Re: hair elements results 9yo dd - Summer

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> Hi everybody. The following is the results of my dd hair elements

> test. She is 9 years old. She received all vaccinations up to age 5

> (didn't know any better at the time). She has also had 5 amalgalm

> fillings(they were on baby teeth,and have all fallen now). I am new

> to this. Can someone please help me. I have read and read and read

> everything I can get my hands on concerning heavy metal toxicity and

> chelation. I would just really appreciate some help on

> reading/interpreting this test.

>

> Bless,

> Summer

The hair test meets a counting rule with 6 essentials in red. This

means she has deranged mineral transport and a high probability of

mercury toxicity. Lithium is undetectable and a supplement of

lithium can be helpful (5 mg lithium orotate or aspartate). The

very high zinc indicates wasting and a supplement of weight (in

pounds) + 20 mg zinc is very important.

If you are absolutely sure the amalgams are gone (you may want to

check with a dentist), then chelation with ALA and optional DMSA or

DMPS is appropriate. Are you a member of the autism-mercury group?

If not, I recommend you join that group and become familiar with

the vast amount of information in their files and archives. Many

parents in the group are chelating their children, autistic and

otherwise.

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Autism-Mercury

It is very important to chelate on a safe protocol to avoid harming

your daughter. The files section here and on the autism-mercury

group has information on how to chelate using very low doses given

at the half-life. This keeps blood levels steady and keeps the

mercury flowing out of the body.

Back to the hair test: she has the adrenal sign of Ca and Mg up

and together and Na and K down and together. This indicates the

adrenals are not making enough cortisol or adrenaline and her

thyroid is low, too. Adrenal cortex extract is very helpful for

the adrenals - start with maybe 1 cap at breakfast and 1 at lunch

and work up as needed.

Her K/Ca ratio is very low and this is further suggestion of a

thyroid problem. Blood tests give more information about thyroid -

free T3, free T4, TSH. Make sure you ask for " free " T3 and T4.

Most doctors will do total T3 and T4 uptake, which are not useful.

Proper thyroid levels are very important for normal brain development

in children, so if the blood results confirm a problem (free T3 and

free T4 below the upper 1/4 of the range), look into getting some

Armour thyroid. A number of parents on the a-m group use it for

their kids and you can get more information by searching the archives

and asking them directly. You must support her adrenals as described

above *before* you give Armour.

Na/Mg is low. This means she can't make enough adrenaline and

supplementation with tyrosine, TMG, folic acid, B6, and/or B12 might

be helpful.

Many of these suggestions come from Andy Cutler's book Hair Test

Interpretation: Finding Hidden Toxicities. His other book is Amalgam

Illness: Diagnosis and Treatment (pictured on this group's main page).

If those are not among your reading material, I encourage you to get

them. They are by far the best sources of information you will find

on how to diagnose and treat mercury toxicity:

http://www.noamalgam.com

http://www.noamalgam.com/hairtestbook.html

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> >

> > Hi everybody. The following is the results of my dd hair elements

> > test. She is 9 years old. She received all vaccinations up to age

5

> > (didn't know any better at the time). She has also had 5 amalgalm

> > fillings(they were on baby teeth,and have all fallen now). I am

new

> > to this. Can someone please help me. I have read and read and

read

> > everything I can get my hands on concerning heavy metal toxicity

and

> > chelation. I would just really appreciate some help on

> > reading/interpreting this test.

> >

> > Bless,

> > Summer

>

>

> The hair test meets a counting rule with 6 essentials in red. This

> means she has deranged mineral transport and a high probability of

> mercury toxicity. Lithium is undetectable and a supplement of

> lithium can be helpful (5 mg lithium orotate or aspartate). The

> very high zinc indicates wasting and a supplement of weight (in

> pounds) + 20 mg zinc is very important.

***Is lithium something that I can purchase without a prescription?

>

> If you are absolutely sure the amalgams are gone (you may want to

> check with a dentist), then chelation with ALA and optional DMSA or

> DMPS is appropriate. Are you a member of the autism-mercury group?

> If not, I recommend you join that group and become familiar with

> the vast amount of information in their files and archives. Many

> parents in the group are chelating their children, autistic and

> otherwise.

>

***I am certain the amalgams are out, we just left the dentist's

office last week I have recently purchased ALA. I will start her

on that soon. I was simply debating on whether to do DMSA first for a

few rounds , then add in ALA. Yes, I am a member of the autism-

mercury group. I joined this group and that one around the same time.

I have been researching as much as I could. I just don't have the

funds at the moment to purchase AI, but I certainly have it at the

top of my list. I am very glad you took the time to help me with the

test. I followed the counting rules, and gathered she had a high

probability of mercury toxicity. I just didn't know what else to be

looking for.

>

>

> It is very important to chelate on a safe protocol to avoid harming

> your daughter. The files section here and on the autism-mercury

> group has information on how to chelate using very low doses given

> at the half-life. This keeps blood levels steady and keeps the

> mercury flowing out of the body.

>

> Back to the hair test: she has the adrenal sign of Ca and Mg up

> and together and Na and K down and together. This indicates the

> adrenals are not making enough cortisol or adrenaline and her

> thyroid is low, too. Adrenal cortex extract is very helpful for

> the adrenals - start with maybe 1 cap at breakfast and 1 at lunch

> and work up as needed.

***Where can I purchase the Adrenal Cortex? Is there a certain amount

to give based on weight/age? Is it safe? What kind of side effects

should I be looking for that it's helping/harming her?

>

> Her K/Ca ratio is very low and this is further suggestion of a

> thyroid problem. Blood tests give more information about thyroid -

> free T3, free T4, TSH. Make sure you ask for " free " T3 and T4.

> Most doctors will do total T3 and T4 uptake, which are not useful.

> Proper thyroid levels are very important for normal brain

development

> in children, so if the blood results confirm a problem (free T3 and

> free T4 below the upper 1/4 of the range), look into getting some

> Armour thyroid. A number of parents on the a-m group use it for

> their kids and you can get more information by searching the

archives

> and asking them directly. You must support her adrenals as

described

> above *before* you give Armour.

I have heard that it's difficult to get a DR. to recognize a problem

with thyroid, even when it's right there on the test. When you say a

problem would be with free t3 and free t4 below the upper 1/4 of the

range, is there a number range that I might be looking for? I am not

sure how the results come in for that kind of test. I personally am

only familiar with the " normal " range for TSH. I guess what I am

asking, is if I were blessed enough to find a DR in my area that

would do free T3 and T4, what number range is considered normal, so

that I may have some knowledge under my belt when conversing with the

Dr concerning the results? I apologize if I am sounding redundant.

>

> Na/Mg is low. This means she can't make enough adrenaline and

> supplementation with tyrosine, TMG, folic acid, B6, and/or B12

might

> be helpful.

***Her daily supplement schedule looks like this. Keep in mind we are

just starting her on supps, and I haven't purchased everything I need

yet. I have to add a little bit at a time.

Magnesium citrate 300mg

Taurine 500mg

B12 1000mg

L Theanine 100mg 2/day

Vitamin A 5000IU

Vitamin C 1000

Vitamin E 400IU

Seleium 100mcg

Calcium 100mg

I still want to add Zinc, Molybdenum, B complex, CLO, And Milk

Thistle. I haven't heard about Tyrosine. What dosage would that be?

And, I don't know what TMG stands for, sorry

> Many of these suggestions come from Andy Cutler's book Hair Test

> Interpretation: Finding Hidden Toxicities. His other book is

Amalgam

> Illness: Diagnosis and Treatment (pictured on this group's main

page).

> If those are not among your reading material, I encourage you to

get

> them. They are by far the best sources of information you will

find

> on how to diagnose and treat mercury toxicity:

>

> http://www.noamalgam.com

> http://www.noamalgam.com/hairtestbook.html

>

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>

> >

> > The most common symptoms associated with adrenal stress are

> > anxiety and poor tolerance of stress. It should help with those

> > problems. Dosage is variable, so you will need to titrate up or

> > down depending on response.

>

> Wow! She has an extremely hard time with stress and anxiety. I am

> excited to get her on Adrenal Cortex

It will help. You may want to check in the other group to

see what brands and doses parents use. I believe Nutricology

brand is popular.

> > In the files section of the autism-mercury group you will find a

> > file with the age-based pediatric ranges for a variety of blood

> > tests, including free T3 and free T4. Once you have the proper

> > range, you can calculate the value for the upper 1/4.

> >

> I looked at the pediatric ranges. When you say upper 1/4, do i

just take the number range given, and divide by four?

Here is an example:

Free T3 2.7 (2.3-4.2)

That's more or less what it will look like on a page of test results.

The 2.7 is the result and (2.3-4.2) is the reference range. To figure

out where the top 1/4 of the range is, subtract 4.2-2.3 to get 1.9,

then divide 1.9/4 to get .475, and finally subtract 4.2-.475 to get

3.725. So a normal result should be 3.725 or higher. It is only 2.7,

so very low indicating hypothyroid.

Your numbers will be different, of course, but that's how you do the

math. Hopefully that made sense?

> > > I still want to add Zinc, Molybdenum, B complex, CLO, And Milk

> > > Thistle.

> >

> >

> > These are more basic and I would work on adding them first.

>

>

> Are you saying that I need to add these before I work on the

> adrenals?

I would go ahead and start the adrenal cortex extract (also known as

ACE).

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> >

> > The most common symptoms associated with adrenal stress are

> > anxiety and poor tolerance of stress. It should help with those

> > problems. Dosage is variable, so you will need to titrate up or

> > down depending on response.

>

> Wow! She has an extremely hard time with stress and anxiety. I am

> excited to get her on Adrenal Cortex

It will help. You may want to check in the other group to

see what brands and doses parents use. I believe Nutricology

brand is popular.

> > In the files section of the autism-mercury group you will find a

> > file with the age-based pediatric ranges for a variety of blood

> > tests, including free T3 and free T4. Once you have the proper

> > range, you can calculate the value for the upper 1/4.

> >

> I looked at the pediatric ranges. When you say upper 1/4, do i

just take the number range given, and divide by four?

Here is an example:

Free T3 2.7 (2.3-4.2)

That's more or less what it will look like on a page of test results.

The 2.7 is the result and (2.3-4.2) is the reference range. To figure

out where the top 1/4 of the range is, subtract 4.2-2.3 to get 1.9,

then divide 1.9/4 to get .475, and finally subtract 4.2-.475 to get

3.725. So a normal result should be 3.725 or higher. It is only 2.7,

so very low indicating hypothyroid.

Your numbers will be different, of course, but that's how you do the

math. Hopefully that made sense?

> > > I still want to add Zinc, Molybdenum, B complex, CLO, And Milk

> > > Thistle.

> >

> >

> > These are more basic and I would work on adding them first.

>

>

> Are you saying that I need to add these before I work on the

> adrenals?

I would go ahead and start the adrenal cortex extract (also known as

ACE).

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