Whenever I read that saunas are being recommended for mercury toxic people, I always think that those who recommend are people who have a very low grade of heavy metal poisoning (although they probably think they've got it real bad <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />)There are so many degrees of mercury poisoning, and some are less or more poisoned than others.You have to be pretty strong to able to handle the temperature.

I personally would never go near a sauna. Merc. toxic people are known to be very sensitive to both heat and cold, finding it difficult coping in either temperature. One of the many reasons for this is the stress of heat on the heart and adrenal glands which are poorly functioning to begin with because of metals.

Heat pushes the body to work extremely hard in trying to balance out the temperature and it isn't difficult to see how lots of merc. gets mobilized during this attempt.

My guess is you've moblized lots more than you have been able to excrete via sweat. I would be very careful as to what you take of supplements right now as you don't wanto moblize more with supplements (unless you are taking DMSA of course which holds onto the merc). The molized merc. should settle down again back into the cells where it came from within the next week, but you probably will feel worse for wear during this process.

Another reason I won't take saunas is that other people with their mouths stuffed with mercury also release merc. vapour from their sweat and mouths and this damp will unavoidibly end up on the walls and floors in the sauna causing a pretty toxic environment.