Multiple Chemical Sensitivity: A Hidden Disability
There is a hidden disability among us, and nurses must become aware of its existence and champion the cause of so many individuals who suffer in relative silence and medical neglect.
That hidden disability is Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). This article will introduce MCS, its symptoms and proposed etiology, and provide resources for nurses who wish to become more conversant with the vicissitudes of this very modern illness. As a nurse living with MCS, I see it as my mission to bring this condition to the awareness of nurses and other medical professionals, thus increasing knowledge, understanding, compassion, and available treatment options for the many sufferers of this much misunderstood and unacknowledged condition.
Read full text at: http://digitaldoorway.blogspot.com/2008/10/multiple-chemical-sensitivity-hidden.html
That hidden disability is Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS). This article will introduce MCS, its symptoms and proposed etiology, and provide resources for nurses who wish to become more conversant with the vicissitudes of this very modern illness. As a nurse living with MCS, I see it as my mission to bring this condition to the awareness of nurses and other medical professionals, thus increasing knowledge, understanding, compassion, and available treatment options for the many sufferers of this much misunderstood and unacknowledged condition.
Read full text at: http://digitaldoorway.blogspot.com/2008/10/multiple-chemical-sensitivity-hidden.html
