Re: copper IUD

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Hi ,

Thank you very much.

Kind regards,

Kalpana---

In erythema_nodosum_Group , " Strecker "

wrote:

>

> Hi Kalpana,

> I found this out about copper absorbed through the skin as opposed

to

> dietary copper. The IUD can be removed if you find you have probelms

> with it.

>

> Copper, Inflammation, and Arthritis

> <http://www.oralchelation.com/technical/copper1.htm>

>

> As long ago as 1000 B.C., foods high in copper and copper bracelets

> were thought to be beneficial in treating arthritic conditions.61

> <http://www.oralchelation.com/technical/copper1.htm#61> In 1945,

> patients with rheumatoid arthritis were shown to exhibit higher

than

> normal serum copper levels.62

> <http://www.oralchelation.com/technical/copper1.htm#62> Indeed, the

> copper content of serum is known to be elevated above normal

values in

> various inflammatory diseases in man and laboratory animals.63

> <http://www.oralchelation.com/technical/copper1.htm#63> Despite

this

> seeming contradiction, copper complexes were successfully used

from the

> 1940's to 1970's in the treatment of numerous conditions

characterized

> by arthritic changes and inflammation.64

> <http://www.oralchelation.com/technical/copper1.htm#64> Even the

> time-tested copper bracelet was eventually shown to be an effective

> anti-inflammatory, due to the absorption of copper through the

skin.65

> <http://www.oralchelation.com/technical/copper1.htm#65> However,

the

> development of anti-inflammatory steroids and aspirin-like

nonsteroidal

> anti-inflammatory drugs quickly replaced copper compounds in the

> treatment of these conditions. Numerous researchers have examined

the

> paradoxical role of copper in the process of inflammation, and they

> have determined that the increase in serum copper is a

physiological

> response to inflammation, rather than a promoter of it.66

> <http://www.oralchelation.com/technical/copper1.htm#66> In fact,

the

> main copper containing enzyme, ceruloplasmin, is significantly

elevated

> in inflammatory conditions and has anti -inflammatory activity.67

> <http://www.oralchelation.com/technical/copper1.htm#67>

Additionally,

> it has been shown that copper deficiency increases the severity of

> experimentally-induced inflammation,68

> <http://www.oralchelation.com/technical/copper1.htm#68> and that

> dietary copper must be increased to maintain adequate copper status

of

> animals in an inflammatory state.69

> <http://www.oralchelation.com/technical/copper1.htm#69>

>