Chemicals and EI
ENVIRONMENTAL ILLNESS
The harmful things in your environment cause environmental illness. (This includes pollution, chemicals, and other “toxins“). Some of the symptoms include “headaches, fatigue, hyperactivity, pain in muscles, legs, or joints, persistent bowel problems, bad breath, constant congestion, twitches, and/or a wide range of behavioral and emotional problems ranging from leg-wiggling to depression.“ (Is this your child‘s world, 5)
CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY
“Chemical sensitivity is almost always linked to people with food allergies.“
Some reactions include:
¤ Becoming weak (some become extremely fatigued)
¤ Become red and puffy beneath the eyes
¤ Some hunch over
¤ And there can also be the obvious behavioral change (because the chemicals mess with the brain)
Other symptoms include:
¤ Whining
¤ Hostile and aggressive
¤ Crying
¤ Complaining
¤ You overall just feel bad and miserable
These reactions occur within seconds of exposure to a chemical. They can occur in over an hour, and could last weeks (it varies).
Symptoms occur from specific chemical odors:
¤ Gasoline
¤ Fire smoke
¤ Pesticides
¤ Sprays (air sanitizers)
¤ Formaldehyde
¤ Insecticides
¤ Perfumes
¤ Many more can cause chemical sensitivity reactions.
Common allergic substances include:
¤ Phenol
¤ Formaldehyde
¤ And Hydrocarbons
Sometimes EIˇ¦s are misdiagnosed as psychological, emotional, or academic in nature. Environmental illnesses are definitely the unsuspected factor in the increase in health learning problems.