Guest guest Posted April 4, 2003 Report Share Posted April 4, 2003 hmmmm... that was interesting Does anyone here take IP6?? [] Is it Hepatitis C or Iron Toxicity? > > > > http://mercola.com/2003/apr/2/iron.htm > > Is it Hepatitis C or Iron Toxicity? > > > E-mail to a friend > > By ph Mercola, D.O. > > > I recently had a patient visit me from Ohio with a remarkable story that > needs to be shared, as it will likely save a number of peopleâ?Ts lives. > > > This person is a 53-year-old healthy male who had absolutely no symptoms. He > was the picture of health and from looking at him you would never believe he > had any health problems. However, later we wound find out that he was rusting > on the inside and had massive amounts of free radical damage. > > > Through a routine physical examination, his local traditional doctor found > that he had elevated liver enzymes. So a hepatitis panel was drawn and he was > found to have hepatitis C. He was not content with the traditional > recommendations of going on Interferon as a treatment, so he visited my Web > site and learned that high iron levels are frequently a major factor in most > cases of hepatitis. This is where the story gets interesting. > > > He asked the doctors to check his iron level, but they basically laughed at > him and refused until he persisted. The doctors ran a serum iron level and > that came back only on the high side of normal. However, he had read my > article on how to properly diagnose iron overload so he further insisted that > they run the correct test to screen for iron overload, which was a serum > ferritin level. This came back elevated, but they still refused to consider > that this was contributing to his problem. > > > Itâ?Ts not bad enough to be ignorant, which the vast majority of traditional > medical doctors are, but they donâ?Tt have a clue about the real cause of > disease. Instead, they focus their energy on diagnosing symptoms and then > learning all about Band-Aid drug and surgical solutions. > > > The factor that annoys me more and more is that most of them compound their > ignorance with arrogance. This is a potentially lethal combination for the > patient. The doctors refuse to consider any other options outside of those > their limited perspective allows them to see. > > > That is exactly what happened here, and if this person had relied on and > trusted their recommendations he would likely be dead in a few short years > with the â?oconvenientâ?? diagnosis of hepatitis C, rather than the correct > diagnosis of death due to doctor ignorance. > > > Doctors are the leading cause of death in this country because of their > documented mistakes, but believe me, that is only the tiniest tip of the > iceberg. They are responsible for far more deaths from their ignorance of > basic concepts. Iron overload is certainly one of them, but a lack of > appreciation of the influence of insulin on health is another. > > > When I finally drew this manâ?Ts ferritin level in my office it was 1000--the > second highest I have ever seen. A good number is 50. Anything above 100 > should be treated, and anything above 300 to 400 is normally considered to be > a problem by traditional doctors. So let me provide further expansion on the > relationship between hepatitis C and iron toxicity. > > First it is important to gain some perspective on hepatitis C. One study on > the costs of hepatitis C provides a proper perspective, which I list below. > You can also review the CDCâ?Ts hepatitis C information for further information. > > Cost & Incidence of Hepatitis C Infection > > Hepatitis C virus (HCV) cost the United States about $5.46 billion in 1997. > The estimate puts the cost of HCV on par with the national costs of asthma > and rheumatoid arthritis, two other chronic disorders. > > The hepatitis C virus causes inflammation of the liver and is the most common > chronic blood-borne infection in the United States. The virus can be spread > by sex with an infected person, transfusion of infected blood or contaminated > needles. HCV is the most common cause of liver transplantation in the United > States, the study notes. > > The investigators, from the University of California at Medical Center > in Sacramento, believe that the cost of HCV infection justifies requests for > increased funding to expand efforts directed at prevention, screening, > treatment and research. > > Although HCV infection is not as costly as HIV infection, which in 1992 was > estimated to cost $30 billion, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention > estimates that: > > HCV-related mortality could triple within the next 10 to 20 years. > > According to the report, HCV infection that results in chronic liver disease > accounts for about 92 percent of the costs while infection that leads to > primary liver cancer accounts for the remaining eight percent of costs. > > How to Properly Diagnose Iron Overload > > > Iron overload, or hemochromatosis, is actually the most common inherited > disease. You can find out all the technical details from reading my article > on how to diagnose iron overload. > > Iron has been known to be associated with infection for 30 years.[1] [2] [3] > It appears that iron chelators have great potential to become an important > tool for fighting bacterial and viral infections.[4] When excess iron is > present, the bodyâ?Ts normal antibacterial mechanisms become severely > compromised.[5] [6] [7] > > I am certain that high iron levels are what contributed to this person coming > down with hepatitis C. Was the solution for him interferon? Absolutely not. > The interferon itself may have killed him. It in no way, shape or form > addressed the problem of excess iron, which was causing severe damage in his > liver and creating massive amounts of free radicals. > > Treatment for Iron Toxicity > > If you were to listen to traditional medicine the only solution for iron > overload is to donate a pint of blood every two weeks. This is not a very > effective solution and may require many years before it works as up to 50 > therapeutic phlebotomies may be necessary. > > Measuring iron levels is a very important part of optimizing your health. > However, simply measuring serum iron, as I said earlier, is a poor way to do > this. Frequently the serum iron will be normal. The most useful of the > indirect measures of iron status in the body is through a measure of the > serum ferritin level in conjunction with a total iron binding level. > > If you find elevated serum ferritin levels, you do not have to perform > therapeutic phlebotomies. A simple extract from rice bran called phytic acid, > or IP6, can serve as a very effective form of iron chelation that is > non-toxic, inexpensive and can be done without a prescription. > > Tsuno Food & Rice Company of Wakayama, Japan is the only manufacturer of IP6 > in the world; any brand you purchase would come from this company. Since it > is all the same product, the least expensive brand is probably the best one > to choose, and Jarrow seems to have the best prices. > > Iron chelators have also been used in the treatment of one of the most common > infections in the world, malaria.[8] Over 200 million people are infected > every year with the malaria parasite, and over 1 million die from the > infection. IP6 was used over 15 years ago to treat malaria,[9] but there is a > lack of recent trials on its use. This may be because IP6 only became > commercially available in 1998. > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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