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Many thanks to all who have posted. It will take me some time to read and assimilate this info. Anyone else with any information concerning the effects of mercury on the lyme bacteria in our bodies please post. I am mostly looking for any studies that have been published and have been peer reviewed. I know this might seem strange - since chronic lyme disease is generally disregarded by science and the medical community - but I also want to weed out any pseudoscience BS that isn't proveable and is more heresay then fact. Having my fillings removed is a big step for me both in commitment and financialy and I want to have a fair chance of actual health improvement. This might not be possible, I realize, and it might be like most other things - put down your money and take a chance - but I'd like to read and investigate all that I can before I make the commitment. Thanks again to everyone.
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sixgoofykids
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If you're wondering whether metals are a problem for you, why not get tested for heavy metal toxicity to see if they are? That would tell you whether you personally are toxic in metals.
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As you will notice, most posters break up text into 2-3 sentences with lots of white space so most of us can better read a post. This is really helpful for most with neuro symptoms.
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Many thanks to all who have posted. It will take me some time to read and assimilate this info. Anyone else with any information concerning the effects of mercury on the lyme bacteria in our bodies please post.
I am mostly looking for any studies that have been published and have been peer reviewed.
I know this might seem strange - since chronic lyme disease is generally disregarded by science and the medical community - but I also want to weed out any pseudoscience BS that isn't proveable and is more heresay then fact.
Having my fillings removed is a big step for me both in commitment and financialy and I want to have a fair chance of actual health improvement.
This might not be possible, I realize, and it might be like most other things - put down your money and take a chance - but I'd like to read and investigate all that I can before I make the commitment.
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In response - I've been tested many times for heavy metals - especially mercury - and all came back negative or below testing limits each time.
What I understand from reading other articles is that very minute amounts of mercury may be all it takes to agitate the lyme. These minute amounts are orders or magnitude less then most testing limits.
Thus, you get tested - the results come back "normal" - but, because of the lyme, the minute amounts that the testing can't see is still enough to cause "chronic" problems. Make sense?
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TerryK
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You can request additional information in your other post from today about this same subject without creating a whole new post. That way people won't repeat what has already been posted and other people can read the information in the older post too, all in one post rather than in two separate posts.
I've spent quite a bit of time doing my own research regarding this subject and I can say that you won't find much in the way of studies besides what I posted already about borrelia and mercury in vivo. There are some environmental studies that I've posted here before on mercury and bacteria but from the sounds of it, that won't satisfy your request.
For the record - not all valid medical science comes from peer reviewed journals. AND not everything that is published in a peer reviewed journal is unbiased as many of them are compromised by conflicts of interest, financial, political and otherwise.
Mercury is mentioned in the ILADS treatment guidelines so you may want to dig that up and read it. Terry
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