Hair Test Interpretation: Finding Hidden Toxicities
by Andrew Hall
Cutler,
PhD, PE
(c) 2004, 2008, 2009
Andrew
Hall
Cutler
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Some recent editions of Harrison’s
Textbook of Internal Medicine discuss the physician’s
ethical obligation to rule out all
possible similar conditions when faced with a patient the doctor
believes has
an incurable disease with a poor prognosis, and use the example that
Wilson’s
disease– a rare genetic defect that causes copper to build up to toxic
levels –
should be ruled out in all cases of suspected Parkinson’s disease
since, even
though it is rare, Wilson’s disease is treatable and can sometimes be
confused
with Parkinson’s disease for which the treatments are not very good. Yet few physicians actually do
this, much less generalizing their ethical obligation to require them
to screen
for heavy metal toxicity among patients with neurological and
psychiatric
problems.
In the specific case of
Parkinson’s
disease, Merritt’s
Textbook of Neurology,
9th edition, 1995, says: “Exposure to
manganese ... followed by
Parkinsonism months to 40 years after toxic exposure.”
Textbook of Clinical
Neurology,
first edition., Goetz, 1999 says
in the section discussing mercury poisoning: “At
times, these patients present a typical picture of
Parkinsonism.”
Clinical Toxicology, Ford, first edition,
2001
says: “Parkinsonian symptoms are
frequently associated with chronic elementary mercury toxicity.”
Clinical Management of
Poisoning
and Drug Overdose,
Third edition, 1998, Haddad, Shannon and Winchester (editors), says: “Chronic mercurialism may be
misdiagnosed as Parkinsonism.”
As
you can
see, there is more than adequate reason given in standard medical texts
to
check any Parkinson’s disease patient for heavy metal toxicity, as
mercury,
manganese and copper toxicity can all be confused with it.
The facing page contains the hair
element profile of a gentleman with Parkinson’s disease
...
After amalgam filling
removal and
nine months of chelation, but without using any drugs to treat his
Parkinson’s
disease, his tremors had all but subsided, his handwriting improved, he
lost
the annoying nervous tic of accidentally biting his tongue, his balance
had
improved, his sense of separateness from everyone else had decreased
and he
remained strong, active, kayaking, running on the beach for exercise
and he
remodeled his house.
His wife reports that his
temper and
personality greatly improved on chelation.
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