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Are Heavy Metals Neurotoxic?
Question: Heavy metals in general are toxic. Yes, we need trace metals, but what is the difference regarding morbidity, mortality regarding lead, aluminum, mercury? They all are neurotoxic.
Brief Answer:
Yes, heavy metals are neurotoxic.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thank you for posting your query.
Lead toxicity can cause neuropathy mainly affecting motor nerves, causing wrist drop and foot drop. In children, it can lead to encephalopathy (drowsiness, and coma).
Aluminium toxicity may cause altered mental status and muscle weakness.
Mercury toxicity may cause tingling, burning, itching sensations over feet and hands; mainly affecting sensory nerves. Children may have muscle weakness and memory impairment.
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Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology) XXXXXXX Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, XXXXXXX XXXXXXX
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Yes, heavy metals are neurotoxic.
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thank you for posting your query.
Lead toxicity can cause neuropathy mainly affecting motor nerves, causing wrist drop and foot drop. In children, it can lead to encephalopathy (drowsiness, and coma).
Aluminium toxicity may cause altered mental status and muscle weakness.
Mercury toxicity may cause tingling, burning, itching sensations over feet and hands; mainly affecting sensory nerves. Children may have muscle weakness and memory impairment.
I hope my answer helps. Please get back if you have any follow up queries or if you require any additional information.
Wishing you good health,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology) XXXXXXX Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, XXXXXXX XXXXXXX
Click on this link to ask me a DIRECT QUERY: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar
My BLOG: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.in
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Yes. Thank you. Heavy metals bind a deep, cellular level. Especially crossing the blood-brain barrier. Significantly, impacting very specific areas of the brain: hippocampus, cerebellum, somatosensory areas. Metals, especially mercury bind readily in brain, DNA/mitochondrial, kidney.
ARSENIC, LEAD, MERCURY, CADMIUM, ALUMINUM ARE AMONG THE MOST TOXIC.
WHY?? Why does the medical profession thrive off of using pharmaceutical drugs, products such as metal implants, and engineering vaccines laced with the planet's most toxic elements??
The XXXXXXX MI lead-contaminated water supply is creating SAME morbidity as does the vaccines laced with mercury and aluminum. Children who were A students, are now special education, confused, seizures, rashes, hair loss, sensory damage. We know what heavy metals do: they cause neurological and immunological, and genetic morbidity and mortality.
The drive for these metals to bind to the proteins in the brain, after crossing the blood-brain barrier is significant enough to cause such neurological damage seen in stroke, ataxia, mitochondrial damage, seizures, ( immunological damage and compromise resulting in the subsequent inflammation, increased cytokine levels, etc.
Autism, ALS, Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's, Disease, Encephalopathy, Guillain Barr'e Syndrome(One of the most frequent injuries associated with vaccine injury, especially the flu shot and the MMR, DTap) and the other 80+ immunological conditions which keeps growing and growing in our generation. Prior generations were not affected this way. The exposure to heavy metals we have currently, is catastrophic.
How would you defend using heavy metals as I have previously discussed?
ARSENIC, LEAD, MERCURY, CADMIUM, ALUMINUM ARE AMONG THE MOST TOXIC.
WHY?? Why does the medical profession thrive off of using pharmaceutical drugs, products such as metal implants, and engineering vaccines laced with the planet's most toxic elements??
The XXXXXXX MI lead-contaminated water supply is creating SAME morbidity as does the vaccines laced with mercury and aluminum. Children who were A students, are now special education, confused, seizures, rashes, hair loss, sensory damage. We know what heavy metals do: they cause neurological and immunological, and genetic morbidity and mortality.
The drive for these metals to bind to the proteins in the brain, after crossing the blood-brain barrier is significant enough to cause such neurological damage seen in stroke, ataxia, mitochondrial damage, seizures, ( immunological damage and compromise resulting in the subsequent inflammation, increased cytokine levels, etc.
Autism, ALS, Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's, Disease, Encephalopathy, Guillain Barr'e Syndrome(One of the most frequent injuries associated with vaccine injury, especially the flu shot and the MMR, DTap) and the other 80+ immunological conditions which keeps growing and growing in our generation. Prior generations were not affected this way. The exposure to heavy metals we have currently, is catastrophic.
How would you defend using heavy metals as I have previously discussed?
Brief Answer:
Your points are valid.
Detailed Answer:
Thank you for getting back.
Your points are valid.
Today, there is a lot of exposure to heavy metals from pharmaceutical products, industrial waste as well as food.
All these are adversely impacting the brain and nerve health.
There is a need to systematically cut down the heavy metal exposure and ensure better health.
Best wishes,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD DM (Neurology)
Your points are valid.
Detailed Answer:
Thank you for getting back.
Your points are valid.
Today, there is a lot of exposure to heavy metals from pharmaceutical products, industrial waste as well as food.
All these are adversely impacting the brain and nerve health.
There is a need to systematically cut down the heavy metal exposure and ensure better health.
Best wishes,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD DM (Neurology)
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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