It is a fact that pollution has become so ubiquitous that there is no escaping heavy metals these days. They are in our air, water, soil, foods, and everyday products, especially in common cosmetics and body products.
Heavy metals can cause a myriad of symptoms from headaches to cancer and everything in between. Let’s take 5 of the “weirder” symptoms and see how heavy metals can cause them. In this article you will also read a
Erectile Problems
It is often difficult to understand how heavy metals can cause erectile problems or impotence in men, but they can. I personally have seen a number of men suffering from erectile problems where heavy metal testing revealed very high levels of lead or mercury.
One of these patients was a plumber who was using lead solder to connect copper pipes together and the other was a dentist who extracting many amalgams which contain 50% mercury without taking the proper precautions.
Lead toxicity is directly related to constriction of blood vessels leading to high blood pressure. A similar mechanism would affect smooth muscle relaxation in the cavernous tissue of the penis, leading to erectile dysfunction. It can also cause peripheral neuropathy or degeneration of the nerves.
Transverse White Bands On Fingernails
Arsenic can cause weird transverse white bands on the fingernails, called Mees’ lines.
These are longitudinal white lines on a fingernail or toenail that run parallel to the nail’s lunula. This is the crescent-shaped white area that appears at the bed of the nail.
Yellowing Of The Teeth
We usually associate yellowing of the teeth with smokers, but heavy metals can also cause yellowing.
The heavy metal cadmium can cause a yellowing of the teeth.
Lead has been known to leave a “tattoo” on the gum line which is a blue-black colour.
Hallucinations
It is difficult to believe that heavy metals such as mercury can actually cause hallucinations to the point where a psychiatrist would diagnose schizophrenia or psychosis.
Mercury is a serious neurotoxin that upsets the chemicals in the brain and causes many brain symptoms, including hallucinations such as hearing voices in their head or seeing things that are not there.
Mad Hatter Syndrome
This is a personality disorder that has taken its name from the mad hatter in Alice in Wonderland. It is also called erethism and is related to inorganic mercury toxicity.
Symptoms associated with mad hatter syndrome include memory loss, excessive shyness, abnormal excitability, and/or insomnia. This syndrome was common in workers in the hat-making industry as they used mercury to make the hats.
Mercury made the felting process in hat production more efficient. The compound used to moisten the fibres was mercury nitrate, a process known as carroting. It produced a superior-quality felt, which in turn, resulted in higher-quality hats.
Testing for Heavy Metals
So, if you have any of these weird symptoms, before rushing off to a doctor to get your pills, think about getting a heavy metal test.
You can actually self-test these days by taking a hair sample and sending it to a laboratory that specialises in this type of testing.
How to Eliminate Toxic Metals
The best way to eliminate toxic metals from the body in order to get rid of these weird symptoms is to use a natural heavy metal detox supplement such as HMD.
It has been scientifically tested and shown to work effectively and can be taken by all the family.
