Re: hair testing/Off Topic

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--- In low dose naltrexone , " mbrookh " <mbrookh@y...>

wrote:

>

> Our 21 year old pdd-nos is starting low dose naltrexone for immune

> help-that's what drew me to this list.

> I've been wondering as I read along if any members have done hair

> testing to try to define toxic elements and skewed metal transport?

I

> don't see anything in the files about this. It is a more talked

about

> approach in the 'autistic' realm where pdd-nos is a common label. A

> personal experience with another sick relative tells me that it has

> more universal application. Always energetic and physically active,

> this relative began a symptom pattern with a slight limp and

fatigue

> which progressed to a final label of ALS[many differentials and

> labels along the way]. A couple of months before her death, she

> finally agreed to a hair test. It showed the pattern that Cutler

> defines as 'highly probable for mercury poisoning' as well as very

> limited mineral absorption. From our daughter's experience, I know

> that the mercury impact is real. As we've chelated, we've been able

> to follow highs and low of such things as aluminum, arsenic,

nickle,

> tin etc through this relatively inexpensive testing. Testing

through

> other means[urine, stool] is too expensive for us. The files of

each

> have info on this

> /

> www.earthlink.net/~moriam

>

> B.

>

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I have MS and I had a hair analysis done back in 2000, long before I

started LDN in 2003. I had no metal toxicities(is that a word?) but

I had many vitamin & mineral difficiencies. I need to have a new

hair analysis done in the near future.

[Guest guest]

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Cutler has a counting pattern for the hair testing that we use. It is

based on values from Doctor's Data Test of Hair Elements Profile.

[Great Plains also does their testing through Doctor's Data]. Tests

through other labs will not fit within the parameters.

Mercury, for one, will not show initially if you are metal toxic.

That does not mean it is not there and creating havoc in your body. I

just mention this because so much of what I'm reading on this list

parallels what our daughter has been through. Our child has/had low

thyroid hence overwhelming fatigue, numbness and tingling in

extremities to the point that she could not walk sometimes, extreme

problems with digestion/food tolerance[and yet little true allergy

response on testing], ataxia, pupils that remain dilated despite

light stimulus, light sleeper, no measurable IgA, viral problems… If

your past hair test is from either of the above you may want to check

how it counts out referenced in below reference.

http://home.earthlink.net/~moriam/. Just a thought, B.

--- In low dose naltrexone , " Bren " <b63powell@y...>

wrote:

>

>

> I have MS and I had a hair analysis done back in 2000, long before

I

> started LDN in 2003. I had no metal toxicities(is that a word?)

but

> I had many vitamin & mineral difficiencies. I need to have a new

> hair analysis done in the near future.

>

>

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