Re: new hair test- can I have some help interpreting?

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> Details: 62 year old male with a mouth full of amalgam and crowns.

There is a big source of exposure.

> Don't know about mother's dental history but she had Parkinson's at

> the time of her death.

One reason to suspect a genetic predisposition.

> All childhood vaccines and annual flu shots and vaccines to travel

> and work in other parts of the world for 10 years.

Lots more exposure.

> No supplements & no prescribed meds. He has tremors,

Fairly common symptom.

active alcoholic, sadly. Location is Belleville, Ontario Canada on

Lake Ontario.

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> Would appreciate your help interpreting for my friend.

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The test doesn't meet the counting rules. That doesn't rule out

mercury toxicity. In this case the next steps would be to do a

porphyrin test, or remove all amalgam and do a trial of chelation.

Side effects with chelation would confirm toxicity.

It may be difficult to convince someone of this age.

J

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> POTENTIALLY TOXIC ELEMENTS

> element result ref range color

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> aluminum 21 <7 red

> antimony .019 <.066 green

> arsenic .037 <.08 green

> beryllium <.01 <.02 no color

> bismuth .05 <2 green

> cadmium .018 <.15 green

> lead .29 <2 green

> mercury .2 <1.1 green

> platinum <.003 <.005 no colour

> thallium < .001 <.01 no colour

> thorium <.001 <.005 no colour

> uranium .27 <.06 red

> nickel .16 <.40 green

> silver .01 <.12 green

> tin .06 <.3 green

> titanium .5 <1 green

> ESSENTIAL AND OTHER ELEMENTS

> element result ref range color under/over 50%

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> Calcium 233 200-750 green under

> Magnesium 31 25-75 green under

> Sodium 260 12-90 red over

> Potassium 20 9-40 white middle

> Copper 14 10-28 white over

> Zinc 240 130-200 yellow over

> Manganese .63 .15-.65 green over

> Chromium .34 .2-.4 green over

> Vanadium .014 .018-.065 yellow under

> Molybdenum .013 .025-.064 red under

> Boron .34 .4-3 yellow under

> Iodine .13 .25-1.3 yellow under

> Lithium .035 .007-.023 yellow over

> Phosphorus 220 160-250 green over

> Selenium 2. .95-1.7 yellow over

> Strontium 1.9 .3-3.5 green over

> Sulfur 50800 44500-52000 green over

> Barium .39 .16-1.6 green under

> Cobalt .03 .013-.035 green over

> Iron 17 5.4-13 yellow over

> Germanium .036 .045-.065 yellow under

> Rubidium .026 .011-.12 green under

> Zirconium .076 .020-0.44 white

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> Ratios

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> Elements Ratios Expected Range

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> Ca/Mg 7.52 4-30

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> Ca/P 1.06 .8- 8

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> Na/K 13 .5-10

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> Zn/Cu 17.1 4-20

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> Zn/Cd >999 >800

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