My son's hair elements results

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My son is now 4 years old, and we had his hair tested for elements

shortly after he was diagnosed with PDD at 2 years old. We did about

11 rounds of DMSA with him, which pulled out very little mercury, a

lot of tin and aluminum, and some lead. We were under the care of

Amy Holmes at the time, and she subsequently switched us over to the

MT Promoter approach. I have recently been purusing this list again

and pulled out my son's very first hair test of 2 years ago. I was

suprised using the counting rules that he does not qualify as mercury

toxic. Am I wrong? Is there any reason to be alarmed at the arsenic

in his hair? I wonder if we should have ever chelated, or if

chelation now with MT Promoter is necessary. He did test with a high

Cu/Zn ratio (1.5), when he was baseline tested last year.

Anyway here are his results. Any guidance or direction would be most

appreciated.

LAB: DDI

Hair elements test.

Potentially Toxic Elements.

Element result ref. range color

========================================================

Aluminum 12 <8.0 yellow

Antimony 0.062 <0.066 green

Arsenic 0.35 <0.08 red

Beryllium <0.01 <0.02 no line

Bismuth 0.56 <0.13 yellow

Cadmium 0.35 <0.15 yellow

Lead 1.8 <1.0 yellow

Mercury <0.03 <.4 no line

Platinum <0.003 <0.005 no line

Thallium <0.001 <0.01 no line

Thorium <0.001 <0.005 no line

Uranium 0.024 <0.06 green

Nickel 0.16 <0.4 green

Silver 0.09 <0.2 green

Tin 0.36 <0.3 yellow

Titanium 1.3 <1.0 yellow

Total toxic representation red

Essential and other elements.

Element Result ref. range color under/over 50%

======================================================================

Calcium 188 125-370 green under 50%

Magnesium 33 12-30 yellow over 50%

Sodium 34 12-90 green under 50%

Potassium 51 12-40 yellow over 50%

Copper 15 8.0-16 green over 50%

Zinc 84 100-190 yellow under 50%

Manganese 0.4 0.2-0.55 green over 50%

Chromium 0.44 0.26-0.5 green over 50%

Vanadium 0.029 0.03-0.1 green under 50%

Molybdenum 0.17 0.05-0.13 yellow over 50%

Boron 2.8 0.6-4.0 green over 50%

Iodine 0.87 0.25-1.3 green over 50%

Lithium 0.013 0.007-0.023 green over 50%

Phosphorus 179 160-250 green under 50%

Selenium .58 0.95-1.7 yellow under 50%

Strontium 0.37 0.16-1.0 white at 50%

Sulfur 45600 45500-53000 green under 50%

Barium 0.39 0.16-0.8 green over 50%

Cobalt 0.018 0.013-0.035 green under 50%

Iron 9.1 8.0-19 green under 50%

Germanium 0.031 0.045-0.065 yellow under 50%

Rubidium 0.41 0.016-0.18 green under 50%

Zirconium 0.43 0.04-1.0 green over 50%

Ratios:

Elements ratios expected range

====================================================

Ca/Mg 5.64 4-30

Ca/P 1.05 0.8-8

Na/K 0.668 0.5-10

Zn/Cu 5.69 4-20

Zn/Cd 237 >800

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[Guest guest]

Yes. Arsenic is an issue for many on the spectrum. Make sure you've identified

and removed the sources of exposure: pesticides (particularly used on golf

courses, orchards, and cotton fields), stain restistance on carpets, drapes,

etc., also in water. ALA chelates arsenic.

S

Is there any reason to be alarmed at the arsenic <BR>

in his hair? 

Arsenic            0.35      <0.08           red<BR>

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[Guest guest]

> My son is now 4 years old, and we had his hair tested for elements

> shortly after he was diagnosed with PDD at 2 years old. We did about

> 11 rounds of DMSA with him, which pulled out very little mercury, a

> lot of tin and aluminum, and some lead. We were under the care of

> Amy Holmes at the time, and she subsequently switched us over to the

> MT Promoter approach. I have recently been purusing this list again

> and pulled out my son's very first hair test of 2 years ago. I was

> suprised using the counting rules that he does not qualify as mercury

> toxic. Am I wrong?

I count it as you do, as normal mineral transport. Very much so.

> Is there any reason to be alarmed at the arsenic

> in his hair?

um, concerned, yes, I would be concerned. Alarmed? I would suggest

you not bother with alarm if possible. ALA does chelate arsenic.

You can look for sources. Or you may decide to do another hair

test.

http://www.danasview.net/metals.htm

> I wonder if we should have ever chelated, or if

> chelation now with MT Promoter is necessary.

Unfortunatly the counting rules do not appear to be totally

reliable, from what I can tell. Did chelation appear to help

your son? I would go more by that than anything else. But

the mineral transport shown is very normal.

Yellow results for toxic elements are not necessarily really

a big bad deal--- it is not that abnormal. None the less, you

do have quite a number of yellow results in toxics. So I'm

not sure that is " okay " .

best,

Moria

He did test with a high

> Cu/Zn ratio (1.5), when he was baseline tested last year.

>

> Anyway here are his results. Any guidance or direction would be most

> appreciated.

>

> LAB: DDI

> Hair elements test.

>

> Potentially Toxic Elements.

> Element result ref. range color

> ========================================================

> Aluminum 12 <8.0 yellow

> Antimony 0.062 <0.066 green

> Arsenic 0.35 <0.08 red

> Beryllium <0.01 <0.02 no line

> Bismuth 0.56 <0.13 yellow

> Cadmium 0.35 <0.15 yellow

> Lead 1.8 <1.0 yellow

> Mercury <0.03 <.4 no line

> Platinum <0.003 <0.005 no line

> Thallium <0.001 <0.01 no line

> Thorium <0.001 <0.005 no line

> Uranium 0.024 <0.06 green

> Nickel 0.16 <0.4 green

> Silver 0.09 <0.2 green

> Tin 0.36 <0.3 yellow

> Titanium 1.3 <1.0 yellow

> Total toxic representation red

>

> Essential and other elements.

>

> Element Result ref. range color under/over 50%

> ======================================================================

> Calcium 188 125-370 green under 50%

> Magnesium 33 12-30 yellow over 50%

> Sodium 34 12-90 green under 50%

> Potassium 51 12-40 yellow over 50%

> Copper 15 8.0-16 green over 50%

> Zinc 84 100-190 yellow under 50%

> Manganese 0.4 0.2-0.55 green over 50%

> Chromium 0.44 0.26-0.5 green over 50%

> Vanadium 0.029 0.03-0.1 green under 50%

> Molybdenum 0.17 0.05-0.13 yellow over 50%

> Boron 2.8 0.6-4.0 green over 50%

> Iodine 0.87 0.25-1.3 green over 50%

> Lithium 0.013 0.007-0.023 green over 50%

> Phosphorus 179 160-250 green under 50%

> Selenium .58 0.95-1.7 yellow under 50%

> Strontium 0.37 0.16-1.0 white at 50%

> Sulfur 45600 45500-53000 green under 50%

> Barium 0.39 0.16-0.8 green over 50%

> Cobalt 0.018 0.013-0.035 green under 50%

> Iron 9.1 8.0-19 green under 50%

> Germanium 0.031 0.045-0.065 yellow under 50%

> Rubidium 0.41 0.016-0.18 green under 50%

> Zirconium 0.43 0.04-1.0 green over 50%

>

> Ratios:

> Elements ratios expected range

> ====================================================

> Ca/Mg 5.64 4-30

> Ca/P 1.05 0.8-8

> Na/K 0.668 0.5-10

> Zn/Cu 5.69 4-20

> Zn/Cd 237 >800

>

>

> ----------------------------------------------

[Guest guest]

Thank you Moria and for responding to my post. We jsut ran

another hair test via our first visit with Pfieffer last week.

Hopefully, we will get the results back in a few weeks. It will be

interesting to compare where my son was 2 years ago to now,

espeically since he has received some chelation, MT Promoter, and

other nutrients (B-12, GSH, TTFD, etc). I appreciate your thoughts.

Beth

> > My son is now 4 years old, and we had his hair tested for

elements

> > shortly after he was diagnosed with PDD at 2 years old. We did

about

> > 11 rounds of DMSA with him, which pulled out very little mercury,

a

> > lot of tin and aluminum, and some lead. We were under the care

of

> > Amy Holmes at the time, and she subsequently switched us over to

the

> > MT Promoter approach. I have recently been purusing this list

again

> > and pulled out my son's very first hair test of 2 years ago. I

was

> > suprised using the counting rules that he does not qualify as

mercury

> > toxic. Am I wrong?

>

> I count it as you do, as normal mineral transport. Very much so.

>

> > Is there any reason to be alarmed at the arsenic

> > in his hair?

>

> um, concerned, yes, I would be concerned. Alarmed? I would suggest

> you not bother with alarm if possible. ALA does chelate arsenic.

> You can look for sources. Or you may decide to do another hair

> test.

> http://www.danasview.net/metals.htm

>

> > I wonder if we should have ever chelated, or if

> > chelation now with MT Promoter is necessary.

>

> Unfortunatly the counting rules do not appear to be totally

> reliable, from what I can tell. Did chelation appear to help

> your son? I would go more by that than anything else. But

> the mineral transport shown is very normal.

>

> Yellow results for toxic elements are not necessarily really

> a big bad deal--- it is not that abnormal. None the less, you

> do have quite a number of yellow results in toxics. So I'm

> not sure that is " okay " .

>

> best,

> Moria

>

>

>

>

> He did test with a high

> > Cu/Zn ratio (1.5), when he was baseline tested last year.

> >

> > Anyway here are his results. Any guidance or direction would be

most

> > appreciated.

> >

> > LAB: DDI

> > Hair elements test.

> >

> > Potentially Toxic Elements.

> > Element result ref. range color

> > ========================================================

> > Aluminum 12 <8.0 yellow

> > Antimony 0.062 <0.066 green

> > Arsenic 0.35 <0.08 red

> > Beryllium <0.01 <0.02 no line

> > Bismuth 0.56 <0.13 yellow

> > Cadmium 0.35 <0.15 yellow

> > Lead 1.8 <1.0 yellow

> > Mercury <0.03 <.4 no line

> > Platinum <0.003 <0.005 no line

> > Thallium <0.001 <0.01 no line

> > Thorium <0.001 <0.005 no line

> > Uranium 0.024 <0.06 green

> > Nickel 0.16 <0.4 green

> > Silver 0.09 <0.2 green

> > Tin 0.36 <0.3 yellow

> > Titanium 1.3 <1.0 yellow

> > Total toxic representation red

> >

> > Essential and other elements.

> >

> > Element Result ref. range color under/over 50%

> >

======================================================================

> > Calcium 188 125-370 green under 50%

> > Magnesium 33 12-30 yellow over 50%

> > Sodium 34 12-90 green under 50%

> > Potassium 51 12-40 yellow over 50%

> > Copper 15 8.0-16 green over 50%

> > Zinc 84 100-190 yellow under 50%

> > Manganese 0.4 0.2-0.55 green over 50%

> > Chromium 0.44 0.26-0.5 green over 50%

> > Vanadium 0.029 0.03-0.1 green under 50%

> > Molybdenum 0.17 0.05-0.13 yellow over 50%

> > Boron 2.8 0.6-4.0 green over 50%

> > Iodine 0.87 0.25-1.3 green over 50%

> > Lithium 0.013 0.007-0.023 green over 50%

> > Phosphorus 179 160-250 green under 50%

> > Selenium .58 0.95-1.7 yellow under 50%

> > Strontium 0.37 0.16-1.0 white at 50%

> > Sulfur 45600 45500-53000 green under 50%

> > Barium 0.39 0.16-0.8 green over 50%

> > Cobalt 0.018 0.013-0.035 green under 50%

> > Iron 9.1 8.0-19 green under 50%

> > Germanium 0.031 0.045-0.065 yellow under 50%

> > Rubidium 0.41 0.016-0.18 green under 50%

> > Zirconium 0.43 0.04-1.0 green over 50%

> >

> > Ratios:

> > Elements ratios expected range

> > ====================================================

> > Ca/Mg 5.64 4-30

> > Ca/P 1.05 0.8-8

> > Na/K 0.668 0.5-10

> > Zn/Cu 5.69 4-20

> > Zn/Cd 237 >800

> >

> >

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