Blue Water
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Hello,
I am having problems with what seems to be copper toxicity (had emotional issues, dry pale skin, loss of some color in hair, twitches and other neurological symptoms). Copper is sky-high on my hair test. My ceruloplasmin is pretty low (14 ug/dl), and my serum copper is just on the borderline but is basically low. So essentially, it seems I am both deficient and toxic at the same time.
The hair test company suggested basically taking high amounts of zinc supplements with cofactors, but doesn't this just worsen a copper deficiency? I understand my copper levels are high in tissues, but the ceruloplasmin suggests that there is not a lot of "functional" copper present and I would not want to reduce that.
Also this is definitely making me iron deficient as well, so I am trending towards becoming anemic.
[I should note that my urine copper was low-normal, and my doctor does not believe it is Wilson's––however, an opthamologist claimed to spot Kayser rings, so I do have to get a second opinion on that, because those can be somewhat hard to discern objectively.]
Any thoughts on how to treat this paradoxical situation would be very highly appreciated!
I am having problems with what seems to be copper toxicity (had emotional issues, dry pale skin, loss of some color in hair, twitches and other neurological symptoms). Copper is sky-high on my hair test. My ceruloplasmin is pretty low (14 ug/dl), and my serum copper is just on the borderline but is basically low. So essentially, it seems I am both deficient and toxic at the same time.
The hair test company suggested basically taking high amounts of zinc supplements with cofactors, but doesn't this just worsen a copper deficiency? I understand my copper levels are high in tissues, but the ceruloplasmin suggests that there is not a lot of "functional" copper present and I would not want to reduce that.
Also this is definitely making me iron deficient as well, so I am trending towards becoming anemic.
[I should note that my urine copper was low-normal, and my doctor does not believe it is Wilson's––however, an opthamologist claimed to spot Kayser rings, so I do have to get a second opinion on that, because those can be somewhat hard to discern objectively.]
Any thoughts on how to treat this paradoxical situation would be very highly appreciated!