iPhone 6 Plus headache and migraine

deggie wrote:

Dr. Mercola on the other hand, he is one of the biggest quacks on the planet.

I'd sooner take medical advise from my plumber.

I didn't come on to talk about Dr. Mercola. I was just sharing something he had said about a study which is interesting. Most people are not aware that there are different technologies being used. In terms of bluetooth I only feel the tingling when a call is made and the bluetooth function in the car is being used. If the driver isn't using bluetooth of course I am not affected. Many people think bluetooth is exposing them to less radiation but the opposite is true. When using bluetooth you are now combining the cell phone plus the bluetooth. At least with speakerphone you just have the cell phone. Like I said I am quite sensitive to certain wireless devices. I measure them with an RF meter also to see what the power is. All wireless is not the same. My meter only picks up the wireless frequency of cellular, wifi, bluetooth, cordless phones. It is not picking up T.V. signals, FM/AM radio, airport radar, or satellites. If you do some research you will see many studies that have been done explaining how wireless radiation in this particular band is harmful to humans. I happen to be affected by it and has caused me to change my career a number of times to avoid it. I am definitely not proud of it. It affects my life greatly but avoidance and staying away from it helps me. My microwave oven does leak like most of them do and it does not affect me. Part of the equation is that some microwave radiation is pulsed and some is not. The pulsed kind seems to be the most harmful for myself. Is not a debate for me. It is 100 % harmful for me but others are not affected and lucky for them. Also, all of my kids have ipods and I think Apple products are the best out there so I'm not here to rip Apple.

lightning27 wrote:

I didn't come on to talk about Dr. Mercola. I was just sharing something he had said about a study which is interesting.

He is wrong. Do not trust him for any medical or scientific information.

You brought up Dr. Mercola. You also brought up the fact that Bluetooth speakers in stores affect you but since they don't transmit how is that so? Sounds like the RFI meter is telling you when you should feel bad. You should toss it and see a reputable physician.

I have been experiencing the same thing with my iPhone 6 Plus. I have been using a Samsung Note 2 and 4 for the last 2 years now, and I have never had this problem. But since I bought my iPhone 6 Plus last May 19, I have been experiencing constant headaches. Even when I'm just using it for 5 minutes, I get eye strain and dizziness and then headche. I researched about what was causing it and then I found out that the iPhone 6 and 6Plus have dangerously high SAR levels. My friends have also attested to this. Eversince they started using iPhones, their eyes deteriorated that they have to start wearing eyeglasses. It was only now that they have connected the dots that it was their iPhones that was causing this problem. Right now I'm back to my Samsung Note 4 and no headaches for me.. no eye strain.. feels so light to the eyes. Researched it and the Note 4 has THE lowest SAR rating in all smartphones. I will only use my iPhone once I receive the screen guard I just bought online.

"Eversince they started using iPhones, their eyes deteriorated that they have to start wearing eyeglasses. "

Then there is something else that is going on. There is no way that viewing an iPhone display will cause your eyesight to deteriorate.

yacque_717 wrote:

I will only use my iPhone once I receive the screen guard I just bought online.

As with all medical issues, seek appropriate care from a qualified physician. Do you REALLY expect a screen guard to prevent radiation? In this case I suspect a tinfoil hat would be more appropriate.

I'm glad that you mentioned this issue. I just got this phone and literally started feeling this very odd sensation after 5 seconds of having this phone to my ear. This is obviously a problem. This is not a psychological issue or something to see a doctor over. What a ridiculous suggestion. When you are feeling just fine one moment then put the phone to your ear and get an instant headache it is obviously the phone and nothing else. I'm not sure that Mac is going to admit anything and stand behind it's patrons but I hope so.

If you have any advise or have heard of any developments I look forward to hearing from you. I wish you the well.

PBo

And if you would have bothered actually reading anything in this thread other than nonsense about radiation, you would see that the issue is being caused by the active noise cancellation the phone uses. Turn it off, then see your doctor. Extreme sensitivity to that is a medical problem.

PBo on Mac wrote:

I'm glad that you mentioned this issue. I just got this phone and literally started feeling this very odd sensation after 5 seconds of having this phone to my ear. This is obviously a problem. This is not a psychological issue or something to see a doctor over. What a ridiculous suggestion. When you are feeling just fine one moment then put the phone to your ear and get an instant headache it is obviously the phone and nothing else. I'm not sure that Mac is going to admit anything and stand behind it's patrons but I hope so.

So, if breathing makes my chest hurt (as it does today), since I know that breathing is the cause, I shouldn't go to the doctor? What a ridiculous idea!

And, if when you say "Mac", you mean the maker of iPhone, you should know that the company is called "Apple".

I have had the issue with the iPhone and other Apple products. I suspect it is the adhesives and/or other materials heating up in the phone and off-gassing.

Some people have reported that the issues occurs when wi-fi and bluetooth are on and think it is the wi-fi or bluetooth causing the problem. My guess is that those features require more CPU cycles, heat up the CPU and then heat up the glue or other offending material near it. I have also experienced it when my display is bright -- which again heats up the phone.

I typically turn off as many power using processes/features as I can and always have my display set to a low brightness to avoid problems. Unfortunately I recently used a power cord that had been plugged into an iPad to charge my phone and now I get headaches no matter what I do with my phone. I think that something weird happens with chargers that are used between devices that have different wattage needs and the charger then somehow overheats the lower wattage device.

Those that don't experience this issue are probably fortunate to be less sensitive to chemical vapors that result from off-gassing.

My two cents.

Off-gassing?

Apple doesn't use the same adhesives in all their products and in order for those adhesives to release any vapors the temperature would have to be high enough to chemically breakdown these adhesives which would be far higher than any possible operating temperatures. It would literally have to catch fire.

Has your doctor identified which adhesives you are supposedly allergic to? Have you even seen a doctor and shared your theory with them?

Meg St._Clair wrote:

Naterziah wrote:

this is taking going to another level where Im really worried about my health and I'm even thinking about taking legal procedures as it is not acceptable.

If you are concerned about your health, taking legal action should not be what you do first. First, you should see a doctor.

Reminds me of an incident many years ago involving a neighbor when our homes were new. Their child sat on a second-story window sill and leaned against a screen. He fell from to the ground. The parents immediately wrapped him in a blanket and drove to the sales office and told the personnel there that they wouldn't sue if they were given free air conditioning!

I made no claim that all products Apple products use the same adhesives. However, I suspect that iPhones, iPads and Macbook Pros probably use the same, or very similar, adhesives. If you look at sites like iFixit that do teardowns of Apple products, they frequently comment about the large amount of adhesives in the products to keep parts in them together. (Apple isn't the only company that does this by the way.) I'm also not 100% sure it is the adhesives -- it could well be some other substance like thermal gel, plastic, etc.

BTW, you seem very sure of yourself and are refuting the claims here, but you make statements that clearly indicate you know nothing about the subject. A person can't be allergic to an adhesive as it is man-made. A person can only be allergic to natural chemicals/substances. Technically, according doctors I've seen, people can only have sensitivities to man-made chemicals. So, for some reason, my body is sensitive to a variety of man-made chemicals including some adhesives. Others have this issue as well.

In addition, a macbook pro CPU can get up to over 200 degrees Fahrenheit when stressed. That's more than the temps that an interior of a car can get up to, and car interiors are notorious for off-gassing/outgassing noxious chemicals. Heck, you can buy a cheap shower curtain that can off-gas at room temperature.

Say what?