Posted by yxibow on December 2, 2007, at 5:35:09
In reply to Re: um, why is my body emitting shiny metallic sweat?, posted by bleauberry on November 26, 2007, at 18:28:16
> Umm, mercury? Do yo have, or have had, amalgam fillings?
The chance of mercury leaving the mouth is like being struck personally by a meteor, but people still do believe in amalgam filling issues to the point of having them removed (!) which will increase toxicity and increase cavity formation as epoxy fillings are -not- as strong. Which is better, 10e-12 chance of cancer or a very likely chance of cavities?
> Lead is another very common metal toxicity.
This I'll agree with, if the person has been in industrial process assembly (non RoHS circuitry), a lifetime of pre-noPb plumbing, etc.
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> Copper also, though it usually has a browhing or blueish tint to it.Again, see above, if the person has been in circuit board etching for years.
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> They can all come out in sweat. All are highly associated with significant psychiatric problems.Lithium is a highly water soluble salt and would exit the system just like sodium (NaCl), potassium (KCl), magnesium, and aluminum (Maalox). It used to be used in salt substitutes as LiCl and that was toxic.
Basically one has to breath large quantities of old lead paint during retrofitting a house, a child eating lead paint, breathing large quantities of Sn-Pb solder vapour over time, ingesting accidentally any number of heavy metal salts (immediate cellular toxicity is more of an issue there than long term problems.)
Under those circumstances only, EDTA is used to chelate salts out of the body in an ER setting.
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