affects the ANS, as does stress (adrenal exhaustion -
which in chronic cases seems to precipitate thyroid imbalances), again
this could potentially have a feedback to heart rhythm. Proper
functioning of the heart requires a balanced, healthy and adaptable ANS.
Finally - of more interest to the EMF question - my suspiciion is that
the ANS is itself in tune with Schuman resonances and longer cycle
(sub-Herzian) magnetospheric resonances (see my website for links and a
brief discussion - www.hummingbird-one.co.uk). The frequency ranges
which both are concentrated around are (in my opinion) too close to be
pure coincidence. I would consequently suspect that ANY low frequency
pulsing is capable of interfering with the ANS. Some research (Cyril
Smith) suggests that both Herzian (0.001Hz to 100Hz) and GigaHz
frequencies are common throughout the body, and can become entrained by
artificial sources. Since natural EM is chaotic (occupying a fairly
narrow frequency range rather than a single frequency), and that chaotic
behaviour is important for natural biofeedback (homoeostatic) mechanisms
to function properly, I think that Man-made EM sources are ONE definite
source of ME-causing background pollution.
Each person has their own tolerance limit for the cocktail of EM,
organic, ionising radiation and heavy metal pollutants which we are all
living in. My personal approach to this has gravitated towards
"body-mind" methods... If am ME sufferer can become more emotionally
resiliant, then this automatically improves the immune system (see
HeartMath website for research papers, and "Molecules of Emotion" by
Candace Pert"), which makes them more tolerant of the environment they
live in. Like it or not, it is virtually impossible to remove oneself
from the 20th Century. While we're all trying to make the world better,
and waiting for the results to come through, all of us in Western
society could improve our own self-esteem - and there are substantial
health benefits to this!
Best wishes
Andrew Cook
mail@hummingbird-one.co.uk
Roy Beavers wrote:
>
> ........From a good man -- Dr. Dahlberg..... But I do worry that this
> kind of suggestion opens the door for a lot of "malingering" symptoms to
> be blamed on EMF......Perhaps unjustifiably......guru......
>
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> Subject: Chronic fatigue syndrome
> Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 21:41:22 -0600
> From: "Duane A. Dahlberg"
> To: Roy Beavers
>
> Dear Roy:
>
> As reported in the October 2 issue of U. S. News & World Report, chronic
> fatigue syndrome may be a physical problem. At the American Society for
> Microbiology meeting in Toronto, A. Martin Lerner, Clinical Professor at
> Wayne State University reported on two small studies in which the research
> team found that 95 % of chronic fatigue patients had abnormal
> electrocardiograms. An abnormal electrocardiogram can indicate heart
> damage and Dr. Lerner has suggested that a combination of Epstein-Barr
> virus and cytomegalovirus in the heart cause the damage. He concludes
> that the damaged heart is responsible for the symptoms associated with
> chronic fatigue syndrome.
>
> Having investigated many cases of health problems associated with exposure
> to various sources of electromagnetic energy, I have some questions.
>
> 1. Is there some connection between actions of a virus and electromagnetic
> energy? The symptoms associated with exposure to power frequency, radio
> and micro wave frequencies, electrocution from AC or DC sources, etc. are
> very similar to those reported by people suffering from chronic fatigue
> syndrome and Lyme disease.
>
> 2. Is there a possibility that the abnormal electrocardiogram is caused by
> an exposure to electromagnetic energies that affects the electrical
> circuits of the heart, and the weakened heart is susceptible to the virus?
>
> 3. Can an abnormal electrocardiogram also be one of the symptoms of
> chronic electromagnetic exposure which for some people leads to the
> condition of electric sensitivity? When exposed to sources of
> electromagnetic energy, electrically sensitive people also report symptoms
> very similar to those reported by those experiencing chronic fatigue
> syndrome.
>
> Duane
>
> Duane A.Dahlberg, Ph.D.
> Consultant
> The Electromagnetics Research Foundation, Inc.
> 1317 6th Ave. N.
> Moorhead, MN 56560-2118
>
> 218-233-8816
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