Re: Could this be mercury toxicity?

February 14, 2004

Fast weight loss releases all those toxins which were hitherto stored in fat

cells!!!!

My girlfreind went on a diet and suddenly developed hodgkins right out of

the blue.

in Germany

[ ] Could this be mercury toxicity?

> A friend of mine just the other day has landed in the hospital with some

bizarre serious illness that nailed him and they have no clue. It is along

the lines of bell palsy/ms/stroke yet they have ruled those out along with a

few other autoimmune diseases. Hopefully unrelated, but he did just

recently lose 60 pounds low carbing/Adkins, and in addition to weight lose

is in excellent physical strength and shape. He is 42. This came on very

suddenly with back pains; tingling; and then double vision before he landed

in the hospital. He has lost most function of his left side; and is really

a mess. I've seen enough to know these signs could very well be mercury

related. What made me think of mercury is that he used to be a painter for

years, so would at least have the means of exposure. Prior to starting to

have some real odd symptoms a week ago, he had no problems. Could mercury

poisoning have the ability to just come on out of the blue like this? I'm

wondering if it could sit dormant in the body and then something may have

set it off in a bad way. Doctors are running all sorts of tests looking for

something, I'm wondering does anyone believe they would even consider

mercury toxicity? Do doctors recognize it, and if so, how would they be

able to test for it? Also if there is a specific document out there that

might link something like this please let me know. I did do some searches,

but there is so much out there it's hard to sort though it all.

> Thanks,

> Kari

>

February 14, 2004

I would have thought if toxins are the problem, loosing weight could set free

all sorts which have previously been contained in fat etc.

Sorry not really any help.

Dagmar.

[ ] Could this be mercury toxicity?

A friend of mine just the other day has landed in the hospital with some

bizarre serious illness that nailed him and they have no clue. It is along the

lines of bell palsy/ms/stroke yet they have ruled those out along with a few

other autoimmune diseases. Hopefully unrelated, but he did just recently lose

60 pounds low carbing/Adkins, and in addition to weight lose is in excellent

physical strength and shape. He is 42. This came on very suddenly with back

pains; tingling; and then double vision before he landed in the hospital. He

has lost most function of his left side; and is really a mess. I've seen

enough to know these signs could very well be mercury related. What made me

think of mercury is that he used to be a painter for years, so would at least

have the means of exposure. Prior to starting to have some real odd symptoms a

week ago, he had no problems. Could mercury poisoning have the ability to just

come on out of the blue like this? I'm wondering if it could sit dormant in the

body and then something may have set it off in a bad way. Doctors are running

all sorts of tests looking for something, I'm wondering does anyone believe they

would even consider mercury toxicity? Do doctors recognize it, and if so, how

would they be able to test for it? Also if there is a specific document out

there that might link something like this please let me know. I did do some

searches, but there is so much out there it's hard to sort though it all.

Thanks,

Kari

February 14, 2004

Actually this sounds very simular to what happened to a man I know.

He lost a lot of weight and became very sick. Finally a doctor

started asking the right questions and related the problem to his

hobby. He is an artist/woodcarver. In his case most likely arsenic.

> A friend of mine just the other day has landed in the hospital with

some bizarre serious illness that nailed him and they have no clue.

It is along the lines of bell palsy/ms/stroke yet they have ruled

those out along with a few other autoimmune diseases. Hopefully

unrelated, but he did just recently lose 60 pounds low

carbing/Adkins, and in addition to weight lose is in excellent

physical strength and shape. He is 42. This came on very suddenly

with back pains; tingling; and then double vision before he landed in

the hospital. He has lost most function of his left side; and is

really a mess. I've seen enough to know these signs could very well

be mercury related. What made me think of mercury is that he used to

be a painter for years, so would at least have the means of

exposure. Prior to starting to have some real odd symptoms a week

ago, he had no problems. Could mercury poisoning have the ability to

just come on out of the blue like this? I'm wondering if it could

sit dormant in the body and then something may have set it off in a

bad way. Doctors are running all sorts of tests looking for

something, I'm wondering does anyone believe they would even consider

mercury toxicity? Do doctors recognize it, and if so, how would they

be able to test for it? Also if there is a specific document out

there that might link something like this please let me know. I did

do some searches, but there is so much out there it's hard to sort

though it all.

> Thanks,

> Kari

>

February 15, 2004

The body tries to tuck away some toxins where they'll do the least damage, hence

the fat. Losing weight can allow the toxins to begin recirculating and thus

cause problems. If/when docs consider toxic metals it's typically only for

recent, acute exposure rather than chronic or " old " exposure.

S