A WOMAN claims she has been left housebound by mobile phone masts and Wi-Fi in her local area.

    Kim De’Atta believes she suffers from electromagnetic sensitivity — meaning signals can cause her migraines, fatigue and infections.

    As a result of the illness, she is rarely able to leave her home in Chard, Somerset, Britain, preventing her from seeing many of her friends and family.

    However, the condition is not recognized by the NHS and there is little scientific evidence to prove its existence.

    But to try and protect herself at home, she wears a shielded helmet and sleeps under a net, Somerset Live reports.

    She said, “Most of the time people think I am mad. It is so difficult because people are not feeling it themselves.

    “I have not seen friends and family for so long. I have had two visitors for half a day each this year. It’s heart-breaking really.”

    De’Atta found out about electromagnetic sensitivity after someone recognized her telltale symptoms.

    While living in South London as a teenager, she noticed that advances in technology would cause her some discomfort.

    Then, when she started working as a nurse, she bought her first mobile phone. But whenever she put the device to her head it caused her extreme pain.

    Her symptoms were starting to become even worse, forcing her to pack up her bags and move to Glastonbury — where she believed she would escape modern technology.

    Despite initially feeling better, a mobile phone mast was installed in a field near the town after just a few years of her living there.

    It caused her to suffer from pins and needles and in her arms, as a doctor warned it might be down to the electromagnetic waves.

    She decided to move on once again after the advances in technology had caused her palpitations, ear aches and lower back pain. After being given some money by her cousin, she booked a trip to travel around the world to escape the signals.

    And since she has returned, she has moved into a property near Chard where there are few waves — but still cause her significant problems.(SD-Agencies)