Facts About Heavy Metal Toxicity?

Heavy metal toxicity is thought to affect over 1 million individuals including children.
Populations at greater risk of heavy metal toxicity include developing fetuses, children, and the immunocompromised, as well as individuals with impaired liver function and reduced antioxidant activity.

Heavy metals are present in all regions of the United States, and can accumulate in air, soil, and drinking or groundwater sources in and around concentrated sources of heavy metals from industrial production or pollution.

Some professions and hobbies are at greater risk of heavy metal toxicity, including fuel, munitions, painting, rubber manufacturing, industrial smelting, mining, photographic processing, agriculture, semiconductors, welding, and waste or radioactive waste disposal sites.

The World Health Organization (WHO) considers 13 heavy metals of significance to human and environmental health: arsenic, cadmium, cobalt, chromium, copper, mercury, manganese, nickel, lead, tin, and titanium, however there are other metals and metalloids that may be significant causes of health problems in humans.

Which Patients Need the Heavy Metals Test?

Neurological symptoms:
Cognitive decline, memory loss, ataxia, tremors, numbness, tingling, neuropathy, myopathy, Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, paralysis, Parkinson's disease, tinnitus, irritability.

Respiratory symptoms:
Lung disease, lung cancer, breathing problems, respiratory distress, pneumonia.

Cardiovascular and hematological symptoms:
Anemia, RBC abnormalities, hypertension, low blood pressure, hypokalemia, edema, cancer of the blood.

Gastrointestinal symptoms:
Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain, reduced absorption of nutrients (particularly minerals), dry mouth, metallic taste, pancreatic cancer.

Skeletal and bone-related symptoms:
Osteoporosis, reduced bone mineral density.

Dermatological symptoms:
Dermatitis, eczema, dry skin, sweating, skin lesions, hyperpigmentation, hair loss, allergic skin reactions.

Renal and hepatic symptoms:
Renal failure, elevated liver enzymes, hepatic damage, hepatic failure, suppressed hepatic detoxification, elevated hepatic enzymes.

Reproductive symptoms:
Infertility, difficulty conceiving, birth defects, miscarriage.

Conditions and Symptoms

• Suspected gluten or wheat sensitivity
• Suspected intestinal permeability (leaky gut syndrome)
• Gastrointestinal inflammation (diarrhea or constipation; cramping; nausea; discomfort after eating)
• Headaches, including migraines
• Neurological symptoms (memory loss, balance problems, numbness, tingling, anxiety)
• Skin rashes
• Joint pain
• Diagnoses of autoimmune conditions
• Low vitamin D status
• Multiple food sensitivities
• Excessive fatigue after meals
  
  

What Does the Heavy Metal Test Include?

• Beryllium
• Aluminum
• Nickel
• Arsenic
• Palladium
• Cadmium
• Antimony
• Tin
• Tellurium
• Cesium
• Barium
• Gadolinium
• Tungsten
• Platinum
• Mercury
• Lead
• Thallium
• Bismuth
• Thorium
• Uranium

Attention: This test is performed via Urine Test Collection. Please follow the instructions as directed.

Heavy Metals Document
Sample Report

Instructions:

After ordering the test kit, you will receive the kit in the mail. Please follow the instructions provided with each test kit and mail it back using the shipping label provided in each individual box.

Once the results are ready, you will receive an email with your test results.

Please provide an appropriate email address, which you would like to receive the medical results to

Complete the portion below with the Patients Name & Date of Birth.