Medical Story of the Month


MERCURY POISONING
A significant health issue I've faced is significant
health difficulty related to dental mercury.
I learned of this in 1984 and was able to track symptoms in
myself back to age 8 or so
when the first amalgam was placed in my mouth. Major health
problems appeared in
1974, following the placement of a crown with metals dissimilar
to silver amalgam. This
created a battery and caused the rate of mercury release to
increase greatly, due to
reduced nobility in the presence of an electric current. A second
crown placed in
late-1983 left me suicidal and in a psychiatric hospital. I found
out in fall, 1984 about
this problem...had some tests done and confirmed it. Numerous
physiological issues
abated either in days or a few months following removal of the
amalgam: reduced body
temperature; frequent, severe headaches; eczema; chest pain; hand
tremors, among
others. The neurological issues are much more difficult to deal
with. I have been on an
anti-depressant for many years and now take Glyburide for
diabetes. Mercury
interference with the pancreas, I've heard, may be present. I
need to learn more about
this, however. There is no doubt that this dental material has
been the source of difficulty
for me. It just takes a long time to get it out of bones and
central nervous system tissue,
including the brain.
Apparently, about 3% or so of the population do not process
mercury appropriately.
I have done a 24 hour urine collection on several occasions, and
it is seen that I store
about 90% of the mercury coming in, rather than processing it as
a waste. So instead
of releasing 7 micrograms daily--this equaling the typical amount
taken in through air,
food and water--I give up only 0.7 micrograms. Obviously, I don't
eat sea food anymore
and drink distilled water. Isn't it a shame that the 3% like me
comprise millions of people
worldwide who don't know why they're sick. When you have the
symptoms I have had,
you don't go to the dentist!
Just thought you would like to hear my story.
Regards,
Mark

Courtesy:
Mark B. Peterson
3321 109th St. Ct. NW
Gig Harbor, WA 98332
U.S.A.
www.yourstarmap.com





TORSADES DE POINTES
It was the winter of 1987-88 and Dr. Anis and me were still interns in SMHS hospital. Those were our last few days and due to the fact that the previous batch finished its house job earlier than we took over, we two were posted in the Intensive Coronary Care Unit under the department of Medicine. One fine afternoon, as we were reviewing the various ECGs of the ICU, we felt a jolt of an earthquake. Immediately we rushed to the bedside of a lady in her late twenties. She had been admitted with recurrent ventricular tachycardia and was on disopyramide. The moment we reached her we noted a berserk arrhythmia on the monitor. (We now know that earthquakes may precipitate serious cardiac events, but that time we just went due to apprehension).
We saw the young female collapsing in front of our eyes. Urgent action was needed. Nobody senior was around. We had to act. And we did.
As this was the first ever resuscitation effort by us we did not apply jelly on the paddles of the Defibrillator and burnt her chest; we gave mouth to mouth breathing and did not intubate her; we did not have an ABG machine, so had no idea of pH and blood gases; we gave oxygen blindly. But despite all this we rescued the patient. Al-Hamdullillah! (Praise be to Allah!). Same day evening she was put on temporary pacemaker. The cardiologist revealed that she had torsades de pointes.
My joy knew no bounds when last year I met her in Kashmir. Hale and hearty and on a permanent pacemaker since 1987! "Where is your friend?" she asked. Central Florida Heart Center, USA, I replied. "May Allah bless him, and you too" she said with a glow on her face.

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