Re: how to know if exposure is recent or not?

April 29, 2008

>

> Something I have been wanting to ask for a while now that I still

> don't understand: does the appearance of toxic elements on a DDI test

> mean recent exposure?

No. Sometimes they indicate body burden, sometimes they are

false elevations, and sometimes it is not entirely clear.

Interpretation depends on other information from the hair test.

> Both of my parents are mercury toxic per Andy's counting rules. They

> also have huge amounts of aluminum, antimony, arsenic, cadmium, lead,

> uranium, silver, and nickel coming out through their hair. My mom has

> a mouth full of amalgam--my dad, though, has none. Neither has been

> vaccinated in a good 40 years.

Sometimes the huge amounts indicate body burden, sometimes they do

not. Is mineral transport deranged? Which counting rules are met?

Do they have mild elevations in yellow, or very elevated in the red?

The answers to these and other questions make a big difference in

interpretion.

You may want to post their tests for feedback - see the file

for " how to post " .

> Does this indicate that they are still being exposed to something? Or,

> I should say, a multitude of bad things?

They may have current exposure to some things, but you can't infer

that from the hair test.

Proper interpretation may tell you whether the elevations indicate

a high body burden and whether you should investigate sources of

exposure for certain metals.

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April 30, 2008

You can't tell anything about whether exposure is ongoing from the hair

test.

If they are mercury toxic via the counting rules, then you have to read

the test with advisement. How do they meet the rules? All high? All

low? Too much scatter? More than one of those? That will tell you

something.

Also, given that there is a high probability of Hg tox in your parents'

case, it is not surprising that they have aluminum, antimony, arsenic

and nickel elevated. Even if they have an " all high " pattern, these

elevations are probably real, as mercury causes the accumulation of

these metals. The cadmium probably means nothing. The uranium might be

a matter of minerals in the local environment, or it might be low iron.

For the latter, you should find out if they have had a ferritin test

recently, and report back to us with the results (do not depend on the

standard reference ranges for ferritin).

As for ongoing exposure, unless they have amalgams, have recently had

vaccines, eat fish, particularly large ones, and on a regular basis (at

least weekly), have broken thermometers or fluorescent bulbs in the

recent past, or have potential occupational exposures (eg dental

offices), then the exposure issue is probably ruled out.

Dave.

PS. If you are able to post those tests, there are other things that

can be identified from the results. I'd be curious to see them.

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Posted by: " carriesuvajdzic " carriesuvajdzic@...

< Tue Apr 29, 2008 1:38 pm (PDT)

Something I have been wanting to ask for a while now that I still

don't understand: does the appearance of toxic elements on a DDI test

mean recent exposure?

Both of my parents are mercury toxic per Andy's counting rules. They

also have huge amounts of aluminum, antimony, arsenic, cadmium, lead,

uranium, silver, and nickel coming out through their hair. My mom has

a mouth full of amalgam--my dad, though, has none. Neither has been

vaccinated in a good 40 years.

Does this indicate that they are still being exposed to something? Or,

I should say, a multitude of bad things?

April 30, 2008

Oh, and one more thing. If lead is even mildly elevated, then it's an

issue. They will need to use DMSA as one of the detoxing agents - but

for lead (as opposed to mercury) it's only necessary to use it a few (3)

days a month.

Dave.

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