Re: newbie/hair test /questions

[Guest guest]

I have no silver fillings. I used to eat a lot of fish, particularly

tuna. From this alone, as far as I can tell, my mercury level was six

times what it should have been, my hair started falling out, and I had

problems with anxiety for the first time in my life. IMHO, some people

just plain detox badly, so a little bit of mercury can go a long way.

Jane

On Nov 7, 2004, at 9:35 AM, scrisman2001 wrote:

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> My daughter is 10 yrs old, epilepsy, and probably PDD.  Her DDI hair

> mineral test came back with high results (yellow range) for Lead,

> mercury, and uranium.  Copper was extremely high 440, ref range 12-

> 35. Zinc was in the left sided green range. I was hoping you could

> help with some questions:

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> 1.  If high hair mercury indicates recent exposure, where could it

> be coming from?  Her last vaccination was 5 years ago.  She does eat

> salmon (Alaskan) and some tuna fish. Over the last six months we

> have used strong homeopathics, which aggravated her seizures, so we

> stopped. Could it be the homeopathics are moving the mercury into

> her bloodstream?  Is the hair test only a reflection of what's going

> on in the blood?

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> 2.  I understand that DMSA does not chelate copper.  The Pfeiffer

> Center uses zinc and L-Cysteine to bring down copper levels. I am

> considering taking my daughter there.  I thought I read somewhere on

> this board that Cysteine is not good to take with toxic heavy

> metals, but cannot remember exactly.  Can anybody comment?

>

> Sandy

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[Guest guest]

> 1. If high hair mercury indicates recent exposure, where could it

> be coming from?

Check here for sources of current exposures

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

Dana

[Guest guest]

>

> My daughter is 10 yrs old, epilepsy, and probably PDD. Her DDI

hair

> mineral test came back with high results (yellow range) for Lead,

> mercury, and uranium. Copper was extremely high 440, ref range 12-

> 35.

High HAIR copper indicates copper toxicity. Too much copper is

toxic. The symptoms are very similar to mercury poisoning. It

can be quite serious. I presume (but don't know) from what you

said that her hair copper is in the " red " zone on the test?

To lower copper levels you could give her zinc 3 or 4 times

a day. She may possibly have some " negative " effects while

her copper excess is being released (while taking zinc),

such as hyperactivity. (You can put up with this and/or

you can lower the dose but still give zinc 3 or 4 times a day).

> Zinc was in the left sided green range. I was hoping you could

> help with some questions:

>

> 1. If high hair mercury indicates recent exposure, where could it

> be coming from?

This does not indicate recent exposure. It indicates either

recent or past exposure, and it indicates mercury poisoning.

(It is BLOOD level that indicates only recent exposure.)

> Her last vaccination was 5 years ago. She does eat

> salmon (Alaskan) and some tuna fish. Over the last six months we

> have used strong homeopathics, which aggravated her seizures, so

we

> stopped. Could it be the homeopathics are moving the mercury into

> her bloodstream? Is the hair test only a reflection of what's

going

> on in the blood?

>

> 2. I understand that DMSA does not chelate copper.

correct!

> The Pfeiffer

> Center uses zinc and L-Cysteine to bring down copper levels. I am

> considering taking my daughter there. I thought I read somewhere

on

> this board that Cysteine is not good to take with toxic heavy

> metals, but cannot remember exactly. Can anybody comment?

sure, cysteine is one of many of the sulfury things. In general,

many many practitioners believe that sulfur is " good " for metal

toxic people or that people NEED sulfury supplements in order to

detox. Many beliefs along these lines. Andy (on the other hand)

believes that only SOME people who are metal toxic benefit from

taking sulfury stuff, and others need to AVOID sulfury stuff

(that it is harmful).

You can read more about this line of thought, if you wish, here:

http://home.earthlink.net/~moriam/ANDY_INDEX.html#sulfur

I am not aware of any connection between copper toxicity and

giving sulfury supplements--- that is, I don't think sulfury

supplements help to reduce copper. Although a copper toxic

person MAY also be low sulfur..... if that makes sense

good wishes,

Moria

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> Sandy