Posted on 08/24/2005 3:09:44 PM PDT by Born Conservative
A 5-year-old Monroeville boy died this week during a medical treatment that's being touted by some as a cure for autism.
The autistic boy died while receiving chelation -- an intravenous injection of a synthetic amino acid known as EDTA, for ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid. The Food and Drug Administration has approved the practice only to treat heavy metal (such as lead) poisoning. The treatment is becoming increasingly popular, though still controversial, for autism.
Police are investigating the boy's death, which occurred Tuesday morning in the office of Dr. Roy Kerry in Portersville.
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You would be surprised by the reaction of supposedly intelligent parents they seem to think their children can catch autism from my child.
I had the i and e backwards before I did the spellcheck.
Probably less so than the businesswomen that think they get yeast infections from eating too much bread.
Which side is that? Because I'm totally confused, not about the autism and vaccine mercury thing, I've researched that, and find it implausible; but the artery thing. I'm 53, I do not exercise like I should, do not eat the best diet, drink alcohol and I smoke. If spending $1,500 a year, to drip this stuff in my veins, would keep them from cracking open my chest, I would consider it. I've never spent time in a hospital and have never been operated on, even the thought of putting the needle in my arm to put the stuff in gives me the willies.
Oh...and I got stoichiometry on my own. :)
Just like it is difficult to determine what is wrong, it is also difficult to determine whether something worked, and if so, what worked. There are studies that show that while there are individual cases of dramatic improvement from various psychotherapy drugs, that on the average people given them become less mentally healthy.
I was going to say something about that word, my first two years at college were devoted to chemistry and I do not remember ever reading that word. It was always stoichiometric or the plural, but it felt right and is spelled like it sounds. The other, however, is spelled nothing like it sounds (fenylthaleen). :>)
Cilantro juice is excellent for removing mercury from the brain. I know when I drink it, my brain buzzes that's for sure. It's good stuff.
I love cilantro and grow it in my garden. No one else in my family likes it as much as I do, though. Before I did it as a treatment, I'd like to see studies of its chelation properties compared to EDTA and other drugs.
My high school chem teacher tought us a module on stoichiometry, but studiously avoided using the word. He gave us a test and most of the class did well. He then started a "new" module on stoichiometry, and on the second day gave us a test on what we'd learned. Half the class flunked - though a few did just fine.
He was kind enough to disregard the second test as his whole point was to demonstrate how people are afraid of strange words.
I'm just guessing but I don't think it's anything like EDTA. I've also seen vitamin C used but not for autism. Before I have my children, I'm going to do my research on vaccines and PRAY I don't get an asshat for a pediatrician. You know some think they know what's better for your baby than you the parent.
Two was when the doctors finally decided something was wrong with my son. I knew when he was two weeks old.
He looked very serene and distant when he was born. I don't know if he had it by then. When he was ten days old I had to go on intravenous antibiotics and he got colic - for the next five months. It wasn't exactly the colic itself that made me think something was wrong - it was the way he looked at things, even at two weeks old - I could see that connections weren't being made in his mind.
He is 16 now, has Asperger's too. I wish you and your daughter well - I think the schools are more prepared now.
May I ask what you do it as a treatment for?
As I said in my message, we use chelation to treat high levels of heavy metals in the bloodstream.
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(I know I spelt that right, because I just now made it up.)
I have a new child and have researched the vaccine mercury issue. Go here: http://www.fda.gov/cber/vaccine/thimerosal.htm#t1. Personally, I believe that this whole mercury vaccine thing is just another trial lawyer grab.
I'd definately want more info about vaccines than what's given to parents. There may not be thimerasol in some vaccines but some vaccines are kept in storage. What about those? Lots of questions. I think it's better to ask a lot than too little.
None of that "pre-owned" stuff? :)
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