Improvement of Parkinson's disease after detoxification and removal of dental metal restorations
Titanium the cause of multiple health problems and chronic fatigue
Young woman with chronic fatigue syndrome has titanium plates removed and makes a full recovery
Improvement of Parkinson's disease after detoxification and removal of dental metal restorations
Hanne Koplev was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 1998, aged 44, and after one year placed on standard anti-Parkinson’s medication. Initially this alleviated her symptoms, but within a short while her condition began to worsen. She assumed this was due to the apparently inevitable progression of Parkinson’s, and was told as such by her neurologist. One year after commencing the course, her neurologist suggested that she stop taking her medication before her next consultation – this made it apparent that many of the symptoms she was experiencing were in fact side effects.
This realisation resulted in Hanne abandoning this course of treatment and accepting the unmedicated symptoms of Parkinson’s, causing her to consider other ways in which her symptoms might be being affected. This led her to be tested for heavy metal toxicity in 2001 by Dr Bruce Kyle (www.holistic-medicine.dk), who diagnosed her with a combined toxic overload of mercury and copper. She underwent a detoxification program (which included having several amalgam fillings removed) which, after some years, lessened her tremors and improved her mobility. However, her fatigue failed to lift, leading her to suspect a metal allergy.
She took the MELISA test which showed her to have a reaction against gold, nickel and cadmium. With this information, she had a gold crown removed (having already had her amalgam fillings replaced with composite) and was fitted with a plastic replacement, alongside a low nickel and low cadmium diet. By 2008, her fatigue had decreased too.
Hanne’s symptoms are now less serious than when she was originally diagnosed, directly opposing the accepted opinion on Parkinson’s as an unavoidably degenerative disease, and she believes that the testing she underwent with MELISA helped her to isolate one of the factors in the exaggeration of her Parkinson’s disease.
To read her full story in her own words and for more information on heavy metal toxicity and its relationship with Parkinson’s: www.blog.parkinsonsrecovery.com/2010/03/01/intoxication-with-heavy-metal-as-a-possible-cause-of-parkinsons-disease
Titanium the cause of multiple health problems and chronic fatigue
My son Louis was a healthy and responsive toddler until the age of 18 months when he was given the MMR vaccination. At this point the health visitor noticed that his development had regressed, especially his language. He was referred for further speech and hearing tests, and later to a speech and language therapist.
Until the age of 11 Louis was well but had episodes of behavioural difficulties including uncontrollable anger as well as a lack of physical co-ordination.
In 2005, at the age of 11, my son suffered a compound fracture to his forearm. The bone was pinned with a titanium pin. For the following 3 weeks he suffered from a raised temperature and severe pain. When the cast was removed there was an infection. The consultant agreed to remove the pin and Louis’ health immediately improved.
In 2006 Louis again suffered a serious break to his wrist and forearm after a fall. A titanium plate was fixed into his arm. A year later, he was experiencing a myriad of symptoms (headaches, lack of co-ordination, uncontrollable anger) and finally an arachnoid cyst was diagnosed. A craniotomy was performed and titanium bio plates were placed in to his skull to fix the bone flap.
In May 2007 Louis’ arm became tender and eventually seized up completely. There was localised tenderness with the previously fine scar swelling to 3 cm wide. The orthopaedic surgeon agreed to remove the plate in his arm. At this time the surgeon stated “It is my opinion that Louis developed an intense fibrous reaction around the plate in his forearm and does have a tendency to lay down abundant scar tissue.”
During this period Louis had also suffered from headaches around the site of the titanium plates. A year on, he was experiencing more severe headaches, high temperatures, suppressed appetite and periods of exhaustion. Eventually in May 2009 he was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome. He was unable to attend school and slept for around 18 hours in a 24 hr period. On most days he was too weak to get up from his bed or come downstairs.
At this point, in May 2009, we sent off a blood sample for MELISA metal allergy testing, and the results indicated a positive reaction to titanium and nickel. The skull plates were made up of a titanium alloy (90% Titanium, 6% Aluminium, 4% Vanadium). I persuaded the surgeon to operate and remove the titanium plates from his skull.
Just two weeks after the operation to remove the titanium plates Louis was back at school on a part-time basis. His headaches had gone and his appetite had returned. 3 weeks after the operation he was well enough to do work experience in the busy kitchen of a local restaurant.
My son continues to thrive and is now studying for his GCSEs full time at school. Since the plates were removed he has shown no symptoms of CFS.
Charmaine Despres, Dorset, United Kingdom
August 2009
Young woman with chronic fatigue syndrome has titanium plates removed and makes a full recovery
In 2007, I was 18 years old, and had been healthy all my life, although I had experienced some reactions to anaesthetics, antibiotics and painkillers.
In June that year, I received commercially pure titanium plates in my lower jaw and seemed to have another bad reaction to the anaesthetic.
Within two weeks my symptoms had worsened, I was constantly exhausted, lying in bed all day and unable to get up. I had pain and swelling around the site of the implant. I had to stop my studies as a dental nurse.
My health continued to deteriorate. On my 19th birthday, friends and family gathered with a cake and presents but I was unable to get out of bed until late that day. With help, I was able to sit and had to be spoon fed. After 30 minutes I was so exhausted that I had to go back to bed.
My GP diagnosed me with depression. My family was desperate to find what was wrong with me, and finally found out about titanium allergy on the MELISA website. My consultant was initially unwilling to help as he had never heard of titanium allergy.
After three months of increasingly severe pain and neurological disturbances, including feelings of aggression and confusion, the implants were finally removed.
Almost immediately after the implants were removed my symptoms started to disappear. Within one month I got a part-time job, and within three months I returned to my full-time education.
It’s one year later and I am now completely well.
As the surgeons agreed to remove my implants, I did not do a MELISA® test until one month after the implants were removed. The results showed an allergy to titanium (SI 2.9) and molybdenum (SI=2.3), both metals found within my implants.
Jane Cole,
London, United Kingdom
April 2009 |
