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Occupational Medicine 51:66-69 (2001)
Copyright © 2001 Society of Occupational Medicine

Original Papers

Microwave sickness: a reappraisal

B. Hocking

Consultant in Occupational Medicine, 9 Tyrone Street, Camberwell, Victoria, Australia 3124

Abstract

Microwave sickness (MWS) has been a disputed condition. The syndrome involves the nervous system and includes fatigue, headaches, dysaesthesia and various autonomic effects in radiofrequency radiation workers. This paper describes the early reports of the syndrome from Eastern Europe and notes the scepticism expressed about them in the West, before considering comprehensive recent reports by Western specialists and a possible neurological basis for the condition. It is concluded that MWS is a medical entity which should be recognized as a possible risk for radiofrequency radiation workers.

Keywords      Dysaesthesia; fatigue; microwave sickness; neurological; radiofrequency


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