Guest guest Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 Mercury is a sneaky killer. I have high levels of mercury and lead way before I became hypothyroid. Taking T3 is not going to clear it out of my organs or my brain. Trying to figure out whether someone has mercury poisoning is not an easy, direct thing to do. You cannot just test the level of mercury to find out. That is, one cannot simply test someone's hair, or blood, or urine, or feces, and measure how much mercury is there, and go by that. Why not? The body's tissues are selective about how long they keep mercury inside themselves. Mercury will stay in some body tissues (such as the brain and liver) which are very attracted to it, for a long time (25 yrs at least or a lifetime). Other tissues (such as blood), will clear out the mercury pretty quickly. Blood will keep mercury for a few months. The brain keeps it for a lifetime. Other tissues are in between. At first (soon after exposure), mercury is present in hair and blood. This means that soon after someone is poisoned, their blood and hair will probably show high levels of mercury. But later, in most cases, the mercury is " hidden " . It is no longer present in the blood or hair or urine or feces. If the person is poisoned, it is still present in other areas (such as the brain) and is still doing damage. For people who have been exposed to mercury through vaccines (thimerosal) or through amalgam (dental fillings), the exposure is usually too far in the past and/or too slow and chronic for mercury to show up in hair or blood or urine or feces. THIS IS IMPORTANT: A PERSON WHO IS MERCURY TOXIC will usually (in most cases) have a NORMAL reading for mercury on tests of hair or blood or urine or feces. You cannot go by that. The most recent edition of many medical textbooks tell physicians that mercury poisoning cannot be ruled out based on the urine or blood level of mercury. This is also true for hair levels of mercury. Only about 1 poisoned person in 10 shows up with a high level of mercury on these tests. The other 9 poisoned people have normal readings for mercury. If the reading for mercury is HIGH (red) on a hair test, this probably indicates the person has mercury poisoning. On the other hand, if the reading for mercury is normal (or even very low), this indicates nothing one way or another about whether the person has mercury poisoning. Mercury can still be present in the brain and organs, doing lots of damage there, and NOT be present in the hair. THIS IS VERY COMMON. Blood, urine, feces and hair are all relatively easy to test. But, the mercury level there is not a good indicator of past mercury poisoning or slow chronic mercury poisoning. Because of this, measuring mercury in blood, urine, hair or feces is often not helpful in determining whether a person is poisoned. The way to tell if a person is poisoned (when mercury doesn't show up), is to use the available samples (hair, blood, urine, etc.) and look for the biochemical aberrations which mercury causes. Mercury usually interferes with the body's ability to use, process, and store minerals. Regular minerals: stuff like calcium, magnesium and sodium. (On a hair test, these are called " essential elements " .) While this is a very bad thing in terms of health effects, it is " helpful " for the purpose of determining mercury poisoning, because it is a pretty predictable result. This is exactly what the " counting rules " look for: seriously messed up minerals. To be just slightly more technical about it, mercury poisoning usually causes impaired " mineral transport " . Mineral transport is the ability of cells to pull minerals into themselves and pump minerals out of themselves selectively. If mineral transport is normal then someone with too much mercury will have high hair mercury levels. This happens with about 1 person in 10 who have a mercury problem. This person will have a HIGH reading for mercury. In this case, it is easy to see they have a problem with mercury. These people have normal mineral transport, and can move mercury from the large pool in the body into the hair. For the other 9 people who are mercury toxic, it is harder to figure out if they have a problem or not. The normal level of mercury present in their hair could mean they don't have much mercury in their body (they are okay), or it could mean they have impaired mineral transport due to mercury poisoning, and that is why there is little mercury in their hair. Since mercury impairs mineral transport, examining hair for the level of many minerals lets us determine if mercury has left its signature in the hair's biochemistry even if the mercury itself doesn't show up. > > > > > > > > > From: scdlymie <scdlymie@> > > > Subject: Re: Toxic Metals and RT3 > > > To: RT3_T3 > > > Date: Thursday, May 6, 2010, 8:14 PM > > > > > > > > > I have very high levels of mercury and lead. I've known about this for some time and all attempts to get this to detox has been pretty unsuccessful. > > > > > > However, my most recent urine toxic metals testing shows huge amounts of these being excreted. The main change has been T3 only treatment. > > > > > > Due to the detox problems my doctor did a range of tests to look for where the methylation problem is, and there was only one area: glutathione conjugation. I've also added higher amounts of the raw materials (3 amino acids) to my supplement regimen. > > > > > > So only these 2 changes are showing very encouraging results. > > > > > > Sherry > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > We are not medical professionals here, just patients sharing our experiences. Please use this information with the help of a competent doctor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 9, 2010 Report Share Posted May 9, 2010 Okay, so in layman's terms, please, how can one tell if they have high mercury?? Thanks, Kathleen > > > > > > > > > > > > From: scdlymie <scdlymie@> > > > > Subject: Re: Toxic Metals and RT3 > > > > To: RT3_T3 > > > > Date: Thursday, May 6, 2010, 8:14 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > I have very high levels of mercury and lead. I've known about this for some time and all attempts to get this to detox has been pretty unsuccessful. > > > > > > > > However, my most recent urine toxic metals testing shows huge amounts of these being excreted. The main change has been T3 only treatment. > > > > > > > > Due to the detox problems my doctor did a range of tests to look for where the methylation problem is, and there was only one area: glutathione conjugation. I've also added higher amounts of the raw materials (3 amino acids) to my supplement regimen. > > > > > > > > So only these 2 changes are showing very encouraging results. > > > > > > > > Sherry > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > We are not medical professionals here, just patients sharing our experiences. Please use this information with the help of a competent doctor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2010 Report Share Posted May 11, 2010 Hayley, I think if it were me, I'd wait until RT3 clears and you are stable on a dose of T3, making sure adrenals re-stabilize (clearance of RT3 will reduce adrenal stress.) Then monitor temps, pulse, and labs in reduce T3 if it is indicated. On this forum I think it is wise--at least at this point--that we not recommend any certain testing or protocol for heavy metals, as that isn't our focus here. Also there are vastly differing opinions out there. If I were you, I'd do a lot of reading and also try to find an experienced health practitioner to oversee this process. Sherry > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From: scdlymie <scdlymie@> > > > > > > > Subject: Re: Toxic Metals and RT3 > > > > > > > To: RT3_T3 > > > > > > > Date: Thursday, May 6, 2010, 8:14 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have very high levels of mercury and lead. I've known about this for some time and all attempts to get this to detox has been pretty unsuccessful. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > However, my most recent urine toxic metals testing shows huge amounts of these being excreted. The main change has been T3 only treatment. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Due to the detox problems my doctor did a range of tests to look for where the methylation problem is, and there was only one area: glutathione conjugation. I've also added higher amounts of the raw materials (3 amino acids) to my supplement regimen. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So only these 2 changes are showing very encouraging results. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sherry > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > We are not medical professionals here, just patients sharing our experiences. Please use this information with the help of a competent doctor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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