Symptoms from a 5G phone tower

June 1, 2024 

What causes a perfectly health woman to become so sick she can’t bear to stay in her home?

In the case of this 52-year-old woman, it was the radiofrequency radiation from a 5G mobile phone tower opposite her home.

The woman, who had medical training, was in good health, even though the base station had 4G antennas installed on it.

However, when the 4G antennas were replaced by 5G antennas, her health seriously deteriorated, according to Professor Lennart Hardell and Mona Nilsson, writing in the Annals of Clinical and Medical Case Reports.

‘After installation of 5G she rather quickly developed severe health problems with unbearable pain and/or discomfort due to a large number of symptoms such as headache, dizziness and balance problems, concentration problems, loss of immediate memory, confusion, fatigue, anxiety, emotive, cough, nose bleeding, symptoms from lungs, stomach, urinary system, and the skin.’

Many of the symptoms were so intolerable that the woman rated them as ten out of ten on a scale of severity.

Even the woman’s dog developed health problems, in this case, diarrhoea.

The woman moved to another apartment without 5G and her symptoms all but disappeared, with only low levels of dizziness and tiredness remaining. Her dog’s diarrhoea disappeared as well.

Some time later, the woman returned to her apartment and her health problems reappeared. Hardell and Nilsson say, ‘This time her health declined and was even worse adding insomnia, suicidal ideation, heart problems, and irritation to the list of severe health issues.’

Her dog’s diarrhoea returned as well.

Measurements showed high levels of radiation in the apartment, with peak readings of up to 758,000 µW/m 2 (at an internal living room window) and 2,500,000 µW/m 2 on her balcony.

The levels were above those that have caused health problems in people exposed to previous generations of technology. Nevertheless, they were below the 10,000,000 µW/m 2 levels allowed by the international radiation guidelines of ICNIRP (International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection) on which the standards of many countries, including Australia’s, are based.

‘These guidelines do not take account of e.g., long-term exposure, people’s sensitivity, particularly vulnerable persons such as children, sick and old ones, and important physical properties of the RF radiation for instance pulse modulation,’ the authors said. ‘They are clearly not adapted to prolonged 24 hours a day during lifetime.’

The study highlights the inadequacy of national and international standards for protecting public health.

‘Urgent attention is needed to the 5G health hazards by the responsible governmental agencies,’ the authors said.


Hardell L, Nilsson M, Case Report: A 52-Year Healthy Woman Developed Severe Microwave Syndrome Shortly After Installation of a 5G Base Station Close to Her Apartment. Ann Clin Med Case Rep. 2023; V10(16): 1-10

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