Guest guest Posted December 17, 2002 Report Share Posted December 17, 2002 For Jeanne... An earlier post on Alzheimers [ ] Re: Andy/PD and mercury connection? > I wrote a few e-mails to some professors in the physiology department > at Wake Forest university. Surely researchers can't miss the > similarities in symptoms between Parkinson's, Alzeimers, Crohn's, > Candida, Adult Dyspraxia, etc...there has to be an explanation. I'll > let you know what I hear. > > By the way, I heard from a woman who's child has Crohn's disease and > she didn't know why her child had red ears (and neither did the > child's doctor.) For those of us on this board who's children have > encountered the red-ear phenomenon, we know what causes it. It's a > shame people like her are not being helped more. Those little > symptoms can say a lot. > > > > > > Andy, > > > > > > This is why I wrote yesterday about Parkinson's and chelation. I > went > > > to the Parkinson's boards when I discovered my two-year-old has > the > > > the exact same digestive/immune/detox problems as those with PD. > Why > > > is there no research on the connection between > > > Autism/Parkinson's/Alheimers? There are so many scary > similarities. > > > > > > Parkinson's affects more males than females. So does autism. > Theories > > > are that it may be because of the increased female hormones. > Which > > > makes sense seeing that I just read, " Women with Alzeimers have > lower > > > estrogen levels. " So I'm guessing more men than women have > > > Alheimer's, as well. > > > > > > Balch's book says that lead accumulation has been found in the > brains > > > of those with Parkinson's, and aluminum in the brains of those > with > > > Alzheimer's. Alzheimer's patients use B12 therapy instead of B6 > used > > > by autistics. I didn't know lead could pass the BBB. > > > > > > It also says, " Brains of people with Alzheimer's have been found > to > > > contain higher than normal concentrations of the toxic metal > > > mercury. " > > > > > > There's a million more similarities, too numerous to list. > > > > > > > Lori: > > > > I spent the weekend researching and reading up on the diagnostic > > criteria for autism and reviewing the ones for PD. The major > criteria > > for both are almost identical. Lack of facial expressions, > > tremors/flapping movements of the hands, postural instability, sleep > > disturbances, vivid dreams/nightmares, language/speech difficulties, > > abnormal response to sensory stimulation, rigid adherence to > routines, > > etc. > > > > After reading all the literature this weekend I started thinking > about > > Steve and a dear friend of my mom's who also has PD. I also thought > > about the grandson of another friend of hers who has profound autism > > (he's now in his 20's) as well as kids dx'd with autism when I > worked > > in a Peds Clinic. I can in all honesty say that the symptoms and > > behaviours of both the ones with PD and autism weren't that > different. > > The MAJOR difference was age. I guess if the mercury toxicity shows > up > > when your a child it's labeled autism. If you're a grown up it's > > labeled PD. > > I'd never connected the two like this before. Once I got started on > > comparing the two it was quite enlightening and fascinating. > > > > Vickie > > > > ======================================================= > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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