Dr. Gerald H. Smith
If a person has 7 or more of these symptoms, there is a significantly increased possibility that mercury toxicity is a major contributing factor.
- CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
- Irritability
- Anxiety/nervousness, often with difficulty breathing
- Restlessness
- Exaggerated response to stimulation
- Fearfulness
- Emotional instability
- lack of self-control
- fits of anger, with violent, irrational behavior
- Loss of self-confidence
- Indecision
- Shyness or timidity, being easily embarrassed
- Loss of memory
- Inability to concentrate
- Lethargy, drowsiness
- Insomnia
- Mental depression, despondency
- Withdrawal
- Suicidal tendencies
- Manic-depression
- Numbness and tingling of hands, feet, fingers, toes, or lips
- Muscle weakness progressing to paralysis
- Ataxia
- Tremors/trembling of hands, feet, lips, eyelids, or tongue
- Incoordination
- Myoneural transmission failure resembling Myasthenia Gravis
- Multiple Slerosis
- HEAD, NECK, ORAL CAVITY DISORDERS
- Bleeding gums
- Alveolar bone loss
- Loosening of teeth
- Excessive salivation
- Foul breath
- Metallic taste
- Burning sensation, with tingling of lips, face
- Tissue pigmentation (amalgam tattoo of gums)
- Leukoplakia
- Stomatitus
- Ulceration of gingiva, palate, tongue
- Dizziness/acute, chronic vertigo
- Ringing in ears
- Hearing difficulties
- Speech and visual impairment
- Glaucoma
- Restricted, dim vision
- GASTROINTESTINAL EFFECTS
- Food sensitivities, especially to milk and eggs
- Abdominal cramps, colitis, diverticulitis or other G.I. complaints
- Chronic diarrhea/constipation
- CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECTS
- Abnormal heart rhythm
- Characteristic findings on EKG
- Abnormal changes in the S-T segment and/or lower
- Broadened P wave
- Unexplained elevated serum triglyceride
- Unexplained elevated cholesterol
- Abnormal blood pressure, either high or low
- IMMUNOLOGIC
- Repeated infections
- Viral and fungal
- Myobacterial
- Candida and other yeast infections
- Cancer
- Autoimmune disorders
- Arthritis
- Lupis erythematosus (LE)
- Multiple sclerosis (MS)
- Scleroderma
- Amyolateral sclerosis (ALS)
- Hypothyroidism
- SYSTEMIC EFFECTS
- Chronic headaches
- Allergies
- Severe dermatitus
- Unexplained reactivity
- Thyroid disturbance
- Subnormal body temperature
- Cold, clammy skin, especially hands and feer
- Excessive perspiration, with frequent night sweats
- Unexplained sensory symptoms, including pain
- Unexpalined numbness or burning sensations
- Unexplained anemia
- G-6-PD deficiency
- Chronic kidney disease
- Nephrotic syndrome
- Receiving renal dialysis
- Kidney infection
- Adrenal disease
- General fatigue
- Loss of appetite, with or without weight loss
- Loss of weight
- Hypoglycemia
