A pensioner claims he is suffering from a bizarre allergy to electricity which burns his face when he watches television – forcing him drape a T-shirt over his head.
Dan Reddington, 75, maintains he developed electrosensitivity six months ago.
In addition to the TV, he says using a computer or even turning the central heating on brings him out in a red rash.
He also claims he must avoid electrical shops to keep his symptoms at bay, which flare up any time he gets too close to electrical items.
Doctors have apparently been left baffled by the rare condition – which is not officially recognised.
As a result, Mr Reddington has resorted to finding his own cures in order to watch TV – including wearing a T-shirt with eye holes cut out, donning a welder’s mask or a face mask lined with foil.
The grandfather-of-four, from Broadway, Worcestershire, said: ‘It’s only developed in the last six months.
‘Apparently all this electrosensitivity just builds up in the body – and all of a sudden it’s come to a head.
‘My face just starts burning up really badly, within 10 minutes of watching TV or being at a computer.
‘It goes bright red like a sunburn – it makes my whole body feel hot.
‘It’s not painful as such, but it’s really annoying and leaves me sweating – my face has a permanently pink tinge now.’
Despite trying numerous creams, nothing has worked.
Culled from dailymail.co.uk
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