hello,

Ive read on these posts that mercury can casue IBS? can anyone point me to more info on why mercury does this?

thansk very much

How Mercury Causes Dysbiosis and Leaky Gut Syndrome
(this is also related to IBS)

Irritable bowel syndrome is a condition that includes abdominal pain and loose or frequent bowel movements, diarrhea, and/or constipation. The causes can overlap somewhat with causes of other conditions, such as Leaky Gut Syndrome and Dysbiosis.

Leaky gut syndrome is a condition where the gut lining develops small holes. Bacteria and fungi begin to leak into this lining (specifically, the gut associated lymphoid tissue (GALT) which are known as Peyer's Patches). These bacteria produce acidic toxins which, over time, interfere with the function of the gut lining. The net-effect is an overabundance of candida, bacteria, viruses, and other undesirable substances in the intestines—a condition called Dysbiosis. With this, you may experience the following symptoms:

• Fatigue
• Headaches
• Poor digestion
• Immune suppression
• Inability to think clearly ("brain fog")
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Mood swings
• Constantly feeling tired
• Excessive gas
• Indigestion
• Other symptoms similar to Yeast Syndrome

Mercury's roll in Dysbiosis is believed to be simple. Mercury causes mutations to intestinal bacteria. These bacteria (either directly or indirectly) cause the formation of the small holes in the gut lining which eventually leads to Dysbiosis and Leaky Gut Syndrome.

The condition is further exacerbated in what appears to be an undesirable positive feedback cycle when the production of Secretory A is reduced. Under normal conditions, the lining of the gut regulates intestinal flora. It does this by depositing Secretory A (an antibody) on its surface. This antibody kills dysbiotic organisms on contact. In the absence of Secretory A, harmful organisms overpopulate the gut thus producing and/or exacerbating the symptoms of Dysbiosis.

In speaking about IBS symptoms, diarrhea can alternate or ocassionally occur with constipation as stated in Dr. Cutler's book:

Amalgam Illness: Diagnosis and Treatment

"...a tendency towards diarrhea - often alternating with constipation."

—pg 26

The general symptom of pain in the gut could be associated with Helicobacter Pylori which can be facilitated by the presence of mercury and can be controlled with natural supplements.

Autistic children also frequently have IBS. Autism has been clearly associated with mercury toxicity by Dr. Haley of the U. of Kentucky.

Hope this helps.

thanks very much for that. I am hoping and praying that my IBS will magically disappear when the amalgams come out!

Please let us know.

Hi anomynous, i had bad IBS for years, i mean my stomach was rock hard for days with pain and constipation. I still get constipated now, after removal but i never get bloated or pain, that has gone, thankfully. I take Senna for constipation. Once you replace the amalgam im sure it will pass.

I've had IBS for neally 20 years now. I've always been quite slim but throughout my 20's I suffered from excessive bloating which made me look 7 months pregnant and painful wind. In my early 30's I went on a gluten, sugar and dairy free diet and my symptoms completely disappeared. After having extensive dental work 4 years ago it came back but if I stick to a strict diet it seems to be ok for the first 2 weeks of my cycle and then my symptoms get steadily worse during the second half. I have a feeling that it must be something to do with my hormones.
I'm hoping that it will disappear now that my filling have been removed.

Hi LucieM,

Oh no! I hope you don't got what I have. I too look like I'm about 8 months pregnant but I'm not, because I'm infertile from too much estrogen due to the amalgams, other heavy metals, and white composites I had most of my life.

Did you know that many white composites have Bis- phenol A and Bis GMA which is the same thing? This is an estrogen behaving substance that can cause all kinds of hormonal problems including breast cancer. The hormonal problem I had most of my life, is Poly cistic ovarian syndrome which has cause me to have ovarian cists, be overweight, and infertile, hypoglocemia, baldness, and excess hair on the body.

I got all the toxic metals and composites out just recently and quess what the dentist put in as a replacement? He put the filtrex supreme direct white composites which contain Bis-phenol A in almost every single tooth, even after I told him before hand that I had poly cistic ovarian syndrome. Many direct and indirect composites have Bis-phenol A in them along with many other toxic ingredients. Some composites even have flouride in them, which I think are called the Fuji.

Now that I have these kind of white composites in almost every tooth, my stomach sticks out even farther and I'm alot more over weight. Its not from eating too much because I hardly eat anything. I was never hungery before I got my other toxic dental materials out and now that there out I'm never hungery, probably from the continuous constipation.

Any way, my suggestion is to find out what kind of white fillings you have. Call the Lab and tell them to fax you the Material safety data sheet. Also ask if they did the complete testing and then ask for the results. Ask if they did the ANSI and/or ISO complete testing on them. Unfortunately alot of Labs only have to do the minimal amount of testing by law called a, "pass". Unfortunately if a dental material is toxic you probably won't know all the ingredients of it or how toxic it may be.

On my Material safety data sheet it did say that my composites had Bis phenol A in them. Unfortunately I had to learn the hard way not to trust even a biological dentist that claimed that he was going to replace my toxic dental materials with safe ones. I was oviously lied to. I not only got more toxic materials but also Lingual and Inferior alveolar nerve damage from this dentist in Colorado Springs.

Please click to HOW TO RESPOND TO THOUGHS IN DOUBT, on this mercury section of the forum. Then scroll down to my 2nd POST by SCARLET. It will tell you what I found through my research that is probably the safest out of all the dental materials.

I also wanted to tell you that the liver breaks down food, breaks down hormones including estrogen, regulates thyroid function, detoxifies the body, and promotes the colon to move and contract. The liver has many life saving functions.

If the liver is overloaded with toxins like from amalgams, and other toxic dental materials it will become sluggish and not function properly. One of the livers function is to get rid of excess estrogen. If your toxic then it has a hard time doing this. My liver is in such bad shape from all the past toxic dental materials that I had all my life, and also from these new composites that it caused a serious case of jaundice. My skin is very yellow!!!

I have all the above problems worse now than before I got my amalgams and other heavy metals removed, although approximately 2/3 of my heavy metal toxicity illnessess are gone now that their out of my teeth. If it weren't for these toxic composites that are producing more estrogen than I had before, I probably wouldn't have any health problems at all right now.

Milk thistle and Dandelion root is excellent for the liver. Also beets and beet juice. there are also many other natural herbs and foods that are good for the liver as well. Read the book PRESCRIPTION FOR NUTRITIONAL HEALING, by James Balch M.D. and Phyliss Balch C.N.C. 3rd edition. It is the #1 natural health athority in America and is used in most healthfood stores as a reference. Its an excellent book!!! I believe that the information that I learned from this book is a big part of the reason I lived as long as I did even though I was sickly from toxic dental materials!

I hope this information will be helpful! Good luck!

Yes, I got hormonal problems too after switching to composites! I got endometriosis and polycystic ovary syndrome after changing. Then well into these diseases I had to get another composite filling put in, and I could actually feel my endo flaring up straight after. Amalgams suck, but so do composites. I'm guessing in 20 years they'll find loads of problems with the composites too, just like with amalgam now.

I can't eat milk og red meat products because of the hormonal issues. When I had amalagams I could eat both without any problems. Go figure!

The amalgams were probably causing some nervous system damage, but it seems the white composites are making me infertile <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

Scarlett, I too have filtek supreme in two of my teeth with FUJI bond under them. Now, i don't know if this is coincidence, but I've been EXTREMELY ill since, yet at the sametime I had wisdom tooth removal done which could be the cause (from cavitations).

but I have been found to be incompatible with filtek supreme on the serum blood test. I am very angry over all of this and do not know what to get put in. I had diamond in once, but I was constantly feeling a sense of terrible nervousness and being hyped up continually and do not know if it were diamond or not, but that's why I changed to filtek supreme, not knowing about the incompatibility. I'm worse off in a different way.

I'm sick of everything. Then the other stuff with porcelain having alumimium etc and then what that does and so it goes on. what is a person supposed to do? I should have left my mercury fillings in, it seems anything is bad.

Hi Bex, and Anonymous,

I'm so sorry to hear that you both are suffering from this too!!! I have these toxic composites in practically every tooth and expect to only live only a few more years if somehow by a miracle there might be something out there that is toxic free soon!!!

Bex, I feel exactly the way you do!!! I feel like theres little hope concerning completely safe dental materials !!! I'm terrified to get even the least toxic material since I will need it in almost everyone of my teeth.

So far Iv'e done research on what I believe to be the safest so far. I still need to do more research though through www.pubmed.com though. This is a huge medical library that will tell you what is in certain dental materials. Since the web site is so huge it may take a while to find the exact information your looking for. I know I need to research more in depth about Diamondcrown, Lite, Link, and Bond from Biiodent Labs. Also Holistic gold from Zahn Labs as well. But this is what I found so far about these dental materials:

Click to, QUESTION FOR DEMI, to my 2nd POST by SCARLET, in this MERCURY SECTION OF THE FORUM.

Also click to HOW TO RESPOND TO THOUGHS IN DOUBT, to my 2nd POST by SCARLET, in this MERCURY SECTION OF THE FORUM.

I always tell everyone to also do their own research so that they may discover what I may have missed.

I hope though that this information I found so far will help you both !!! Good luck! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />