Copper Deficiency symptoms

[MetalMX]

Can copper deficiency cause neuropathy like symptoms similar to that of B12 deficiency or Hypothyroidism?

Also what symptoms can it cause?

Although i haven’t tested my blood copper just yet i know i’m low on my hair analysis. And have been taking zinc past few months without copper.

[bereal]

@MetalMX 1322 wrote:

Can copper deficiency cause neuropathy like symptoms similar to that of B12 deficiency or Hypothyroidism?

Also what symptoms can it cause?

Although i haven’t tested my blood copper just yet i know i’m low on my hair analysis. And have been taking zinc past few months without copper.

Wow! I’ve had the complete opposite problem, with copper off the charts! I’ve been taking
zinc (which is antagonist to copper), to get the copper level down.

If your copper is too low, maybe NOT taking the zinc for a while and getting a multi-min
with a good dose of copper would help boost your levels.

[bereal]

Just an additional note to the above. ( I still haven’t figured out how to EDIT my posts
on this forum???)

Here’s some articles on copper deficiency. If you want more, just google it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper_deficiency
http://www.diagnose-me.com/cond/C542179.html
http://www.copperinfo.com/health/deficiencies.html

[hardasnails1973]

@bereal 1326 wrote:

Wow! I’ve had the complete opposite problem, with copper off the charts! I’ve been taking
zinc (which is antagonist to copper), to get the copper level down.

If your copper is too low, maybe NOT taking the zinc for a while and getting a multi-min
with a good dose of copper would help boost your levels.

If his adrenaline is low then copper will be unbounded causing excessive oxidative stress
Been there dealing with it..Doing urine copper to see if low or bio unavailable.

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119627272/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0

High copper levels can mean you are wasting it as well need to look at other factors to know what it really is. Excess of a mineral can be a deficiency

[bereal]

@hardasnails1973 1328 wrote:

Excess of a mineral can be a deficiency

That is really confusing. What DEFINITIVE test is there to know the difference?
Mine was hair analysis.

[hardasnails1973]

24 hour urine with blood ceruloplasmin and copper serum.

If copper is high I look to heavy metals which are causing it to be displaced namely mercury.

[MetalMX]

@hardasnails1973 1330 wrote:

24 hour urine with blood ceruloplasmin and copper serum.

If copper is high I look to heavy metals which are causing it to be displaced namely mercury.

You mean the Comprehensive Urine Elements Panel with ARL?

Toxic elements: aluminum, antimony, arsenic, barium, bismuth, cadmium, cesium, gadolinium, lead, mercury, nickel, niobium, platinum, rubidium, thallium, thorium, tin, tungsten, uranium.

Nutrient elements: calcium, chromium, cobalt, copper, iron, lithium, magnesium, manganese, molybdenum, potassium, selenium, strontium, sulfur, vanadium, zinc.

[MetalMX]

@MetalMX 1332 wrote:

You mean the Comprehensive Urine Elements Panel with ARL?

Toxic elements: aluminum, antimony, arsenic, barium, bismuth, cadmium, cesium, gadolinium, lead, mercury, nickel, niobium, platinum, rubidium, thallium, thorium, tin, tungsten, uranium.

Nutrient elements: calcium, chromium, cobalt, copper, iron, lithium, magnesium, manganese, molybdenum, potassium, selenium, strontium, sulfur, vanadium, zinc.

HAN do you think through urine testing it would be more reliable than hair analysis to detect mercury or ganolidium excess?

This could be the missing link for my symptoms. My CT scan showed posterior cortical atrophy.

It was stated that Inorganic mercury concentrates mostly in
kidneys (i keep having urinating difficulty and swelling of the legs sometimes), while organic (methyl) mercury has high affinity for the posterior cortex of the brain – where i have had tingling and also verified by my CT scan results.

Mercury toxicity may result in reduced sensory abilities (taste, touch,
vision and hearing), metallic taste with
increased salivation, fatigue and poor appetite. Chronic exposures may
adversely affect lymphocyte activity, result in
autoimmune complexes and increased risk for cardiovascular disease.
Moderate and severe mercury excess can result
in paresthesias (tingling), hypertension with renal dysfunction,
irritability and excitability, psychoses, mania, anemia, tremors
and incoordination.

I have all over parasthesia, reduced sensation, smell, taste, poor appetite, fatigue, mental symptoms and previous metallic taste in the mouth, and autoimmune hashi’s.

Could this be directly from my mother? and i simply added to the burden later on in life through eating lots of fish/tuna…

[hardasnails1973]

@MetalMX 1332 wrote:

You mean the Comprehensive Urine Elements Panel with ARL?

Toxic elements: aluminum, antimony, arsenic, barium, bismuth, cadmium, cesium, gadolinium, lead, mercury, nickel, niobium, platinum, rubidium, thallium, thorium, tin, tungsten, uranium.

Nutrient elements: calcium, chromium, cobalt, copper, iron, lithium, magnesium, manganese, molybdenum, potassium, selenium, strontium, sulfur, vanadium, zinc.

Hair analysis is a valid tool if the Dr knows how to interpret them.
DMPS urine challenge is another way to see what metals are in your body.
Looking at your enzyme function (ceruloplasmin, ect) can be a determining factor as well.

Iodine will help detox mercury as well as other halogens.

Your mom needs to have hair analysis from ARL as well because it she was toxic when she gave birth it most likely caused the family mutations which have been identified by you and your sister. It would not surprise me that your mom and potentially your father have the same issue. People which I have run the iodine urine test have also been suspected of having same mutation. This mutation can alter the NIS transport system making replenishment very long then normal.

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