Guest guest Posted September 10, 2001 Report Share Posted September 10, 2001 > > Has anybody heard of a child's pupil size being related to any metals > (particularly mercury) in their system? > > > ô¿ô > ~ > Davo I seem to remember reading this somewhere - but I may be confusing it with the GFCF diet thing. Sometimes kids on gluten and casein get large pupils since the gluten and casein are essentially acting like drugs in their system. But it could be that any neuro-toxin could cause pupil dialation. Sorry not to be definitive, but I do remember a discussion about this on one of the lists I am on. Perhaps you will want to join the Autism-Mercury list and ask your question there. Moira mom to Vico (4.5 ASD) and Culzean (16 months) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2001 Report Share Posted September 10, 2001 My Hannah's pupils are large also. Interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2001 Report Share Posted September 10, 2001 I am not sure, but would love to know if it related to something, because Ross's certainly are larger than normal. They seem dilated all the time. Loren Loren Van De Griek mommy to - 6yrs, Ross - 4 yrs(ASD), Seth -22 months Hickory, NC " the harder the struggle, the greater the victory " Shop for great Kay products with me online at: www.marykay.com/lvandegriek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2001 Report Share Posted September 10, 2001 Are they always large? Do they react to light? Re: large pupils? > My Hannah's pupils are large also. Interesting. > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2001 Report Share Posted September 10, 2001 I´ve read that autistic kids have very beautiful eyes. Does this have something to do with the large pupils? I was told by a lady I didn´t know, that my son´s eyes were beautiful!!!She was very impressed. Carmen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 11, 2001 Report Share Posted September 11, 2001 > > Has anybody heard of a child's pupil size being related to any metals > (particularly mercury) in their system? > > > ô¿ô > ~ > Davo Large pupils are a sign of mercury toxicity. Here is more information on that. http://www.autism.com/ari/mercurylong.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 12, 2001 Report Share Posted September 12, 2001 In a message dated 9/10/01 2:38:49 PM Pacific Daylight Time, moira@... writes: << Subj: Re: large pupils? Date: 9/10/01 2:38:49 PM Pacific Daylight Time From: moira@... Reply-to: GFCFKids To: GFCFKids > > Has anybody heard of a child's pupil size being related to any metals > (particularly mercury) in their system? >> Don't know about metals but allergies and resulting elevated histamine levels can cause dialated pupils. Miriam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 12, 2001 Report Share Posted September 12, 2001 My sons pupils were dialated from birth on. I actually thought he had dark brown eyes. This went hand in fist with blank staring. I complained endlessly to the pediatrician and he blew me off. One of the most amazing things about the diet and/or chelation was that my son has light hazel eyes that I never saw until about 9-12 months ago. (He's 5.5yr.)His pupils actually constrict normally now. I find myself looking at his eyes with total amazement. He rarely stares now also. > Are they always large? Do they react to light? > > Re: large pupils? > > > > My Hannah's pupils are large also. Interesting. > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 12, 2001 Report Share Posted September 12, 2001 What I was thinking about today as well, is that those lovely eye drops they put in our childrens eyes at birth...probably one of their first exposures to mercury thru thimerosal--very sick thing. I went to the eye dr today and had just finished telling him how we are avoiding this product etc due to our situation yada yada and then he put drops in my eyes and I said " Now that didnt have thimerosal in it, did it? " and he said oh no, and then he looked closer at the bottle and sure enough , it does. This stuff is still out there!!! Found out from FDA site that i=mercury is in Comet, Dove, 's oil Soap...... . Products I use.. I will try to forward this site if you guys havent seen it. Anyway, what I was getting to in regards to your post, I cant help but wonder if this exposure is not just part of the results you saw and the fact that from early on, some of these children began to show inappropriate responses to sensory stimuli and neurologically unable to respond. God bless them, Re: large pupils? > > > > > > > My Hannah's pupils are large also. Interesting. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 12, 2001 Report Share Posted September 12, 2001 Hi all I have heard large pupils being attributed to two things: - gluten / casein infraction (or constant eating of) - mercury toxicity Jeff had huge pupils or pupils that diulated irregularly prior to a GF CF diet. Now they have normalized Take care A jeffs mom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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