Re: New to group / Questions re:hair metals test and next step?

[Guest guest]

scan the test to a jpg of about 300k and post to the files section so

you can get comments

> My son has been diagnosed with ADHD. I recently received the

results

> from The Great Plains Lab on his hair test for metals. This is

beyond

> the pediatrician, so he can't help. Where do we go from here with

the

> results? He shows high in aluminum, antimony, arsenic, mercury,

> potassium, chromium, vanadium, and boron. Low in calcium,

magnesium,

> manganese,copper and cobalt. Can anyone offer any thoughts on these

> results? Thank you! This is my first time to this group.

[Guest guest]

.. I don't have a scanner, so I can't do what you had

suggested. Will posting the actual percentages help? Another mom had

recommended this group site to me and specifically told me that you

were the most knowledgable person. Thank you for responding to my

question.

[Guest guest]

> My son has been diagnosed with ADHD. I recently received the results

> from The Great Plains Lab on his hair test for metals.

GPL uses the DDI hair test, so you can apply the Counting Rules.

Scroll down here for that info

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

This is beyond

> the pediatrician, so he can't help. Where do we go from here with the

> results? He shows high in aluminum, antimony, arsenic, mercury,

> potassium, chromium, vanadium, and boron.

Consider removing sources of current exposures of these metals

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

>> Low in calcium, magnesium,

> manganese,copper and cobalt.

You can consider adding these, especially cal/mag.

Dana

[Guest guest]

its really best scanned.

maybe the local library has one or a friend?

280k is about the right file size.

> .. I don't have a scanner, so I can't do what you had

> suggested. Will posting the actual percentages help? Another mom

had

> recommended this group site to me and specifically told me that you

> were the most knowledgable person. Thank you for responding to my

> question.