Guest guest Posted February 1, 2007 Report Share Posted February 1, 2007 Hope no one minds me sharing, this article was posted on the Grave's board and I felt the need to copy it over here to share. > Neuro Endocrinol Lett. 2006 Aug 5;27(Suppl1) [Epub ahead of print] > > Removal of dental amalgam decreases anti-TPO and anti-Tg autoantibodies in > patients with autoimmune thyroiditis. > > · Sterzl I, > · Prochazkova J, > · Hrda P, > · Matucha P, > · Bartova J, > · Stejskal VD. > > Institute of Immunology and Microbiology, 1st Medical Faculty, > University, and General Faculty Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic. ister@lf1 > cuni.cz. > > OBJECTIVES: The impact of dental amalgam removal on the levels of anti- > thyroid peroxidase (anti-TPO) and anti-thyroglobulin (anti-Tg) antibodies > was studied in patients with autoimmune thyroiditis (AT) with and without > mercury allergy. > > METHODS: Thirty-nine patients with AT were tested by an optimized lymphocyte > proliferation test, MELISA® for allergy (hypersensitivity) to inorganic > mercury. Patients were divided into two groups: Group I (n = 12) with no > hypersensitivity to mercury and Group II (n = 27) with hypersensitivity to > mercury. Amalgam fillings were removed from the oral cavities of 15 patients > with hyperensitivity to mercury (Group IIA) and left in place in the > remaining 12 patients (Group IIB). The laboratory markers of AT, anti-TPO > and anti-Tg autoantibodies were determined in all groups at the beginning of > the study and six months later. > > RESULTS: Compared to levels at the beginning of the study, only patients > with mercury hypersensitivity who underwent amalgam replacement (Group IIA) > showed a significant decrease in the levels of both anti-Tg (p=0.001) and > anti-TPO (p=0.0007) autoantibodies. The levels of autoantibodies in patients > with or without mercury hypersensitivity (Group I and Group IIB) who did not > replace amalgam did not change. > > CONCLUSION: Removal of mercury-containing dental amalgam in patients with > mercury hypersensitivity may contribute to successful treatment of > autoimmune thyroiditis. > > PMID: 16804512 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] Kats3boys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 1, 2007 Report Share Posted February 1, 2007 Kat, I'm saving your post on this sbjct. This is what I've suspected for a very long time now. My mouth is full of them. The teeth are getting worse now, and I'm thinking that MOST of them need pulling. That's a drastic change from 3 to 4 yrs ago. Hypo does terrible things to us, if it hangs around long enough. Interesting article Hope no one minds me sharing, this article was posted on the Grave's board and I felt the need to copy it over here to share. > Neuro Endocrinol Lett. 2006 Aug 5;27(Suppl1) [Epub ahead of print] > > Removal of dental amalgam decreases anti-TPO and anti-Tg autoantibodies in > patients with autoimmune thyroiditis. > > · Sterzl I, > · Prochazkova J, > · Hrda P, > · Matucha P, > · Bartova J, > · Stejskal VD. > > Institute of Immunology and Microbiology, 1st Medical Faculty, > University, and General Faculty Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic. ister@lf1 > cuni.cz. > > OBJECTIVES: The impact of dental amalgam removal on the levels of anti- > thyroid peroxidase (anti-TPO) and anti-thyroglobulin (anti-Tg) antibodies > was studied in patients with autoimmune thyroiditis (AT) with and without > mercury allergy. > > METHODS: Thirty-nine patients with AT were tested by an optimized lymphocyte > proliferation test, MELISA® for allergy (hypersensitivity) to inorganic > mercury. Patients were divided into two groups: Group I (n = 12) with no > hypersensitivity to mercury and Group II (n = 27) with hypersensitivity to > mercury. Amalgam fillings were removed from the oral cavities of 15 patients > with hyperensitivity to mercury (Group IIA) and left in place in the > remaining 12 patients (Group IIB). The laboratory markers of AT, anti-TPO > and anti-Tg autoantibodies were determined in all groups at the beginning of > the study and six months later. > > RESULTS: Compared to levels at the beginning of the study, only patients > with mercury hypersensitivity who underwent amalgam replacement (Group IIA) > showed a significant decrease in the levels of both anti-Tg (p=0.001) and > anti-TPO (p=0.0007) autoantibodies. The levels of autoantibodies in patients > with or without mercury hypersensitivity (Group I and Group IIB) who did not > replace amalgam did not change. > > CONCLUSION: Removal of mercury-containing dental amalgam in patients with > mercury hypersensitivity may contribute to successful treatment of > autoimmune thyroiditis. > > PMID: 16804512 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] Kats3boys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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