Topic: Symptoms of Chronic Mercury and other Heavy Metal Toxicity
GiGi
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Symptoms of Chronic Mercury and other Heavy Metal Toxicity
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
Irritability Anxiety/nervousness, often with difficulty breathing Restlessness Exaggerated response to stimulation Fearfulness Emotional instability Lack of self control Fits of anger, with violet irrational behaviour Loss of self confidentce Indecision Shyness or timidity, being easily embarrassed Loss of memory Inability to concentrate Lethargy/drowsiness Insomnia Mental depression, despondency Withdrawal Suicidal tendencies Manic depression Numbness and tingling of hands, feet, fingers, toes or lips Muscle weakness progressing to paralysis Ataxia Tremors/trembling of hands, feet lips, eyelids or tongue Incoordination Myoneural transmission failure resembling Myasthenia Gravis Motor neuron disease (ALS) Multiple sclerosis
HEAD, NECK, ORAL CAVITY DISORDERS
Bleeding gums Alveolar bone loss Loosening of teeth Excessive salivation Foul breath Metallic taste Burning sensation with tingling of lips, face Tissue pigmentation (amalgam tattoo of gums) Leukoplakia Stomatitis Ulceration of Gingiva, palate, tongue, Dizziness/acute, chronic vertigo Ringing in the ears Hearing difficulties Speech and visual impairment Glaucoma Restricted, dim vision
GASTROINTESTINAL EFFECTS
Food sensitivities, especially to milk and eggs Abdominal cramps, colitis, diverticulitis or other GI complaints Chronic diarrhea/constipation
CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECTS
Abnormal heart rhythm Characteristic findings on EKG Abnormal changes in the S-T segment and/or lower Broadened P wave Unexplained elevated cholesterol Abnormal blood pressure, either high or low
IMMUNOLOGIC
Repeated infections Viral and fungal Mycobacterial Candida and other yeast infections Cancer Autoimmune disorders Arthritis Lupus eryth Multiple sclerosis Scleroderma Amyolateral sclerosis (ALS) Hypothyroidism
SYSTEMIC EFFECTS
Chronic headaches Allergies Severe dermatitis Unexplained reacxtivity Thyroid disturbance Subnormal body temperature Cold, clammy skin, especiall hands and feet Excessive perspiration w/frequent night sweats Unexplained sensory symptoms, including pain Unexplained numbness or burning sensations Unexplained anemia G-6-PD deficiency Chronic kidney disease Nephrotic syndrome Receiving renal dialysis Kidney infection Adrenal disease General fatigue Loss of appetite with or without weight loss Loss of weight hypoglycemia
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cantgiveupyet
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Thanks gigi,
what is a good test for this?
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SForsgren
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Some options:
ART (autonomic response testing) MELISA (melisa.org) Doctor's Data Hair Analysis or Urine Challenge
Lots of options. I have done ART and Doctor's Data.
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yes I would also like to know who does ART. I'm asking my gen doc to test for heavy metal toxicity as well as hormonal imbalances.
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SForsgren
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ART is autonomic response testing which was co-developed by Dr. K. You can read about it at www.neuraltherapy.com or search here on Lymenet where it has been discussed in the past. It is not a lab test and unfortunately, finding a practitioner that does it can be a challenge. I fly to Washington a few times a year to have it done.
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Know that any testing method, be it lab or muscle testing is not infallible.
I was in touch with a person who ART tested fine, (his body needed and wanted it etc.) for Levaquin by one of the well known practitioners and he developed severe tendon damage in just a few days.
Caveat emperor.
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What is heavy metal toxicity treated with? Are there any herbs that can help? I don't really have the money to get tested right now so I was thinking about starting something like Chlorella ?
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lymemomtooo
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Chris if Gigi comes back perhaps she will explain that..If not you might be able to find some of her posts on neurotoxins in the archives..
She lists a number of things that help..
I do not remember if chelation was one of them or not..But I do think she had a very detailed list from her Dr of the things that were needed to help with the elimination.
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I tested positive for heavy metals. (lead, mercury, arsenic.)
From my understanding, the metals get into your body, and dont' come out unless chelated.
I saw a local chelation Dr., and we did 5 days of DMSA. and then an 8 hr urinalysis. He was also able to order a specialized blood test in his office, which had the similar results.
I found I couldn't trust my Primary to give me adequate information, nor the environmental Dr I saw about this.
Even though I had high positive results for heavy metals, my LLMD didn't feel that was the problem with my symptoms, which mimic that of lymes.
I found out, that even though I had heavy metals in my body (all of us probably do) that doesnt' necesarrily mean that its effecting us adversely(heavy metal toxicity). The way to test for that is the Melisa test. Once that's established, then you can take the necesarry steps to avoid the metals
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Folks, lest we forget that Mercury is an immunosuppresant. Add in Lyme co-infections etc & you've got an even more complex disgnostic/therapeutic puzzle.
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GiGi
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How Mercury Disrupts the Body
Once it has leached from the dental fillings and infiltrated the body, mercury becomes a neurotoxin, says Dr. Klinghardt. Strangely, a neurotoxin is a substance the nerve cells voluntarily absorb, even though it is poisonous.
They do this out of curiosity, Dr. Klinghardt explains. Nerve endings in the peripheral nervous system constantly scan their environment, engulfing foreign particles and bringing them across the cell membrane for inspection. ``The substances may then travel all the way up from the foot to the spinal cord and get presented to the nerve cells there.'' If the substance is judged to be harmful, the body tries to produce an antitoxin to neutralize it and eliminate it from the body.
But there are two problems here when it comes to mercury, Dr. Klinghardt cautions. ``As it travels up in the nerve, it destroys the body's mechanism and substance, called tubulin, for transporting substances in the nerves (breaking down the bridges behind it, as it were), and in effect, destroying the nerve. Second, the body has not yet learned how to make an ant-neurotoxin against mercury.''
Laboratory studies have shown that within 24 hours of injecting a minute dose of mercury into a muscle anywhere in the body (monkeys were used in the study), it would be present in the spinal cord and brain. The mercury was also present in the kidneys, lungs, bloodstream, connective tissue, and adrenal and other endocrine glands. In the brain, it tended to congregate in the hypothalamus, which regulates the sympathetic nervous system, and in the limbic system (associated with the brainstem), believed to be the organic seat of emotions.
While mercury levels slowly dissipate in a predictable amount of time from other body tissues and even from the teeth (in six weeks, its levels might be halved), mercury does not have a ``half-life'' in the nervous system or brain. Instead, it binds firmly to a specific chemical compound which happens to exist there in the body's highest concentrations.
``The main devastating effect of mercury in the nervous system is that it interferes with the energy production inside each cell,'' says Dr. Klinghardt. ``The nerve cell is impaired in its ability to detoxicy itself {and excrete the mercury} and in its ability to nurture itself. The cell becomes toxic and dies, or lives in a state of chronic malnutrition. A multitude of illnesses, usually associated with neurological symptoms, result''. Among these are chronic viral and fungal illnesses, recurrent episodes of bacterial infections, and chronic fatigue.
By a curious self-preservation reflex of the body, the emergence of these conditions can be viewed as a way of accommodating the heavy metal presence, speculates Dr. Klinghardt. ``Most, if not all chronic infectious diseases are not caused by a failure of the immune system, but are a conscious adaptation of the immune system to an otherwise lethal heavy metal environment.''
Mercury suffocates the cells and they die, so the immune system cultivates fungi and bacteria which are able to bind large amounts of the toxic metal in their respective cell walls, thereby enabling the patient's cells to breathe again. The downside, of course, is that the body must now feed these otherwise undesirable microbes and deal with their toxic waste. In addition, a person with mercury contamination often becomes zinc deficient and the functioning of copper and other minerals in the body will be compromised as well.
This perspective leads Dr. Klinghardt to the following strong statement: ``As soon as anybody has any type of medical illness or symptom, whether medical or emotional, the amalagam fillings should be removed and the mercury residue should be eliminated from the body, especially the brain.'' (Just removing the amalgam fillings is not enough. That is just the start in order to stop the source of contamination. The detoxing of all of the body has to follow to get improvement. Sometimes it takes months, sometimes it takes years before most of it is out of the body. Relief will come gradually as the toxic load is reduced. GG)
Neural therapy is useful in treating mercury-based problems in the nerve ganglia, says Dr. Klinghardt. Mercury, as a heavy metal (which means heavier than water) tends to accumulate in the lowest parts of the body, such as the floor of the mouth, the pelvic floor, and the feet. Pelvic symptoms in both men and women, ``are very commonly caused by metal toxicity of the Frankenhaeuser ganglia.''.
A mercury accumulation in this nerve plexus can account for premature ejaculation and an enlarged prostate in men, and endometriosis, pelvic pain, and hormonal dysfunction in women, Dr. Klinghardt says. Neural therapy ``cleans up'' this area by injecting the Frankenhaeuser ganglia (just above the pubic bone) with a local anesthetic.
``This opens up most of the ionic channels in the cell wall; the cell is then able to excrete a high number of its toxic components.'' This painless injection spurs the body to dump a large amount of mercury into the urine, Dr. KLINGHARDT SAYS.
``VERY OFTEN, AT THE SAME TIME, ANY EMOTIONAL MATERIAL THE PATIENT HASN'T WORKED OUT BEFORE, MOSTLY TO DO WITH SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT OR ABUSE FROM EARLIER YEARS, WILL BE REMEMBERED. A MEMORY THAT WAS NOT ACCESSIBLE BEFORE WILL BE SUDDENLY RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF A PATIENT, VERY ALIVE, AND ONE WILL MOMENTARILY RELIVE SOME OF THE TRAUMATIC MOMENTS FROM THEIR PAST WHICH ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT BODY REGION.'' How does Mercury discupt the Body??
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