Comments on hair test results?

[Guest guest]

Hi List,

Here is my 10 yo ASD son's results from DDI. As far as I can tell, he does

not meet the counting rules but 4 of his greens are close to the yellow. I

would appreciate any comments and I have a few questions.

Do you think the lead is high enough to merit adding DMSA? We are going it

alone with ALA at the moment so that would mean finding a coopertive dr. Is

ALA totally ineffective on lead or just not as good?

He has more unders than overs in the essential elements part. Any of those

look like they need tweaking?

Some of the esential elements that were in the extremes were addressed in

the comments but not the sulfur in the yellow. Does this mean anything in

light of all the discussion about sulfur issues?

I don't recall seeing any post concerning the ratios at the bottom of the

data sheet. I know from keeping animals that some of these are very

important but don't hear much about them in humans. Also, the way the

results are presented seems a little confusing to me. Any comment?

Thanks for looking at this.

H.

POTENTIALLY TOXIC ELEMENTS

element       result    ref range    color

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

aluminum 8.5 <8.0 yellow

antimony 0.055 <0.066 green

arsenic 0.12 <0.080 yellow

beryllium <0.01 <0.020 no line

bismuth 0.006 <0.12 green

cadmium 0.062 <0.15 green

lead 0.92 <1.0 green

mercury 0.22 <0.40 green

platinum <0.003 <0.005 no line

thallium <0.001 <0.010 no line

thorium <0.001 <0.005 no line

uranium 0.007 <0.060 green

nickel 0.12 <0.40 green

silver 0.05 <0.13 green

tin 0.16 <0.30 green

titanium 0.51 <1.0 green

Total Toxic Representation yellow

ESSENTIAL AND OTHER ELEMENTS

element       result    ref range    color    under/over 50%

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

Calcium 159 160-500 green under

Magnesium 5 12-50 red under

Sodium 27 12-90 green under

Potassium 51 10-40 yellow over

Copper 11 9-30 green under

Zinc 150 110-190 green under

Manganese 0.32 0.18-0.60 white over

Chromium 0.46 0.23-0.50 green over

Vanadium 0.085 0.025-0.10 green over

Molybdenum 0.065 0.040-0.089 green over

Boron 2.0 0.50-3.5 green over

Iodine 0.27 0.25-1.3 green under

Lithium 0.007 0.007-0.023 green under

Phosphorus 180 160-250 green under

Selenium 0.64 0.95-1.7 yellow under

Strontium 0.18 0.21-2.1 yellow under

Sulfur 54000 45500-53000 yellow over

Barium 0.16 0.19-1.6 yellow under

Cobalt 0.006 0.013-0.035 red under

Iron 9.3 6.0-17 white in the middle

Germanium 0.066 0.045-0.065 green over

Rubidium 0.061 0.008-0.080 green over

Zirconium 0.74 0.060-0.70 green over

[Guest guest]

> aluminum 8.5 <8.0 yellow

> arsenic 0.12 <0.080 yellow

Consider removing sources of current exposures

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

> Magnesium 5 12-50 red under

> Selenium 0.64 0.95-1.7 yellow under

Many kids improve when these two are added.

Dana

[Guest guest]

> Hi List,

>

> Here is my 10 yo ASD son's results from DDI. As far as I can

tell, he does

> not meet the counting rules but 4 of his greens are close to the

yellow. I

> would appreciate any comments and I have a few questions.

I agree he has normal mineral transport based on the counting

rules.

>

> Do you think the lead is high enough to merit adding DMSA?

it is in the green, so I would not think it is really a big

problem. Now, you might want to chelate anyway--- personally

I think lead is extremely yucky--- but the amount is low.

How high in the yellow are the arsenic and aluminum?

It might be worth addressing these.... ? Yellow zone

is still " quite common " -- but it may be enough to be

an issue? Hard to tell.

> We are going it

> alone with ALA at the moment so that would mean finding a

coopertive dr.

actually DMSA is available over the counter if you wish:

http://home.earthlink.net/~moriam/HOW_TO_buy_DMSA.html

> Is

> ALA totally ineffective on lead or just not as good?

my impression is that it is not effective.

>

> He has more unders than overs in the essential elements part. Any

of those

> look like they need tweaking?

I don't know.

>

> Some of the esential elements that were in the extremes were

addressed in

> the comments but not the sulfur in the yellow. Does this mean

anything in

> light of all the discussion about sulfur issues?

don't know. The test Andy recommends for sulfur is unfortunately

another test (plasma cysteine) --a blood test (yuck)

>

> I don't recall seeing any post concerning the ratios at the bottom

of the

> data sheet.

unclear if they mean anything useful. Not discussed here much.

> I know from keeping animals that some of these are very

> important but don't hear much about them in humans. Also, the way

the

> results are presented seems a little confusing to me. Any comment?

please comment on what aspects are confusing-- I'm not sure if

I have any comment LOL.

good wishes,

Moria

>

> Thanks for looking at this.

>

> H.

>

>

> POTENTIALLY TOXIC ELEMENTS

> element       result    ref range    color

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

> aluminum 8.5 <8.0 yellow

> antimony 0.055 <0.066 green

> arsenic 0.12 <0.080 yellow

> beryllium <0.01 <0.020 no line

> bismuth 0.006 <0.12 green

> cadmium 0.062 <0.15 green

> lead 0.92 <1.0 green

> mercury 0.22 <0.40 green

> platinum <0.003 <0.005 no line

> thallium <0.001 <0.010 no line

> thorium <0.001 <0.005 no line

> uranium 0.007 <0.060 green

> nickel 0.12 <0.40 green

> silver 0.05 <0.13 green

> tin 0.16 <0.30 green

> titanium 0.51 <1.0 green

>

> Total Toxic Representation yellow

>

> ESSENTIAL AND OTHER ELEMENTS

> element       result    ref range    color    under/over 50%

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

> Calcium 159 160-500 green under

> Magnesium 5 12-50 red under

> Sodium 27 12-90 green under

> Potassium 51 10-40 yellow over

> Copper 11 9-30 green under

> Zinc 150 110-190 green under

> Manganese 0.32 0.18-0.60 white over

> Chromium 0.46 0.23-0.50 green over

> Vanadium 0.085 0.025-0.10 green over

> Molybdenum 0.065 0.040-0.089 green over

> Boron 2.0 0.50-3.5 green over

> Iodine 0.27 0.25-1.3 green under

> Lithium 0.007 0.007-0.023 green under

> Phosphorus 180 160-250 green under

> Selenium 0.64 0.95-1.7 yellow under

> Strontium 0.18 0.21-2.1 yellow under

> Sulfur 54000 45500-53000 yellow over

> Barium 0.16 0.19-1.6 yellow under

> Cobalt 0.006 0.013-0.035 red under

> Iron 9.3 6.0-17 white in the middle

> Germanium 0.066 0.045-0.065 green over

> Rubidium 0.061 0.008-0.080 green over

> Zirconium 0.74 0.060-0.70 green over

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