Woman allergic to iPads and mobile phones

Published Jun 13 2012, 11:56 BST  |  By Alice Stewart

A 34-year-old woman is allergic to new technology and cannot use devices like iPads and mobile phones.

Hannah Metcalfe, who lives near Canterbury, Kent, becomes very ill when she comes into contact with electromagnetic rays. She suffers from symptoms such as stomach craps and severe headaches.



Hannah believes that the sensitivity to these rays was caused in her teenage years when she used sunbeds to help battle the skin disease psoriasis.

Now pregnant, Hannah fears for the health of her unborn baby. In 2010, she suffered a miscarriage which she believes was due to the fluorescent lights at her work.

Recently, she experienced some bleeding and was worried that the electromagnetic rays had caused harm to her pregnancy but thankfully the baby is fine.

Her sensitivity to the rays has forced her to quit her office job and she now lives in the countryside with her husband Mark Terry and 3-year-old son Ollie. The family have had to ban Wi-Fi, mobile phones and energy-saving light bulbs from their home.

Last year, Hannah bought an iPad but after five minutes of using it she was in agony. The expecting mother is quite restricted as to what she can do in life. She said: "I'd love to go to a cafe but everywhere seems to have Wi-Fi. There's no escape."

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