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Treatment for Mercury Poisoning
, 01 08th, 2010
While we have all heard cautionary tales about the ill-effects of heavy metal exposure—particularly mercury poisoning—few people know what the actual risks are. High exposure to mercury can cause damage to the central nervous system, as well as other organs such as the liver and intestinal tract. One of the reasons that mercury is so dangerous is that your body stores it up over time, which can magnify the health risks.
There is a way to treat excessive exposure to mercury and heavy metals: chelation therapy. In the US, DMSA is the most commonly used compound in this process. That acronym stands from dimercaptosuccinic acid, which is a organosulfur compound that latches onto the heavy metal molecules and works to remove them from the body.
Getting Rid of Heavy Metals
, 10 29th, 2009
Heavy metals like lead, arsenic and mercury can wreak havoc on our bodies. Although there are regulations that have eliminated these hazardous products from paint, pencils, thermometers and other products, there is still a risk of being contaminated. The most common method of heavy metal detoxification is through the use of chelation therapy.
Chelation is defined as being the existence of multiple bindings between a polydentate ligand and a central atom. While this may sound confusing, what it essentially means is that chelating agents convert the toxic material, in this case heavy metal, into an inert form that your body can purge. Without the use of some form of detox, heavy metals will accumulate in your body and cause continuous damage.
The Science behind Clathration Therapy
, 10 05th, 2009
Before we begin to discuss clathration therapy and its many positive benefits, it’s important to have an understanding of the chelation process. When chelating agents are introduced into the body, they bond with pre-existing toxic materials that have been collected over time. The chelating agent will encapsulate the toxins during that bonding process, and the body’s natural excretory processes – defecation, urination, the loss of dead skin, and breathing – take care of the rest.
Chelating agents are commonly used to treat arterial plaque, which can build up and cause serious cardiovascular problems. In some cases chelation has been used to pull heavy metals such as mercury out of the system as well. Unfortunately, chelation is not without its drawbacks. After the bond is created with the toxic substance, there’s still nothing preventing it from attaching to other cells on the way out of the body.
Clathration therapy offers a solution to the disadvantages of chelation, as it neutralizes toxins and keeps them from harming other cells and tissues as they are leaving the body. PCA-Rx is one clathration agent that works to remove mercury and other heavy metals and toxins that would do severe damage to the system. Whether they are picked up through the natural environment or from childhood vaccines, these dangerous substances have got to go.
What Is Chelation Therapy?
, 07 16th, 2009
When the human body becomes contaminated with poisonous substances, many people turn to detoxification techniques. The liver and kidneys are specifically designed to filter out harmful impurities, but they can’t deal with more extreme toxins such as lead and mercury. Heavy metals – including lead, mercury and arsenic – can be successfully removed from the system through use of chelation agents.
Chelation therapy is typically administered intravenously by health professionals. Chelating agents isolate and bind heavy metal particles, helping to usher them out of the body. In some cases, FDA-regulated chelation agents have proven harmful to the recipient. On the other hand, orally administered clathration therapy has been shown to target and expunge mercury from the human body in a safe, efficient manner.
Clathration marks a significant step forward from chelation therapy in that it has proven effective for detoxifying autistic children who suffer from mercury poisoning. Although chelation served its purpose over the years, the concept has been significantly tweaked and improved with clathration.
The Truth About Chelation Therapy
, 05 15th, 2009
Chelation is the process of cleansing the body of toxins through the use of chelating agents, and chelation provides several benefits. Treatment with chelating agents is often called chelation therapy, and the treatment provides several benefits in addition to cleansing the body. Chelation is often used to cleanse heavy metal toxins like mercury which can cause several serious conditions and has been attributed to serious health conditions like autism. In addition to this, chelation therapy can also be used to reduce blood clotting, remove calcium and plaque, treat cancer, and normalize abnormal cholesterol and HDL levels. In addition to these benefits, many patients find that following chelation therapy they feel more alert, have improved concentration, and better memory.
Chelation is safe for people of all ages, and can improve the overall functioning of several systems within the body. People build up toxins over the course of their lives, and removing these toxins can provide a clean slate for the future.
Potential Benefits of Chelation
, 03 04th, 2009
Chelation is a process through which metallic catalysts are removed from the bloodstream. Chelation therapy is most often used to treat atherosclerosis and certain other degenerative diseases which affect the circulatory system. In addition, chelation therapy has also been used to treat autism through removing dangerous metallic toxins, like mercury, from the body. Chelation also provides several more simple benefits, including removing plaque from the artery walls, smoothening artery walls, and initiating the body’s natural healing processes.
Patients of chelation therapy have not been able to walk prior to the therapy due to muscle pain, and then can walk following treatment. This is because chelation improves blood flow to the artery muscles, and allows people to perform everyday activities that would have otherwise been difficult.
Chelating Agents in Heavy Metal Detoxification
, 02 18th, 2009
Chelating agents were introduced into medicine in World War 1 when the first compound was used as an antidote to the arsenic-based poison gas, Lewisite. Since then, chelating agents and chelation therapy have become much more common in practical medicine. Chelation has been used to treat a number of serious conditions with intermittent successes. Conditions like autism, atherosclerosis, and mercury poisoning are often treated with chelation therapy, and success has been reported in some of the treatments.
When it comes to treating serious conditions, you want to do all that you can to achieve the best results. While chelation isn’t guaranteed to work, it is safe, effective, and relatively inexpensive, and if it does work the patient will obviously be much happier than they would have with invasive surgery.
Chelating Agents in Earth Science
, 12 05th, 2008
The process by which heavy metal ions are extracted from minerals and rocks through natural processes is often called chelation. In earth science, chelating agents, like peptides and sugars, work to remove heavy metals, and cause the movement of these metals in the soil. In addition, accumulation of metals in plants and smaller organisms can be attributed to chelating agents. The same idea of chelation that was pioneered by natural processes has also been used to detoxify metals from the human body.
Utilizing different chelating agents, through chelation the human body can be rid of toxic metals such as lead and mercury. Chelation treatment has also been used to treat autism, as one of the supposed causes of autism is mercury poisoning.
What is Chelation?
, 11 12th, 2008
Chelation is a form of medicine which introduces chelating agents to the body. These agents then attempt to bind themselves to harmful heavy metals in the body, and remove them through the use of the liver and kidneys. It is suspected that heavy metals such as mercury trigger symptoms of autism. Thus chelation therapy is commonly used to treat the effects of autism.
Chelation therapy’s most prominent use is to treat lead poisoning, though it has also been used to treat heart disease with mixed results.
Clathration
, 08 14th, 2008
Clathration is a less invasive form of chelation therapy in which the clathrating subject—such as PCA-RX, a living bacterial and microbial organism—is ingested in oral form. The clathrate then finds the toxins in the body, enclosing them in a three-dimensional cage-like complex known as a lattice structure or matrix of cells, attaching three separate types of irreversible bonds to the toxins.
This has a neutralizing effect on the toxins, keeping them from any further tissue contact as they are flushed out of the body. PCA-RX is particularly effective for the removal of heavy metals such as lead, mercury and aluminum, plaque, inoculation and pesticide residues from the cells of the blood, lymphatic fluid, and cerebral spinal fluid, the three primary bodily pathways.