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Article: Cause and treatment of chronic mercury intoxication in Hong Kong children.(Chelation Corner)(Case study)
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- Townsend Letter: The Examiner of Alternative Medicine
- Article date:
- October 1, 2007
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Case Studies
In Dr. Paul Lam's private pediatric clinic in Hong Kong, children are treated for a number of ailments, all related to chronic mercury intoxication. Aside from multiple medical problems, the most common symptoms seen in those children are recurrent feeding problems, hyperirritability, immune deficiencies, severe allergies, skin problems. Conventional medical treatment has been tried and has failed.
The cause of intractable symptoms in early infancy is thought to be transplacental passage of heavy metal from mothers who had a history of regularly consuming contaminated fish. Mercury levels in maternal blood, cord blood, and hair samples from ...