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Q: Poisoning - Chemical/solvent

asked by: wendyb on October 18th, 2003

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Can you help me??

Due to working in the dry-cleaning industry for aprox 15 years I got the above illness. I have been to my gp and the occupational doctors her in nz but their doesn't seem to be anything thay can do. The illness is'nt widely acknowledged here in nz. The illness symptoms hit me aprox 9 years ago. At this stage I was bed ridden, spaced out and unable to tend to daily tasks such as : making meals, looking after my daughter, housework etc.I have been out of the dry-cleaning industry since and still suffer. I have my good days and bad days. You can have this illnes fro 5-10 years before any symptoms appear. Crying or Very sad

some of the symptoms include:

extreme tiredness
burning eyes & skin
lack of co-ordination
feeling spaced out
lack of concerntration
highly sensitive to any chemical
pressure ion body a lot (particulary muscles)
head pains
slurred speech
memory loss

heat escalates all symptoms.

I have tried

homeopathic, natreopathic medicines & acupuncture with little outcome.

I look forward to your replies

Replies(2)

DinaOstrander

replied on May 19th, 2004

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Chemical Poisoning

Hello,
i suffered chemical poisoning in a job that I worked in also. Doctors will not admit that this could be the cause of my illness because I worked for them at the time. They diagnosed me with fibromyalgia instead. I had gotten pregnant during the chemical exposure and now my son is extremely reactive to chemicals.
We have to be very careful with our diets: no food coloring, preservatives or pesticides. I buy only all natural cleaners, laundry soap, bath soaps, toothpaste, deoderant, etc.
In addition I take natural suppliments that help such as: calcium- twice the recommended daily dosage, potassium- twice the recommended dosage, I take a liver detox daily, garlic pills and I use progesterone cream daily- sometimes twice daily when I am in a lot of pain.
I have read in a couple of articles that chemical poisoning can affect your hormones levels and this does seem to be the case with me because these supplements really help.
I hope this helps someone else out there.

Dina

Angela_A

replied on March 27th, 2009

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Poisoning - Chemical/solvent

i have been poisoned by dry cleaning solvents and the symptoms i have are

Pressure in my head
Light Phobia
Ringing in ears
Muscle spasms
sense of vision disturbance
Dizziness

I live in England, i worked in a dry cleaner for about 4 months but they should not have employed me due to eczema in my hands, but they did. Now i am ill and i think it is a chemical called PERC ( tetrachloroethylene )i have been in loosing battles with my GP but now i have won the battle to go to London to see a Toxicologist hopefully he can help me with my symptoms and maybe let me see a Neurologist, if anyone wants to talk send me a message.

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