Posted by ESB on November 14, 2005, at 14:54:27
In reply to Excess copper diagnostics?, posted by Hobbes on October 28, 2005, at 6:59:06
Hi there,
I also got a similar test and I can tell you that any blood or plasma test would be worthless, since the hair test is measuring biounavailable copper, whereas the others would test the bioavailabke copper currently being used by your body. The only thing you can really do is look at the levels of other minerals in your hair mineral analysis and see if they fit the profile of a copper toxic individual. See the web site: http://www.drlwilson.com/ for more details. Sorry I couldn't be more help.
By the way, my copper is 10x the normal amount, so hopefully yours wasn't that high. I'm currently taking zinc, molybelum, and other substances, so I'll retest in a few months to see if this is helping.
ESB
> Hi,
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> I've been reading this discussion group with great interest and have learned a lot.. but I got a question related to copper and decided to register. Knowing there are many individuals here with extensive biochemistry and laboratory practises knowledge, I figured this would be a good forum to ask for advice. :-)
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> My hair mineral analysis shoved (among other things) highly elevated level of copper. I think this might indicate a real medical problem, but it might also be e.g. a contamination in he hair sample.
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> To be sure, I would like to confirm this with further lab tests, but I'm unsure of which tests I should take. I know there are at least lab test for copper measured from blood, blood plasma, red cells and urine. Then there is also ceruloplasmin test, and maybe others I'm not aware of.
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> I'm especially interested to find out if excess copper has been stored in the internal organs like liver and brain.
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