I just pulled this site from google because just removed tick from son who had Lyme 10 years ago when 5yr., Never found tick or had rash, but joint pain. I wanted lastest info. When I read this post it was exactly what I went through 1st week of April. No result either.
My son that had Lyme @ 5yrs old has been testifiying about mercury in vaccine's which new research shows start autoimmune problems.
After his first round of shots, when he was three months old, he developed flu-like symptoms.
At nine months, within four hours of getting the vaccines he was in an oxygen tent in the hospital where he remained for several days.
THe 18 months that follow he had one strep and ear infection after another. He was sick all the time. At five-years-old, after receiving DTaP, Polio, MMR immunization on the same day, Alex developed chronic health issues.
He was diagnosed with Lyme disease. And at seven he had mono and required another hospital stay because he was so sick and needed IV antibiotics.
Within months of his eighth birthday he was diagnosed with Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT heart condition).
A few months later Alex developed an uncontrolable neurological tic where he kept turning his head to one side.
He has severe allergies, and permanent joint damage. He is partispating in a study measuring metals especially mercury& copper in his body.
We(Parents) & 3 siblings had to give samples. since Mercury goes to fatest part of body quickly( brain) doesen't show up very well in blood, so they check the levels of the things heavy metals affect,i.e. zinc,slenium etc. other metalw/ blood(high mercury usually causes low zinc etc) and check hair,urine and stool.
If you do not have a problem excreating metal you should have high levels in hair because your body is working correctly to rid,
if levels low or can't find, body not getting rid as should.
My symptom and the symptoms you described are very similar to Minamata Disease a syndrome named after a bay in Japan where 1st diagnosed.
There are books and a new book Evidence of Harm by David Kirby that explains what the cheap preservative that contains mercury causes.
I kept hearing about Autism and Vaccines and some sort of link but we didn't have anything like that just chronic health problem, so I wasn't interested.
After my son show me studies and info where different agencies agree metal toxicity causes autoimmune, neruological problems, allergies, asthma, add,adhd,alzheimers. I became more interested.
Didn't know heavy metals were in flu shots we get every year. Government recalled it in over the counter products like contact solution and nasal sprays in 1999 & 2000 but just requested reduction or removal from vaccines.( flu shot has 25mcg of mercury)
Maybe everyone else knows all this but, it came as big news to me.
The new info even since book Evidence of Harm is amazing.
Even if you think too far fetched as I did test aren't overly expensive $29.00 for hair $220.00 unrine, blood varies .
It does explain why 1 out 6 kids according to Dept. of ED. has issues from allergies to add/adhd, delayed speech etc.
Would explain a lot with all current health problems that have become common place with people of all ages.
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