Forgive me if I am wrong but it seems to me that according to the
second criterium of counting rules (number of essental elements
inside the middle band is 14 or less) your child is mercury toxic. At
least, my child also has 14, and his test for blood erithrocites
shows elevated mercury.
Margaret

--- In Autism-Mercury@y..., "autismzone" <autismzone@y...> wrote:
> I started researching Encephalopathy that Andy mentioned.
> Has anyone else's child tested high for Bismuth?
> Does this sound like autism?
>
> "Myalgic Encephalopathy/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is a complex
disease
> affecting the brain and immune system. It is characterised by
> neurological, gastrointestinal and musculoskeletal symptoms, pain
and
> disabling fatigue. It is a chronic disease which can result in
major
> disruption to educational, social, physical and emotional
development
> for many months or years. Onset of the syndrome may be sudden,
> triggered by infection, or gradual, where diagnosis may be missed
and
> misinterpreted as school phobia, anxiety/depression or lack of
> motivation." I have heard Dr. Goldberg speak and read his papers.
> Not sure how much this has to do with it.
>
> "Neurological:
> dizziness headache, pressure pain
> noise and light sensitivity
> cognition dysfunction (word recall, short-term memory,
concentration)
> visual disturbances (blurring, eye pain)
> sleep disturbance
> irritability, mood swings, distress, despair or depression
> (frequently parallel with disease fluctuation).
> abrupt episodes of anxiety/panic
>
> Gastrointestinal:
> nausea, loss of appetite
> diarrhea
> abdominal pain
> reflux
> food intolerances
>
> I also found information relating "mad-cow" disease (I had food
> poisoning when pregnant with my son from a taco salad-beef),
chronic
> fatigue syndrome, Michael Goldberg, and vaccinations using bovine.
>
> Any thoughts since my autistic son's Bismuth was off the page/red
for
> the DDI hair test.
>
> Thanks in advance for anyone having any thoughts on this.
> Theresa, San Antonio, TX
>
>
>
>
>
> --- In Autism-Mercury@y..., "andrewhallcutler" <AndyCutler@a...>
> wrote:
> > The essential elements do not satisfy the counting rules,
> suggesting that mineral transport is normal and healthy.
> That given, the elevated toxic elements may well be real.
> Bismuth is known to induce encephalopathy. It is worth checking
into
> these. Andy