We found that
most holistic health doctors recommend two main treatment objectives
for people with MCS, or multiple chemical sensitivity. They are:
1) Try to limit environmental exposure to as many chemicals and
other toxic substances as possible.
2) Increase the body's nutritional stores to better boost the immune
system and help the body to detoxify chemical exposures that do
occur.
My son always seemed to be on the cusp of developing magnesium
deficiency symptoms, despite a much higher than normal intake of
magnesium rich foods. I think this is because his body was using up
his minerals in the detoxification process. So he didn't really
start to get better until we gave him very nutritious foods and
significantly reduced exposure to chemicals in his room, at school
and around the house.
I bought a lot of books on MCS, but didn't find many helpful. Often
the authors advocated fairly dramatic and expensive environment
changes such as buying all organic clothes, moving to a new house,
changing your flooring, etc. But most people with MCS were not born
with the condition. It usually seems to have came on after some
event or exposure. So if you could live in a house fine for 10
years, then develop chemical sensitivity problems, it seems like the
logical solution is not to try to change your whole house but to
figure out what inside of you changed that would explain why your
house is now bothering for you.
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