The effect of supplementary antioxidant therapy in patients who report hypersensitivity to electricity: a randomized controlled trial.

摘要: CONTEXT Hypersensitivity to electricity is a proposed environmental illness of unknown etiology. Patients report variety symptoms that they relate electric equipment. The afflicted individuals suffer from ill health. Many interventions have been tried but, date, there no one specific treatment has proven superior other remedial actions. In general, lack controlled prospective studies. OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis antioxidant therapy reduces and improves health in patients reporting hypersensitivity electricity. DESIGN Randomized, double-blind, crossover, placebo-controlled study. SETTING referred Environmental Illness Research Centre, Stockholm County Council. PATIENTS Sixteen INTERVENTION Antioxidant supplementation (vitamins C E, selenium). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Self-reported reported degree electricity, serum levels uric acid diphenylpycrylhydrazyl (DPPH). RESULTS results indicated significant differences symptoms, or oxidative status between periods placebo treatments. Serum DPPH showed correlation with CONCLUSIONS study did not show any beneficial effect for do support stress major contributor who