I'm sick of the double standard. I don't know what caused the death of this child. I know of a few people who have done chelation and swear by it.
I know of people who have heart by-passes and their health is not so good afterward and some have even had strokes on the operating table. Others have died, yet we have by-passes being performed all the time.
We need to keep an open mind about this.
One person I know who had chelation has a daughter who is a pharmacist and the daughter was all for her mom doing this and is pleased with the results.
You may not know, but the coroner does:
| "We determined there's a direct correlation between the EDTA and the lack of oxygen to the brain and the heart muscle damage. It's a total package, based on the autopsy, the histology [tissue sampling] and the toxicology [blood sampling]," Mr. Strimlan said. |
One person I know who had chelation has a daughter who is a pharmacist and the daughter was all for her mom doing this and is pleased with the results.
That's fine if an adult with normal reasoning abilities chooses to take the chance to have themselves chelated, but this child had no choice; an unproven, DANGEROUS treatment that has no scientific basis whatsoever was performed upon him, resulting in his DEATH. (chelation IS proven to remove toxic heavy metals; in fact, I've administered Calcium EDTA and BAL in Oil numerous times to children with lead toxicity). There is no scientific evidence whatsoever that chelation will do ANYTHING to lessen the symptoms of autism, much less to cure it.
Other sources:
Sadly, it was only a matter of time: An autistic boy dies during chelation therapy
"Time to debunk the mercury myths"
And, for a really cool graphic, click here.
In August 2005, a boy aged 5 years with autism died while receiving IV chelation therapy with Na2EDTA in a physician's office. During the chelation procedure, the mother noted that the child was limp. The physician initiated resuscitation, and an emergency services team transported the child to the hospital. At the emergency department (ED), further resuscitation was attempted, including administration of at least 1 and possibly 2 doses of IV calcium chloride. Subsequently, the boy's blood calcium level was recorded in the ED as 6.9 mg/dL. The child did not regain consciousness. The coroner examination indicated cause of death as diffuse, acute cerebral hypoxic-ischemic injury, secondary to diffuse subendocardial necrosis. The myocardial necrosis resulted from hypocalcemia associated with administration of Na2EDTA. The case is under investigation by the Pennsylvania State Board of Medicine.
There you go; now you know the how this child died. Double standard?
Source: CDC MMWR Deaths Associated with Hypocalcemia from Chelation Therapy --- Texas, Pennsylvania, and Oregon, 2003--2005
