Chelation Therapy for Heavy Metal Detox
by Sandra Kim Leong
A lot of people may be familiar with mercury poisoning which was popularly referred to “mad hatter’s disease” during the 19th century. Mercury greatly affects a person’s nervous system that can cause erratic personality mood swings, nervousness and dementia. Harmful heavy metals, including mercury, can penetrate the body easily. The water you are drinking everyday may contain heavy metals or even those dental braces you have on. Since the absorption of heavy metals can cause a lot of adverse effects in the body, like neurological diseases, heavy metal detox should be an essential part of your health regimen.
Chelation therapy is one example of heavy metal detoxification. Dimercaprol or BAL (ritish Anti-Lewisite) is one of the most common heavy metal detoxifier and was first used in WWI as medication for soldiers who were infected with arsenic gas or those who often paint hulls of navy vessels. The process of heavy metal detox is simple- a chelating agent should be a water-soluble compound that can penetrate the bloodstream. As soon as dimercaprol combines with arsenic and is absorbed by the bloodstream, the liver or the kidney can now successfully remove it. Dimercaprol, being one of the science first efforts on heavy metal detoxification, has had some reported side effects.
The EDTA (Ethylenediamine Tetraacetic Acid) is the successor of BAL. This heavy metal detoxifier is a type of amino acid that is manufactured synthetically. Then came the DMSA (Dimercaptosuccinic acid), an improved variant of BAL, in the 1960s. DMSA is the leading heavy metal detox treatment for the US Standard of Care. By the time people are being aware of the health risk heavy metals pose, medical researchers are discovering more and more chelating agents, which includes Alpha lipoic acid (ALA) and Dimercapto-propane sulfonate (DMPS).
It is highly recommended that your physician administer chelation therapy. They would prescribe the suitable medication for your particular case after diagnosis. Here’s a list of possible medication for chelation therapy for heavy metal detox they might prescribe you:
* Alpha lipoic acid (ALA)
* Diethylene Triamine Pentaacetic Acid (Dtpa)
* Calcium disodium versante (CaNa2-EDTA)
* Dimercaprol (BAL)
* Dimercaptosuccinic acid (DMSA)
* Dimercapto-propane sulfonate (DMPS)
* Defarasirox
* D-penicillamine
* Deferoxamine
In order to be an effective treatment for chelation therapy for heavy metal detox, chelating agents should strongly bind with the metallic icons of hazardous heavy metal substances. The agent should trigger a chemical bond that would make heavy metals lose its potency and be less reactive. Chelating agents should be water-soluble in order to be in contact with the heavy metals in the body and allow them to be absorbed by the bloodstream and be excreted out safely from the body.
About the author:
Sandra Kim Leong writes on mercury detox as well as other detox and cleansing issues. She firmly believes on the need to detoxify to help eliminate toxins from the body. For more articles and information, please visit her blog at http://www.detox-cleansing.com
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