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Hello,
I have been on the candida diet for 8 months now with some definite positive results but still with many stomacal, pain and hairloss problems. My levels of mercury are very high (in all three tests: hair, blood, DMSA urine challenge test). I dont have any Amalgam though, so my doctor guessed I had it from fish.
I was wondering if anyone also has high levels of MERCURY BUT NOT FROM DENTAL FILLINGS. Any ideas, info would be greatly appreciated. I would like to have babies soon and really want to do the best I can.
Thank you
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This is a reply to # 295,535Hi,
Another major source of mercury is thimerosal ie mercury which is in vaccines eg hepatitis B and various medical solutions. Regardless though, with your high levels you need to seriously consider chelation. Best to put off having babies for the time being and concentrate on bringing your mercury levels down as it can cross the placenta and put a baby at risk.
A high reading on a blood test means you are have either had a recent exposure (eg the DMSA challenge if done before the blood test? DMSA challenges are bad news as they stir up too much mercury without actually excreting it and so exacerbating any symptoms you have), OR an ongoing exposure which you need to address eg avoiding fish as you mentioned.
I'm following the Andy Cutler protocol (his website is http://www.noamalgam.com). It basically involves taking a chelator, alpha lipoic acid (ALA) either on its own or with another chelator...DMSA or DMPS at FREQUENT intervals. You take them at very low doses.
You will need to read more about this first. More info here....
http://home.earthlink.net/~moriam/
Visit these forums/groups for advice and support on following his protocol and help with properly interpreting hair tests (eg the relation between mineral levels and toxic metal levels)...
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/frequent-dose-chelation/
//www.curezone.org/forums/f.asp?f=638
Hair loss can be due to thyroid weakness (due to mercury toxicity), and also iron deficiency.
I hope this helps,
Anne
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This is a reply to # 295,539Anne, thank you so much for responding. I have been reading through Andy Cutler's website and WOW, that is useful information indeed!!!! Again, thank you!!
But now I am soooo confused!!! His theories about mercury chelation go against most protocols and now I am not even sure if my doctor interpreted hair test and DMSA challenge test correctly, among other things Cutler says that DMSA challenge test is not safe, and I took a one 500mg DMSA tablet for the test! I am taking cilantro and chlorella, but now am not sure I am doing the right thing.
With all this information right now I am lost, I dont know what to do. I live in Spain, though I was diagnosed with candida and mercury some months ago in the USA where I was working and studying. Upon my return, in Spain no single doctor believes in systemic candidiasis unless you have AIDS or cancer, and when I told them about the mercury levels in my blood and urine and showed them the DMSA test result they said they couldn't help, knew nothing about it or looked at me as though I had been brainwashed by some freaky doctor in the States. I did take my DMSA challenge test after my doctor did a blood test and mercury levels showed very high, so they couldnt have been high due to the DMSA since the blood test was done before. (I have 27 mg/g in the DMSA challenge test; I took one 500 mg DMSA collecting the urine over a period of 12 hours. The reference range of Doctor's Data labs for mercury is 4 or less. I also have arsenic four times higher the reference range).
I am very worried, because Cutler says that it may take up to 5 years to detoxify, and I am 31 and would love to have babies.
Anne, are you chelating under Cutler's supervision or on your own?
Do you know if there are other doctors in Europe (England would be my cheapest option from Spain) who follow his guidelines?
I am afraid of ending up with a doctor who might not follow the right protocol, and from what I have read in Cutler's website and from my own experience so far this is pretty easy.
My concern now is to find a doctor who can interpret a hair test to know if indeed mercury is my problem. I definitely have many of the mercury related symptoms.
Sorry for this long email and for being so self-centered, but by explaining this maybe someone knowledgable can help me.
Again, thank you
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This is a reply to # 295,617Hi Alicia,
Don't worry about being self-centered...you weren't, and anyway you have to be selfish in order to get well :-)
> His theories about mercury chelation go against most protocols and now I am not even sure if my doctor interpreted hair test and DMSA challenge test correctly, among other things Cutler says that DMSA challenge test is not safe, and I took a one 500mg DMSA tablet for the test! I am taking cilantro and chlorella, but now am not sure I am doing the right thing.
His is one of the safest chelation protocols as its based on low, frequent dosing which takes into account the half-life of the chelator. Even if you don't understand the biochemistry of technicalities of chelation, this should make most sense to anyone. High, infrequent doses of any chelator causes the blood levels of mercury to rise and fall, rather than keeping it at a constant level. This can lead to redistribution of the mercury if the body is not able to eliminate what has been stirred up...can potentially cause a lot of problems/worsening of symptoms. It all depends a lot on the individual, how well functioning their organs are/elimination pathways are working. Best to stick to a safe protocol and not take any chances
Yes one off doses of a chelator like DMSA can cause the problems as I explained above.
Some people have had very bad reactions to chlorella and cilantro. Though some people are helped by them, chlorella is not a true chelator, and though cilantro is supposed to be a proper chelator, not enough seems to be known about how it works so if you take it, you're also taking a risk.
>I am very worried, because Cutler says that it may take up to 5 years to detoxify, and I am 31 and would love to have babies
I totally understand, though you are still young enough to recover and to have children. Just concentrate on getting your health back first. It wont necessarily take that long either, it could take you 1 or 2 yrs.
> Anne, are you chelating under Cutler's supervision or on your own?
Do you know if there are other doctors in Europe (England would be my cheapest option from Spain) who follow his guidelines?
I am afraid of ending up with a doctor who might not follow the right protocol, and from what I have read in Cutler's website and from my own experience so far this is pretty easy.
Yes I'm chelating on my own, though I'm taking a break at the moment as I was finding it hard, I'm particularly sensitive. I use the support groups I mentioned in my first post.
I'm in the UK but I dont know if any doctors are aware of his protocol, I doubt any at all know about it, hardly anyone does.
> My concern now is to find a doctor who can interpret a hair test to know if indeed mercury is my problem. I definitely have many of the mercury related symptoms.
Post your hair tests results on the groups.....
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/frequent-dose-chelation/
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/adult-metal-chelation/
You can email Andy and send him the post number so he can read it on either of the above groups and help to interpret the results but others will help with that too and be there to answer more questions you have and give support.
More info on how to post your test results here....
http://home.earthlink.net/~moriam/HOW_TO_hair_test.html
I know how overwhelming it all is but I hope this helps somewhat.
Anne
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This is a reply to # 295,535Another possible source, and a non drug chelator.
"48 Tons in Our Food and Water
There is nothing complex about the process. Mercury is a naturally occurring toxin, which is found in soil, rocks, wood, and fuels like coal and oil. Simple soil erosion deposits mercury in rivers and lakes, but concentrations remain low, unless, as has been discovered in the recently deforested regions of the Amazon, erosion reaches extraordinary levels. The burning of rainforests also releases mercury that has been taken up from the soil by the trees.
But the major source of mercury in our food chain, responsible for about 1/3 of the levels found in our bodies, is our burning of coal to generate electric power. That is the single greatest contributor to the problem. Mercury that naturally occurs in the coal is released during burning and enters the air; it is then precipitated into the oceans, lakes, and rivers by rain. According to the EPA, coal-fired power plants in the United States emit about 48 tons of mercury into the air every year -- and more than half of this mercury falls within 5 miles of the plant itself. When it reaches the water, microorganisms consume it and convert it into a substance called methyl mercury.
Into the Food Chain
A study at the University of Tennessee recently rated methyl mercury among the most dangerous poisons on Earth (just behind plutonium). It has no known beneficial use in the body, and it accumulates in the muscle tissue of fish, animals, and humans. When minnows eat plankton or algae that is contaminated with methyl mercury, it is deposited in their flesh; larger fish prey upon the minnows, and the toxin travels straight up the food chain to the most prized game fish -- the big predators like bass, pike, walleyes, brown trout; and to all the finest food and sport fish of the seas -- tuna, swordfish, shark, roughy, marlin, and halibut. According to the EPA, fish at the top of the aquatic food chain bio-accumulate methyl mercury to a level approximately 1 million to 10 million times greater than dissolved concentrations found in surrounding waters.
Of course, when you climb one more rung up that food chain, you find us, the people who eat fish. Just like the predatory fish that we catch and eat, we store mercury in our tissues. Just like the ancient Romans, we know that high exposure to mercury is fatal. But…
Mercury Rising
In 1997, the EPA under the Clinton administration presented a detailed study that revealed the hazards of mercury contamination, pinpointed coal-fired power plants as the leading source of emissions, and promised action. But nothing was done. The EPA had begun work on a plan to address mercury pollution in December 2000 and in a 2001 presentation, the agency said that 90 percent of mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants could be cut, using what is known as the Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT), by 2008.
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