L'hypersensibilité électromagnétique (EHS) est un concept récent, incertain et déroutant. On admet aujourd'hui que les sujets EHS souffrent réellement de troubles subjectifs. Mais la preuve d'un lien de causalité entre les ondes électromagnétiques (OEM) et les symptômes n'a pas été faite. Nous devons donc nous demander si l'EHS est vraiment une entité clinique pertinente. La plupart des études anciennes présentent des défauts méthodologiques. La quantification des symptômes, l'approche interdisciplinaire des patients et l'utilisation d'exposimètres individuels ont permis d'améliorer les études récentes. Un faisceau d'indices concordants suggère fortement que des facteurs neuropsychiques individuels jouent un rôle important, mais peut-être pas exclusif, dans cette situation clinique.
Electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS) is a recent, uncertain and somehow confusing concept. It is now widely agreed that people claiming to be EHS really experience symptoms. However, no evidence for a causal link between the symptoms and electromagnetic fields (EMF) has been reported. Thus, we have to wonder whether EHS constitutes truly a relevant entity. Most of the previous studies suffer from methodological flaws. Owing to the quantification of symptoms, the interdisciplinary assessment of patients, and the use of personal exposimeters, the recent studies are of better quality. A set of convergent associated signs suggests that individual neuropsychic factors take a prominent, but maybe not unique, part in this condition.
Mot clés : Hypersensibilité électromagnétique, Symptômes médicalement inexpliqués, Etudes cliniques, Etudes expérimentales, Etudes de population, Revue
Jean-Pierre Marc-Vergnes 1
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Jean-Pierre Marc-Vergnes. Electromagnetic hypersensitivity: The opinion of an observer neurologist. Comptes Rendus. Physique, Volume 11 (2010) no. 9-10, pp. 564-575. doi : 10.1016/j.crhy.2010.12.006. https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/physique/articles/10.1016/j.crhy.2010.12.006/
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