low copper - enzymes and Menkes' disease? 's Disease?

[Guest guest]

Hi everyone,

's hair analysis showed him to be low in Cu in his hair. It went on to say

that sometimes that does not reflect the amount of Cu actually present in the

body. The hair analysis results stated that sometimes low hair copper was a

sign of either 's disease or Menkes' disease. In both Menkes' disease,

and 's disease, supplementation with copper is contraindicated, so I need

to find out more, before supplementing him with Cu!

Here's what DDI (the lab where I had the hair analysis done) said, " In 's

disease, Cu transport is defective and Cu accumulates, sometimes to toxic

levels, in intestinal mucosa, liver and kidneys. At the same time, it is low in

hair and deficient in other peripheral tissues. "

" In Menkes' disease, the activity of Cu dependent enzymes is very low. "

***Do you think that I can rule out the Menkes' disease, since has been on

the Houston enzymes since September? Does Cu dependent enzymes mean enzymes

dependent upon Cu in order to function properly?Or does it mean that the enzymes

needed to break down the Cu are not working properly?

DDI also says that " Cu status is adversely affected by excess of antagonistic

metals such as mercury, lead, cadmium, and manganese. " So perhaps that's why

's Cu is low. (The lab results do indicate that he has heavy metal

toxicity.)

Thanks for any light any of you can shed on this!

Janice

[Guest guest]

> DDI also says that " Cu status is adversely affected by excess of

antagonistic metals such as mercury, lead, cadmium, and manganese. "

So perhaps that's why 's Cu is low. (The lab results do indicate

that he has heavy metal toxicity.)

>

> Thanks for any light any of you can shed on this!

> Janice

Hello Janice,

Here is my mercury-centric input:

Mercury does not usually show up as " high " in hair-- even among

people who ARE mercury toxic--- It is COMMON to be toxic and

have normal levels=== the mercury is off elsewhere " hidden "

and doing its damage. Since you already have a DDI hair test,

you can read about how to interpret it for possible merc

toxicity, here:

/files/Counting%2BRules

I'd also like to mention that mercury toxicity generally

causes the body to be unable to process minerals well.

(impaired " mineral transport " ). This affects both essential

elements (calcium etc) and toxics. Or so we are told by

Andy Cutler.

best,

Moria