Guest guest Posted March 12, 2003 Report Share Posted March 12, 2003 Hi, My son's DDI hair element's analysis indicated calcium/magnesium to be low while sodium/potassium to be high. Potassium (530 ref. 14-40) was a concern for me because he is asthmatic and on albuterol. Apparently potassium toxicity is hard on the heart. I had a blood test done which indicated his potassium high (4.9 ref. 3.4-4.7). Does anybody know how to determine how high he would have to get to be dangerous? Also, does anybody know, in addition to a low potassium diet, what can be done to lower this? Is this part and parcel of heavy metal toxicity and will it regulate itself when he's done chelating? Dallas' total toxic representation went all the way through the red, off the chart. His antimony was all the way through red, aresenic half way through yellow, tin was close to red, aluminum and bismuth also yellow. We did the counting rules for mercury and he is off by 1 in two of the three counting tests. Also, his white blood cell count was low, 4.4 ref. range 5.0-16. Four of the five types of blood cells were low but within range: absolute neutrophils 1707 ref range 1500-8500 absolute lymphocytes 2055 ref range 2000-8000 absolute monocytes 290 ref range 200-900 absolute basophils 18 ref range 0-250 Is this also just part of the metal toxicity package? Our doctor suggested we see an endocrinologist. From what I hear this may not concern them at all. Has anybody had any experience with this? Any advice or comments are gladly welcome! Thanks, , Dallas' mom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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