Hi,
My son's Bismuth was off the charts as well. In fact this was the
highest marker on the test. I just thought it was because of mercury
poisoning. It could be due to something else? I am going to
research this also.
Thanks,
Laura




-- 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