Re: Hair test results - Dana

[Guest guest]

Dana -

9 outside the green zone.

2 red, one borderline.

8 low, 4 more borderline.

I don't see a counting rule here.

Mercury is .36, not excessively low.

No other toxic elements elevated.

Co is red low ==> B12 <<might>> be useful.

K/Ca = .029 a bit low. You <<might>> want to consider testing thyroid.

.... Ah, now I'm looking at your email. Yes, do test thyroid. It seems you've

already discovered B12, so keep up with that.

I would suggest an elimination diet, since he seems to have some allergy

symptoms. Otherwise, all I could say is that this test is by no means

screaming mercury. You are giving a lot of supplements, and that will have the

tendency to improve things. Also, old toxicity will be less present in hair -

but still this doesn't look really skewed to me at all. I'm not seeing any

confirmation of mercury issues in the hair.

On the other hand... all of the symptoms you describe _could_ have something

to do with mercury. As a result, it is certainly possible that if your husband

was feeling like he wanted to go through mercury removal and detox then some of

this stuff might abate; but that's a big job and you have no real confirmation

that it will in fact have an effect.

If you want to explore this further, I notice that he has some

photo-sensitivity. You might consider a porphyrin test (porphyria is

associated with photophobia, and mercury causes porphyria). The test is very

sensitive to handling though, and often shows false negative. Still, if you

wanted to go through the work of doing the test, perhaps you might find

something.

That's the best I can do right now. Good luck,

Dave.

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Posted by: " Dana Black " danablack@... danaclaire1945

Fri May 23, 2008 10:44 am (PDT)

Hi-

We've just gotten the results of my husband's hair test and would appreciate

any comments. He's 64 and in reasonably good health, though his TSH was

above 4 and he's cold much of the time. He also has moderately severe hay

fever allergies, digestive issues, moderate light sensitivity, and has lower

energy than I would expect for his age (has slowed down in the past 3 or 4

years). He's had a mouth full of amalgams since childhood, though some have

been replaced with composite as the old ones fail. We both take " tons " of

supplements (including mentylcobalamin) and have for many years.

Thanks so much,

Dana B

Adult Male...

>>Toxic Elements (all no bar or green)

Aluminum 2.4 (ref < 7.0) green

Antimony 0.041 (ref < 0.066) green

Arsenic 0.071 (ref < 0.080) green

Beryllium < 0.01 (ref < 0.020) no bar

Bismuth 0.040 (ref < 2.0) green

Cadmium 0.010 (ref < 0.15) green

Lead 0.08 (ref < 2.0) green

Mercury 0.36 (ref < 1.1) green

Platinum < 0.003 (ref < 0.005) no bar

Thallium < 0.0001 (ref < 0.010) no bar

Thorium < 0.001 (ref < 0.005) no bar

Uranium 0.015 (ref < 0.060) green

Nickel 0.08 (ref < 0.40) green

Silver 0.03 (ref < 0.12) green

Tin 0.24 (ref < 0.30) green

Titanium 0.42 (ref < 1.0) green

>>Essential and other elements

Calcium 903 (200 - 750) high yellow

Magnesium 52 (25 - 75) high green

Sodium 120 (12 - 90) high yellow

Potassium 26 (9 - 40) high green

Copper 8.7 (10 - 28) low yellow

Zinc 200 (130 - 200) high green

Manganese 0.08 (0.15 - 0.65) low yellow (almost red)

Chromium 0.34 (0.20 - 0.40) high green

Vanadium 0.024 (0.018 - 0.065) low green

Molybdenum 0.036 (0.025 - 0.064) low green

Boron 1.2 (0.40 - 3.0) white

Iodine 5.0 (0.25 - 1.3) high red

Lithium 0.045 (0.007 - 0.023) high yellow

Phosphorus 189 (160 - 250) low green

Selenium 1.2 (0.95 - 1.7) white

Strontium 4.9 (0.30 - 3.5) high yellow

Sulfur 47400 (44500 - 52000) low green

Barium 0.74 (0.16 - 1.6) high green

Cobalt 0.003 (0.013 - 0.035) low red

Iron 9.2 (5.4 - 13) high green

Germanium 0.041 (0.045 - 0.065) low yellow

Rubidium 0.031 (0.011 - 0.12) white

Zirconium 0.081 (0.020 - 0.44) white

>>Ratios

Ca/Mg 17.4 (4 - 30)

Ca/P 4.78 (0.8 - 8)

Na/K 4.62 (0.5 - 10)

Zn/Cu 23 (4 - 20)

Zn/Cd > 999 (>800)

[Guest guest]

Dana. Sure thing. There is a great deal of evidence with regard to the

efficacy of elimination diets though, and it is certainly a much easier thing

to do than getting filling out and chelating. All he has to do is eat a

restricted diet for 1 week, and then start putting in foods one by one to test

their reaction.

As for getting the fillings out - hey, I'm all for that. I mean, all I had to

do was hear the word " mercury " associated with " fillings " , and mine were out of

there. It was only 15 years later that I started having really serious

symptoms. Before that, I had some stuff going on, but nothing really

identifiable.

Dave.

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Posted by: " Dana Black " danablack@... danaclaire1945

Sun May 25, 2008 1:12 pm (PDT)

Hi Dave-

Thanks so much for analyzing my husband's hair test. Even though the test

doesn't look too bad, I'm hoping he will get his amalgams removed. He's

still got quite a few, and in the interest of maintaining good health into

the future, I think it would be of benefit.

ordered an allergy (IgG) blood test, so maybe that will show

something. Getting him to do an elimination diet is not an option without

some evidence. I see him going downhill somewhat, but he's not sick enough

to be motivated to do difficult stuff. Anyway, time will tell. Maybe after I

improve from chelation, he'll see it as valuable. I've done so many things

in the past 20 years that haven't panned out - he's pretty skeptical (I

guess with good reason).

Thanks again for your help.

Dana B