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Heavy Metal Poisoning Facts
by Jamie Gilbson
Chemists refer to heavy metals as those whose specific gravity is five times greater than water. For physicians the term has a more general meaning. In the medical community a heavy metal is any one that is toxic to humans. Heavy metals are ubiquitous in our environment. Years of automobile emissions, fertilizers and lead plumbing have left these pollutants in our drinking water, our soil, and the air that we breathe.
You'll find many of these metals in the human body in trace amounts. They're necessary for normal physiological function, but when they build up in our soft tissues heavy metal poisoning results. Exposure can be acute or long term, and the older we get the harder it is for our body to cleanse itself naturally of these elements.
These toxins affect our bodies at a basic cellular level. They interfere with the absorption of vital minerals and nutrients by displacing them in the cell structure. The symptoms can be hard to define, and if exposure is long term they will be vague and ongoing. The problem with this toxicity is that it closely mimics the symptoms of other long term chronic illnesses. It usually isn't the first thing a doctor tests for, and some patients suffer needlessly while their physician tries to pinpoint the illness. The most obvious indication in known exposure to toxic metals, but in the absence of this the proper treatment could be delayed.
The most common types of heavy toxicity result from exposure to arsenic, lead, mercury, cadmium, and aluminum. For adults arsenic is the leading toxin. It is usually encountered in the workplace, but for children lead poisoning is much more common. Lead poisoning in children occurs when they play in houses with old lead based paint. As the paint degrades it becomes lead based house dust. Children ingest the dust when they put their toys or fingers in their mouths.
There are a great many symptoms associated with these kinds of toxins. Neurological symptoms are possible, including confusion, migraines, or poor coordination. Also look for behavioral changes like depression, aggression, or irritability. Lead poisoning seems to make some more susceptible to food allergies, and it compromises the immune system, causing autoimmune disorders or higher incidences of viruses and colds.
If heavy metal poisoning goes untreated it can lead to long term chronic illness like liver disease, diabetes, and chronic fatigue syndrome. If you have some cluster of these symptoms that have no apparent cause you may want to have yourself tested for heavy metal poisoning.
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There are lots of good resources about heavy metals here. heavymetaldetoxinfo.blogspot.com/
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