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A woman spends up to 18 hours a day confined to a cage because she claims she is allergic to modern technology.
Velma Lyrae, 51, says she can’t use a mobile phone, satnav or WiFi, or even use a hairdryer to blow dry her hair.
Instead she spends her days reading books, doing artwork and writing letters, all from the comfort of her Faraday cage
She suffers from electromagnetic hypersensitivity syndrome (EHS) which means she cannot stand to be near electromagnetic fields.
Velma’s condition emerged with the arrival of 3G mobile phones, although she believes a previous electric shock made her more susceptible.
As a teenager Velma suffered a shock when she touched the switch of an electric fire in her bathroom. At first the symptoms were barely noticeable but they have become progressively worse over time.
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| Velma sleeping in her homemade Faraday cage, which shields her from static electric fields |
Now unable to work, Velma suffers agonising head and nerve pain, memory loss, tinnitus, heart palpitations, vertigo and aching joints if she goes anywhere near technology - and is forced to spend every day in a makeshift cage in her flat in Blackheath, London.
Velma made the cage herself from second hand material costing £300. A brand new cage would have cost her £800.
She claims metal fibres in the netting reflect the electro-magnetic waves and stop her from suffering EMS symptoms.
She said: 'I can’t do anything that normal people do without my symptoms showing. I have to do everything in my cage - eat, sleep, read, write.
'I always wear a shielded scarf round my head when I leave the house to protect myself from radiation signals.
'It’s made my life a living hell.'
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