If you find that you are suffering from Mercury Poisoning from your fillings, your first step is to have those fillings removed. You CANNOT have that done by an "ordinary" dentist. You will have to go to a dentist who practices Mercury Free Dentistry. The fillings have to be removed with specialised equipment, which includes breathing apparatus so that you do not breathe in the vapours when the fillings are removed. A rubber dam has to be placed over the mouth to isolate the tooth being worked on so that you do not swallow any pieces of the filling. There is a protocol to follow, the fillings have to be checked to see which one is leaking the most and they must be removed in the correct order. YOU MUST NOT ALLOW AN ORDINARY DENTIST TO REMOVE YOUR AMALGAM FILLINGS.....YOU WILL FIND THAT YOUR SYMPTOMS WILL BE FAR WORSE IF YOU DO. When your fillings have been removed that is not the end. Although you have had the source of the Mercury removed your body is still full of it and Mercury cannot be extracted from the body without help. You have to start a course of Chelation therapy.     WHAT IS CHELATION? Chelation (pronounced key-lay-shun) is a chemical reaction that results in a bond being formed between a metal ion and an organ (ie. carbon-based made mostly of carbon) molecule. The resulting comlplex, metal bound to melecule,is called a "chelate" and contains one or more rings of atoms in which the meatal ion is so firmly bound it cannot escape.  This allows the metal ion to be transported in the same manner as a prisoner, first handcuffed, then moved from one location to another. Oral Chelation Chelaton therapy can be in many forms. One of these is a mineral supplement, Humet-R which you take on a daily basis and it helps to flush out of your system all the Mercury that has attached itself to your tissues and organs. It is a slow process and it depends upon how long you have been ill as to how long it will take for you to recover your health completely. Vitamin C is also a chelating agent. Fresh vegetables are packed with other natural and effective chelating agents. A C-flush using Vitamin C is used to create diarrhoea, which flushes the intestinal tract, ridding if of Mercury. After cleansing of the bowel, an environment is created which will improve digestion.  If the diarrhoea is too heavy, then taking activated charcoal usually stops it fairly quickly. Four grams of Vitamin C powder dissolved in two ounces of fruit juice is taken every 20 minutes until diarrhoea occurs. It usually lasts about 7 hours, so weekends are better! Water is drunk during this time to avoid dehydration, and when finished, you take a bacteria  replacement supplement with each meal for 2 weeks. A C-flush is usually done once a week for 3 weeks, then there is a break for 3 weeks before it is done one more time. Lactic Acid  produced from exercise, is an excellent chelating agent. It is the metabolic by-product of sustained, vigorous muscle contraction.  To get this chelating agent, you must exercise regularly. Exercise also increases your body's ability to reduce, and thus, neutralise, free radicals, which are at the heart of degenerative diseases. Intravenous Chelation A common chelator for Mercury is 2,3 dimercapto - 1- propane-sulfonic acid or DMPS for short. Two to four treatments with DMPS, lasting a few minutes each, will usually do the job. Another form of chelation is Intravenous chelation. The agent used is Ethylene-diamine-tetra-acetic Acid, also known as "EDTA," sold commercially as Sodium Edetate. EDTA is a synthetic amino acid.  The usual dose is 2000-3000mg. (adjusted to body weight, age, and kidney function) added to 500 ml of "carrier solution" sterile water with a mixture of vitamins and minerals. Most chelation therapists add Vitamin C along with B Vitamins, bicarbonate and magnesium. The solution is infused slowly, one drop per second, and one threatment requirs about three hours. The Mercury is moved out of the body using the EDTA The half life of EDTA in the body is one hour, ie., one-half is removed, (filtered into the urine) after one hour, another half of what is left is removed after one more hour, etc. Within 24 hours 99% of the EDTA is gone from the body and you are left with only the therapeutic benefit. SAFE REMOVAL OF AMALGAMS Safe removal of amalgams can only be done by a dentist who knows the proper protocol to follow and who has the specialised equipment to do the work. If the protocol is followed properly the amount of Mercury released into the body during Amalgam removal is reduced. The protocol should include:      Placing a rubber dam around the tooth to isolate it from the body      Providing an alternative source of air to the patient      Placing a saliva ejector under the dam to remove mercury vapor that penetrates the latex      Using high volume evacuation with isolate attachment      Sectioning amalgams and removing them  in as large pieces as possible      Removing and properly disposing of rubber dam and mercury after amalgam removal      Removing no more than two amalgams per appointment      Timing amalgam removal appointments at least one month apart    DID YOU KNOW? WHEN AMALGAM FILLINGS ARE REMOVED FROM OUR MOUTHS THEY ARE CONSIDERED AS BEING "TOXIC WASTE" AND ARE DISPOSED OF ACCORDINGLY! WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF AMALGAM MERCURY POISONING?     There are over 130 symptoms of Mercury Poisoning and some people experience each of those at some time during their "illness", some have many symptoms all at once, some only a few. The most common symptoms of Amalgam Mercury Poisoning are:                   METALLIC TASTE IN MOUTH                                                                                                                                        EXCESS SALIVA ALTERNATING WITH VERY DRY MOUTH             SWELLING OF TONGUE AND GUMS             BURNING SENSATION IN THE MOUTH             WHITE PATCHES ON TONGUE & INSIDE CHEEKS (Known as Lichenoid Lesions)             GASTROINTESTINAL PROBLEMS             CANDIDA             IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME             DIARRHEA             IRREGULAR HEART BEAT             CHANGES IN BLOOD PRESSURE             CHRONIC HEADACHES (On the left side of the head only)             DIZZINESS             TINNITUS              ITCHY FLAKY EARS ACCOMPANIED BY A DISCHARGE              TREMOUR IN HANDS, FEET, TONGUE & EYELIDS             PERSISTENT COUGH (Which is worse at night)             BREATHING PROBLEMS             ALLERGIES             SINUSITIS             BELOW AVERAGE TEMPERATURE             EXCESSIVE PERSPIRATION (Which often smells foul)             FATIGUE             OEDEMA   (Watery fluid collecting in tissues of the body)             CLAMMY HANDS AND FEET             INSOMNIA (M.P. symptoms are always worse at night, when the temperature drops)             LOSS OF CO-ORDINATION             SHORT-TERM MEMORY LOSS             A HANGOVER FEELING (Without the alcohol - which is not fair at all!)             "NOT WITH IT" FEELING             GURGLING THROAT             BLOATING             TERRIFIC WEIGHT GAIN (with normal eating)             PAINFUL AND SWOLLEN JOINTS WITH BURNING FINGERTIPS & TOES IN THE SUMMER & BEING ABNORMALLY COLD IN THE WINTER             IMPAIRED VISION             SLURRED SPEECH             PANIC ATTACKS             LACK OF CONFIDENCE AFTER BEING A CONFIDENT PERSON ALL YOUR LIFE DID YOU KNOW? MERCURY IS MORE TOXIC THAN LEAD OR ARSENIC?  IT IS THE MOST POISONOUS ELEMENT ON EARTH AFTER PLUTONIUM!!  THE LINK BETWEEN AMALGAM FILLINGS AND MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS MS is thought to affect 2,500,000 people worldwide with 70,000 in the UK alone and perhaps around 250,000 in the USA. It generally afffects young adults, first showing itself between the ages of 20 and 40 years old and seems to occur more commonly in white races.            Symptoms of MS include:              Blurred vision                                                                                 Slurred or slow speach Fatigue Psychological changes Weakness or paralysis of limbs Poor circulation Shaking of limbs Staggering gait Poor balance Dragging feet Numbness or pins-and-needles Temperature changes Pain As you can see they are very similar to the symptoms of Amalgam Mercury Poisoning! According to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, MS develops only after exposure to some unknown environmental agent...... Dr. Swank, an expert who has researched and studied MS for nearly 50 years states that, "In all probability something changed in the environment in the last 150 to 200 years to cause Multiple Sclerosis". (Multiple Sclerosis Diet Book by Dr. Swank) Could that unknown environmental agent be MERCURY? Many papers have been written on the subject of Amalgam and MS There have been a lot of case studies done which does seem to point to a possible link. Amalgam was first used for dental filings in Paris, France in 1826. The first ever case of Multiple Sclerosis appeared in 1836...in PARIS..FRANCE! (Principles of Neurology Textbook 1993). Chronic MERCURY Poisoning causes many problems including symptoms indistinguishable from MS (Alternative Medicine Textbook Published by Future Medicine Publications 1993, and OSHA) numbness, fatigue, blurred vision, paralysis,  memory problems etc. MS is a nervous system disorder that results in Myelin destruction. (A protective covering surrounding the axons of certain nerves composed of lipids and protein present in small quantities of the brain.) MERCURY poisoning has been proven to cause Myelin destruction. During pregnancy women with known MERCURY poisoning have almost no symptoms. During pregnancy women with MS find their symptoms lessen. MERCURY leaves the woman's body and crosses the placenta into the baby (this could explain the loss of symptoms in the pregnant women with MS.) This would also explain why if your mother has MS, you are more likely to get MS than if your father has it. (National MS Society). More women develop MS than men. MERCURY affects more women than men. There are known to be "epidemics" of MS in the Faeroe Islands a place where their primary diet is that of Pilot Whale, which is rich in MERCURY...fish being another source of Mercury Poisoning. Dr. Hal A. Huggins, a dentist who is a pioneer in the field of Mercury Free Dentistry, had suffered from the symptoms of MS himself and has written extensively on the subject. Mercury finds its way into the foetus of a pregnant woman causing health problems to the baby when born. Shortly after I was born I suffered many health problems which plagued me all my life. MY MOTHER WAS DIAGNOSED WITH MS WHEN I WAS 3 YEARS OLD.  Her symptoms began in her late teens but she was not diagnosed as having MS until she was 25 years old. She also had a history of very bad teeth, which had been filled with numerous Amalgam fillings from an early age. By the time she was 35 years old she had had all her teeth out, but not knowing the dangers of Amalgam back then, and how, after removal, the body has to be chelated to rid it of the Mercury stored there, nothing was done. This could well have been the cause of her progressing MS. Maybe she didn't have MS and all along it was the Mercury in her body which had leaked from her many Amalgam fillings, after all, many of the symptoms of Mercury Poisoning are the same as those of MS and many Mercury Poisoning sufferers are often mis-diagnosed with MS when they present their symptoms to their doctors. I became ill with Mercury Poisoning a year after my mother died. Had she still been alive after I found out about Mercury Poisoning and the link to MS I'm sure she would have had a Mercury Test would have proved positive. Whether or not she did have MS or Amalgam poisoning, she had a lot of help from the Multiple Sclerosis Society. As well as providing information, help and support to its many sufferers, the MS Society also funds research into the cause and hopefully a cure for MS.  The MS Society is a charity whose work is only possible due to the kindness of it's supporters.     If you like my site please vote for me by clicking the link. Thank you. 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