Re: Re: Exposure to mercury many years ago, go with ALA instead of DMSA?

April 20, 2008

Response in the middle--------Jackie

In frequent-dose-chelation Dave - AM & FDC Posts wrote:

Finkle - comment below.

Posted by: " finklemcgraw " finklemcgraw@...

Fri Apr 18, 2008 3:19 pm (PDT)

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>As a side note: when my Crohn's flares up, it actually helps to do

>some chelation with ALA! The last few times when I've felt a " flare "

>coming along I've started a round (~50 mg ALA every 3rd hour), only to

>see the flare diminish within a couple of days. I know from experience

>that these flares typically last much longer and become much worse if

>I do nothing.

>A second side note: I actually don't KNOW that my health problems stem

>from mercury. Maybe the root cause is some other metal. Or something

>completely different! I guess I should have a hair test done to shed

>some light on this...

-------------I agree with Dave that a reaction to chelators confirms toxicity,

and that an old exposure might not show up well on a hair test. But, I would

still do a hair test if you have never done one, because like you said, it can

help spot other things too. I would never have known that I have an arsenic

problem and found out that it was in my wellwater, had I never done a hair test.

And many people find out they have a copper problem from doing a hair test. And

you can also get insight into other possible problems, such as adrenal, thyroid,

blood sugar, poor absorption, etc., so I think they are very worthwhile in

doing.---------Jackie

Well, if your symptoms are indeed relieved by chelation, then you can be

fairly confident that mercury is involved, as ALA would not be likely to

have an effect on symptoms unless there are metals floating around. If

it were me, I would just keep experimenting in this vein, on a proper

chelation protocol, of course, to see if ALA appears to reliably stir up

or relieve any other symptoms. You can, of course, do a hair test if

you want; but old exposures, as you are describing here, can sometimes

be hard to detect by any means other than trialing chelation.

>Regards,

>Finkle

Dave.

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