On Oct 8, 2:12 pm, "Peter Moran" <pmo...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> "edgger" <edg...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> > Peter Moran,
> > Instead of spewing out your lies why don't you show us some evidence?
>
> Why accuse me of lying? What on earth could my motive be for saying
things
> I don't believe about what can be such a potentially devastating
condition?
> Why assume bad faith on my part, rather than that I could simply be
> mistaken, or presenting a biased slant on the evidence, or relying too
much
> on my own anecdotal observations in relation to patients I have
encountered
> with this condition?
>
> Do a Pubmed search on multiple chemical sensitivity and you will find
> studies confirming that blinded challenge of patients with the label of
MCS
> usually shows that the avoided chemicals can be tolerated when the
exposure
> is not signalled to the patient. You will also find studies
confirming a
> very high rate of associated psychiatric disorder. Other studies show
that
> patients can improve
>
> , but not usually while engaged in trying to avoid all chemical exposure
as
> per the script the pseudo-diagnosis confers. There may be some
patients
> with genuine sensitivities to a few different chemicals in tiny doses,
just
> as there are patients with genuine allergies to a variety of chemicals.
But
> full-blown MCS is something else.
>
> PM
Well, your statement that a diagnosis of MCS is "pseudoscience" didn't
help my perception of you any and the fact that I know some people
with this illness. It is possible that you might be mistaken and I
apologize if that's the situation. Pubmed also has studies that
conclude MCS is not psychosomatic.
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