November 16, 2007
Heavy Metals and Allergies
For people with many allergies and/or have failed to get relief with allergy shots and other methods of allergy desensitization, a common hidden factor is heavy metal toxicity. In the 8 years or so that I have been working with allergy patients in my San Antonio office, EVERY patient I have seen who reported a failure of allergy shots to help their allergies has tested positive for one or more heavy metal toxicities.It appears that heavy metals cause confusion in the body’s immune system, and predispose the body to developing allergies. It has been my observation that those people who test positive for heavy metal toxicities also tend to have reactions to many more allergens than people who do not have heavy metal toxicities. By far the most common heavy metals that are problematic are mercury and lead, but cadmium, thallium, and a host of other metals can show up as well.Mercury toxicity appears to most commonly be related to amalgam dental fillings, exposure to thimersol (a preserving agent used in vaccines and various liquid solutions used in medicine), and industrial mercury exposure. Although there has been much concern in recent years regarding mercury contamination of […]
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