Hair Test interpretation help

April 16, 2010

I just posted my daughter's hair test in the files section under " NF Hair Test "

and am hoping for some feedback on the results. If I've done the counting rules

correctly, it doesn't seem as though there's mineral transport. She just turned

3 last month and is 30 lbs.

She had, however, been on a pretty extensive list of supplements for about 3

months prior to the test. The supplements are: Brainchild Nutritionals Advanced

Sensitive Multivitamin and Spectrum Support II Minerals, plus additional zinc,

calcium & magnesium, 400 IU Vitamin E, 2000 IU Vitamin D, mB12 shots, taurine,

fish oil, cod liver oil, carnitine, phoschol, lots of probiotics, biotin,

digestive enzymes and Epsom salt baths.

In terms of her other testing, so far she's had the following bloodwork done:

complete metabolic panel, TSH, vitamin D, lead and glutathione levels. Her

serum creatinine level came back high (0.75 mg/dL with a reference range of

0.19-0.42 mg/dL). The BUN/Creatinine ratio was on the high side, but within the

reference range (24, with a reference range of 8-27). Her serum sodium and

potassium were right in the middle of the reference range. Serum calcium was

10.3 mg/dL with a reference range of 9.1-10.5. Serum albumin was also a little

above the reference range. TSH level was 1.79 uIU/mL with ref range of

0.54-4.53. Lead level was 2 with a ref range of 0-9 and glutathione was

actually pretty high 1271 mmol/L (minimum reference level was 669).

She also had a urine organic acid test and stool analysis done. Among other

things, the OAT showed yeast and the stool test showed a lack of beneficial

bacteria.

My daughter was diagnosed with ASD last fall. Her symptoms are largely related

to her overwhelming sensory issues—she is sensory seeking and is constantly on

the go, very easily distracted, hardly ever sits still, has difficulty calming

herself down (including restless sleep) and seeks out deep pressure and puts

lots of things in her mouth. She is also only just now starting to use a few

words. Her receptive language is also very delayed. Her eye contact and

engagement with us is getting better, but she is so quickly onto the next thing

that it's difficult to get her to stay focused with us on any single thing.

Sorry for the long post, any help on or offline would be greatly appreciated!

Many thanks,

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