Titanium Toxicity, heavy metal detox

Hi everyone, a family friend who also has Lyme was recently tested by her LLMD for titanium toxicity before getting metal implants in her teeth. Her results came back that she dose react to this heavy metal so it got me thinking, I have two titanium in my back along with many screws and pins from a 1999 spinal fusion. I started researching this topic and found a lot of disturbing information, I read that titanium is carcinogenic and leaches into your blood which can cause a lot of issues such as flareing up an autoimmune disease like fibromyalgia which I do have or even cancer. Also if you have the MTHFR mutation it is extremely difficult to successfully treat this issue, a quote from the article reads "it's possible that you may have a gene mutations which can make any basic detoxification program useless and or even harmful". This article is concerned with tiny amounts of titanium like what is found is cosmetics, my metal rods run the whole length of my spine. For months I have been trying all sorts of things to try and help myself feel better but now that I know this information I don't know what to do. I can not afford to see my LLMD anymore and I know my Doctor once said removal of my rods would be a more serious surgery then putting them in. I feel like my whole body is poison, Dose anyone have any advice on what could help me to do a heavy metal detox? Thank you! Here is some info https://www.naturalhealthgroup.com.au/heavy-metal-toxicity/heath-effects-titanium/

Post Edited (CalmLittleBuddha) : 3/8/2020 4:54:01 PM (GMT-6)

Thank you saraeli, that was helpful information. I will look into PEMF, I actually have never heard of it. This was another helpful article
https://medbroadcast.com/condition/getcondition/metal-hypersensitivity
My biggest issues are depersonalization, migraines, chonic fatigue and muscle pain, so I am hoping I can find something to lessen these main issues. Thank you again for your help!

Post Edited (CalmLittleBuddha) : 3/2/2020 11:29:29 AM (GMT-7)

I've run into this same exact problem. I convinced myself that heavy metals, especially mercury, are a problem for me. I had issues as a child which predate any tickbite I knew about (OCD, hyper activity, anxiety, exercise intolerance), and had a mouth full of mercury. Then I realized, I have the DOUBLE MTHFR mutation, maybe this (or another detox mutation) is why I'm vulnerable to amalgams and others arent? I spent some time hanging out in the Andy Cutler FB group, and they convinced me that mercury is my problem. Theyre kinda crazy and cultist, but I also met some pretty normal people in there who have had bad experiences. One got super sick after a flu shot, another after an unsafe amalgam removal. Some got worse when they tried to chelate, which means there's metal in them.

But the ACC guys convinced me I had to get my amalgams out, so I did on feb 5th 2020. Almost immediately after, I got very stomach sick. The next day I had a freak out of paranoia derealization and bad stomach aches. Then I felt good for a few days, but the past 2 weeks I've felt awful. Developed an allergic reaction to IVIG which I've never had before in the 7 months using it. Getting a rash on my feet, afraid its a connective tissue issue, waiting to hear from my rheumy. Its probably all coincidence, but in the back of my mind I worry because everything got worse after having those dang amalgams out.

There are certainly some people who are too sensitive to try to remove the metals. I'm afraid that I may fall into that group. Or maybe I dont have a metals issue and its all in my head. The only way to tell will be to try to chelate, which i may do at some point soon.

Anyway, I dont know about titanium specifically. Join the ACC group on FB and ask, there are some pretty hard core chelaters in there.

I guess my point with my personal story is that I hear you and i feel for you. Its a concern, and w/ metals it really does seem to be one of those things where A.) You cannot find any definitive information and B.) there are very conflicting reports about how to handle it. Some people swear by chelation, others swear it ruined their life. I literally dont know what to believe.

But one thing I can definitely tell you, if you still have the offending metal in your mouth, DO NOT try to chelate. That much I'm positive about. You can use binders and liver detox and infrared sauna, but do not take a chelating agent like DMPS/ALA/DMSA/EDTA (('m not sure which one is use specificlaly for titanium). I would definitely join the any cutler facebook group and ask those guys about titanium.

Post Edited (dcd2103) : 3/8/2020 8:46:57 PM (GMT-6)

You might look into whether you are allergic to titanium.

Agreed, I second what skinny joe said. There is biocompatability testing. Find a biological dentist in your area and get their opinion. I did a quick search in the ACC group and immediately it returned someone complaining of pain around their titanum implant. Someone else resounded that they couldnt handle titanium, and had theirs removed and a zirconia put in which worked great. Plenty of more info in that group.

Its funny because just like with mercury, Google will tell you titanium dental work is non toxic and safe, yet you will find those who claim they cant tolerate it. You always wonder, who is right? Are these people just sick for some other reason and fixating on the wrong thing because its a bogeyman they can point to, or is there something there? I wish there was more data on metals, I hate to be the guy who buys the "conspiracy theory" with no solid evidence, but I do believe they can cause issues based on the anecdotal evidence I've heard.