Re: Re: AAEM News: TO ALL SMOKERS.by

[Guest guest]

My comment was based on my understanding of . Several of my clients

reported alleviation of symptoms despite the continuing damage. A couple did so

with Dr agreement because they would otherwise be totally dysfunctional. I am

not advocating smoking as a palliative or other reason.

Carl Grimes

Healthy Habitats LLC

(fm my Blackberry)

Re: [] Re: AAEM News: TO ALL SMOKERS.

Should have been more clear. I think masking does occur. I just meant

masking does not explain the phenomenon as it relates to smoking and ill

health from WDB.

New Paper out of Sweden - I have not read it in its entirety.

_http://www.springerlink.com/content/5p210355w2glxw31/_

(http://www.springerlink.com/content/5p210355w2glxw31/)

Regarding the Masking Index, “maskingâ€

can be described as a hidden cause, and occurs when the

inXicted person does not realize that the symptoms are due

to routine or regular exposure to a substance. It has been

suggested that overlapping symptoms resulting from everyday

exposures to chemicals may mask the individual’s

awareness of their intolerances as well as the intensity of

their responses to environmental exposures ( 1997).

The Masking Index is based on the model of toxicantinduced

loss of tolerance ( 2001a), proposing a toxicological

explanation for the intolerance, and that masking

tends to hide the relationship between an individual’s symptoms

and triggering exposures. Although the authors of the

present paper do not fully share the view of a toxicological

explanation, information about additional chemical exposure,

provided by the Masking Index, may be useful.

Sharon