Re: Re: EKG Results-Long QT and Autism

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No problem. Like I said, I just happened to reread it yesterday!

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From: " markautismcharge " <mark.connolly.cgb5@...>

Thanks for looking this up!!

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> This is a quote from Andy Cutler's amalgam illness book, p. 27. I

just happened to be reading this yesterday...

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> from " What mercury poisoning does to you... " p.27

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> " Heart racing (tachycardia) is quite common. The heart rate may

vary dramatically over a period of time of a few minutes for no

apparent reason. Heart pain (angina) may occur. Doctors may hear

intermittent heart murmurs and may find a flattened T wave or a

prolonged QT interval on an EKG. "

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> On p.57 in the section " Do you have mercury poisoning? " , test 23

(of several you need to do) to confirm mercury poisoning is a

positive Prolonged QT.

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> From: " markautismcharge " <mark.connolly.cgb5@...>

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> Prior to putting my son on a low dose of Clonidine in hopes of

> slowing him down a bit we had to have and EKG ran on him. It came

> back abnormal with a long-QT. My wife and I did Google search and

> found the following regarding Long-QT, syndrome and

autism.

> Does anyone have any experience with their autistic child and long-

> qt?

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> http://www.qtsyndrome.ch/disorders.html

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> syndrome (TS) is a rare childhood disorder showing

features

> of long-QT syndrome. syndrome, named after researcher

> W. of the University of Utah, is characterized

by

> severe cardiac arrhythmia, webbing of the fingers and toes,

> congenital heart disease, low blood sugar, cognitive abnormalities

> and autism.

> The research shows that children who have syndrome develop

> spontaneous genetic mutations that interfere with the Cav1.2

calcium

> channels that regulate the excitation and contraction of the

heart.

> In defining the precise nature of the molecular abnormality,

> however, the researchers have also identified a class of drugs

that

> they hope will alleviate the arrhythmia.

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