A big break-through....EMF

poopydoop said...
so they flare again soon afterwards e.g. after 3 months.

Cheers for that poopydoop. That would tend to suggest that mine isn't placebo then, I'm nearly 5 months in already.
Also, I'm not strictly in remission. I've run negative tests and induced colitis through this period. Placebo working in both directions would be a step too far I think.

MarkWithIBD said...
You're not imagining things, this phenomenon is real

Appreciate the support mate. I'm convinced it is real. Not bothered by the trolls opinion, my poop begs to differ. My s**ts don't lie (as Shakira should have sung )

beave said...
I spent 17 years working in an electronics lab

Interesting. Did your Crohns start while you worked in the lab?

exilescot said...
Interesting. Did your Crohns start while you worked in the lab?

No, it started years before, in high school.

MarkWithIBD said...


It's not necessarily initiatory, but comorbid. The fields stimulate the nervous system which prevents proper rest, but it affects everyone differently, or not at all. I think it may be worse than that, but so far the research points to nervous system only. The problem is that long-term studies are not being done. We know what high level EM does to people in the short-term, like in people who come into contact with power stations... but the long-term effects have not been studied as intensively. Yet in the focus groups, there are a lot of similar symptoms.

For me personally, I can't sleep in a high EMF environment. I get ungrounded quite easily. The previous tenant who lived in my apartment left because she had debilitating migraines and had to move across the country to live with her parents again. I never made the connection until years later.

Can you share any evidence for the claim that fields stimulate the nervous system of some people?

Can you share evidence for the claim that high level EM affects people in the short term, like people who come into contact with power stations?

Does frequency of the EMF matter?

LOL, I'm not surprised. It fits right in with your "medical research" "degree."

beave said...
LOL, I'm not surprised. It fits right in with your "medical research" "degree."

This right here, is why I won't give you the courtesy of research evidence. You don't actually want to know.

ks1905 said...
Watch the “medical researcher” meltdown even further when I point out that Russian Trolls are making similar claims about 5G wireless causing health problems.

“Not only did Russia fuel the anti-vaccination debate, they have also spewed unverified information about 5G wireless technology. RT, a U.S.-based Russia-backed TV network, reported that new 5G technology was linked to cancer, autism, Alzheimer's and other health issues, The New York Times reports. This had a real-world effect, with smaller blogs and websites picking up RT's false stories and sharing them as fact, the Times said.”

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anti-vax-movement-russian-trolls-fueled-anti-vaccination-debate-in-us-by-spreading-misinformation-twitter-study/

EMF affects me and I'm not a Russian troll, so. Your claim is little more than a conspiracy theory.

Yissurim said...

Wonder if there was IBD say 150 years ago before electricity....

Yes there was. Most people died from it.

beave said...
LOL, I'm not surprised. It fits right in with your "medical research" "degree."

MarkWithIBD said...

This right here, is why I won't give you the courtesy of research evidence. You don't actually want to know.

Beave,

Your loss. You don’t know what your missing out on. The latest and greatest of EMF Theory.

Yissurim said...
Read the first post. The guy is just sharing with everyone what he personally experienced.
You cant argue that he stopped bleeding after 7 years.

Thanks. You're right, I haven't started with a theory and worked back. I was a total sceptic, which is why it was literally about the last thing I'd tried.

I just took all the common factors in the environments where my symptoms improved, and methodically went through them, nothing fancier than that. If anything I feel like an idiot for not noticing for 7 years.

Anyway, it's still working. I'm eating anything I like now, made my first full working week with no blood, and clear run still continuing.

...and I'm not a Russian bot, or least I don't think so

So it's weird, and somewhat scary, but appears to be true. I'd be really interested if anyone else finds anything similar. Thanks for all your help so far.

Will do some more specific negative tests eventually, but just enjoying the good times at the moment.

??

Yeah, don't put yourself in a microwave oven.

I'm not sure how this is at all relevant to the discussion here.

But maybe my brain got cooked by some Soviet torture device in the 1960s/1970s.

The issue with the 5G networks currently rolling out is their density. In order to support the "internet of things", they have to have transmitters in much closer proximity than 4G. So we are starting to see transmitters pop up everywhere, on residential buildings, in parks (disguised as trees), on the top of schools, etc. This increases the local intensity of the waves, in a way that is untested and unregulated by health authorities.

There are literally thousands of reports online from people with electrosmog readers who suffered sleep disturbances and mental health issues from wireless hydro meters being upgraded on their homes. When they opted out, their sleep got better. The governments are refusing to do the safety testing on this and we only have data on short-term, high intensity exposure (like being next to power stations). There is no long-term data in the U.S. on what can happen if someone lives near a lower intensity emitter for a long time.

We are basically guinea pigs right now.

If people say that EMF is harming them and removing it makes them feel better, then they should listen to that and not have to be called quacks by ignorant people. Our bodies are complicated and everyone has different sensitivities and needs.

MarkWithIBD said...
The issue with the 5G networks currently rolling out is their density. In order to support the "internet of things", they have to have transmitters in much closer proximity than 4G. So we are starting to see transmitters pop up everywhere, on residential buildings, in parks (disguised as trees), on the top of schools, etc. This increases the local intensity of the waves, in a way that is untested and unregulated by health authorities.

Why do they need transmitters in "closer proximity" (redundant) to support the internet of things? How are those two things related? Is that really at all the reason for the need for additional transmitters?

Wouldn't more localized transmitters actually *reduce* the needed signal amplitudes, since they now have less ground to cover per transmitter? Or is there more to it than that?

(Answers: You totally oversimplified and misrepresented what's going on with 5G.)

MarkWithIBD said...
There are literally thousands of reports online from people with electrosmog readers who suffered sleep disturbances and mental health issues from wireless hydro meters being upgraded on their homes. When they opted out, their sleep got better. The governments are refusing to do the safety testing on this and we only have data on short-term, high intensity exposure (like being next to power stations). There is no long-term data in the U.S. on what can happen if someone lives near a lower intensity emitter for a long time.

There are thousands of reports online of people being abducted by aliens or seeing bigfoot. So what?

You seem to take claims at face value without applying any critical thinking.

The only way to know whether these people are truly affected (and not just psychologically so) would be to do controlled tests of them without them knowing whether they had a wireless meter installed nearby. As soon as they know there is or isn't one, they're subject to placebo effect influencing their sleep. The mere fact that these people purchased 'electrosmog meters' tells me that they're looking for something they don't understand. And when their meter indicates a signal - as it practically *always* will - they think they've found what to blame. They haven't.

You continue to demonstrate that you don't understand the concepts at play here.

MarkWithIBD said...
We are basically guinea pigs right now.

If people say that EMF is harming them and removing it makes them feel better, then they should listen to that and not have to be called quacks by ignorant people. Our bodies are complicated and everyone has different sensitivities and needs.

I just got probed by an alien who claims to be King of England and also a pro basketball player. If you call me a quack, you're ignorant.

MarkWithIBD said...

If people say that EMF is harming them and removing it makes them feel better, then they should listen to that and not have to be called quacks by ignorant people.

Ummm.... did you fail your medical researcher degree at college? We’re you able to rule out the placebo effect with this irresponsible speculation? Or are you just making things up, Mr Medical Researcher?

All I can say is that it's having an effect on me. I'm getting to the point of admitting that it's not just a factor, but the main factor in triggering my UC symptoms.

Not been a perfect few weeks, but not bad. Weekends have been fine but work's been a struggle (about 10 out of 15 days have been clear, the rest bloody). However, the majority of the bad days have had an obvious cause, in an environment where I expected trouble. Only one mystery day. That average is still way above what it was.

Curious Crapper said...
We also have to take into account what role it may play in disturbing the microbiota.

Yeah, in my simple head there are 3 things that 'touch' the gut lining - food, micro-organisms and electro-magnetic waves passing through. They're probably all interrelated.

I can get effects almost in real-time. 40-50 minutes in particular meeting rooms at work, heavy on bluetoothed-tech and wifi, and my guts are going crazy (embarrassingly so) - I can feel a cramping and audible gurgling noises (much louder than a hungry rumble). Those episodes are always followed by blood the next day.

Over-stimulated microbiota would be one theory. Pumping out by-products like histamine, which overwhelms the Diamine Oxidase in the gut wall and causes ulceration? Would explain why I've got some relief in the past by self-dosing with DAO.

Curious Crapper said...
I would also never recommend anyone to stop taking their meds and turn off their router and expect to magically get better.

I second that, my decision to stop meds was my own choice, and my own risk, everyone is different.