PARKINSON’S DISEASE

by Dr. Lawrence Wilson

© January 2023, LD Wilson Consultants, Inc.

All information in this article is for educational purposes only. It is not for the diagnosis, treatment, prescription or cure of any disease or health condition.

I. INTRODUCTION

About 6.2 million people around the world suffer from Parkinson’s disease. It is a debilitating and usually fatal illness that involves degeneration of the nervous system. It is somewhat more common in men than in women.

II. SYMPTOMS

Early symptoms include a tremor or shaking of the hand that becomes progressively worse. Also common is a particular difficulty walking where the person must take small steps to keep balanced.

Also, the body may become more stiff or rigid, especially the facial expression that begins to look like a mask because there are reduced facial expressions. There can also be problems with coordination, speech and other activities. Constipation is also often present.

Later symptoms include depression, anxiety, sleep problems and dementia.

III. CAUSES OF PARKINSON’S DISEASE

Medical science knows that toxic metal accumulation in the brain is associated with Parkinson’s disease. Metals that may be involved are toxic forms of manganese, iron, mercury, zinc, copper, aluminum, nickel, lithium and/or lead. For details, read Manganese-Induced Parkinsonism and Parkinson’s disease: Shared And Distinguishable Features. This article is from the Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2015 Jul; 12(7): 7519–7540 and reposted at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4515672/.

Other nutrient deficiencies and constipation also play a role.

MANGANESE AND PARKINSON’S DISEASE

According to an interesting recent study, Parkinson’s disease is linked to excessive toxic compounds of manganese in the brain. Manganese is an essential trace element. However, it must be in a bioavailable form.

Other compounds of manganese, such as oxide forms (MnO6), are very toxic and common in the environment. We call this form of manganese an amigo. For details, read The Amigos - Manganese, Iron and Aluminum.

Sources of toxic manganese. Manganese is added to our gasoline today, ever since lead was removed in the 1970s. Therefore, there is a significant chance that millions worldwide are exposed to higher levels of manganese. Manganese miners, welders and some metal workers are also exposed to manganese in their workplace.

Excessive levels of manganese are also common in some well water, especially some drinking water supplies in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. This is reflected on hair analysis charts of those who bath or drink the water. One town, Spenser, Massachusetts, was sued by those harmed by the town water supply. So manganese toxicity is far more widespread than one might imagine.

The group we call the Rogues may also use toxic forms of manganese as a weapon to sicken people.

Journal report. An important medical article concerning Parkinson’s disease appeared in the Journal of Occupational Environmental Medicine in 2006. This is a well-known journal. Here are some of the major points in the article:

1. Parkinson’s bears striking resemblance to a disease of manganese miners called “manganese madness”. This affects some 450,000 welders and others in America and around the world who are exposed to manganese in various ways.

2. Doctors were able to “cure” one woman of Parkinson’s disease by administering just one dose of the drug para-aminosalicylic acid or PAS. This drug can remove some manganese from the body. It is an older tuberculosis drug that is used rarely because of its many adverse effects or side effects.

Adverse effects of this drug include anorexia, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and rarely anemia because the drug interferes with B12 absorption. Allergic reactions to the drug are also common and include chills, fever, skin rashes and other general symptoms of malaise. The drug must be stopped in these cases.

The woman’s symptoms of trouble walking and writing and a mask-like appearance with poor coordination disappeared with one dose of PAS and she has remained well for 17 years since 1987. This is quite unheard of for Parkinson’s disease. The report said some others have also received help this way.

3. It appears that manganese may be a specific toxin for the basal ganglia, the part of the brain affected in Parkinson’s disease. It appears that, at least in early cases, the manganese toxicity does not kill the cells outright, but merely disables them. Thus, if the manganese can be removed, healing can occur.

IV. DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH WITH PARKINSON’S DISEASE

We have helped several people with early Parkinson’s disease. Often, they have a manganese imbalance on their first or on a later hair mineral test as manganese is eliminated from their bodies.

Types of manganese imbalances on a hair test. Identifying manganese imbalance is often not easy”

1. One may initially have no imbalance with manganese. Several years or more of the development program are usually needed. Then a retest reveals an increase in manganese as it is eliminated from the body through the hair and skin. This is a common situation.

2. One may have what is called a poor eliminator pattern involving manganese. This is a hair tissue manganese level less than about 0.02 mg%. It means one has difficulty eliminating excess and toxic forms of manganese from the body. To understand this pattern better, please read The Poor Eliminator Pattern on this website.

3. Manganese may be elevated.

4. Iron or aluminum may be either elevated or show poor eliminator patterns. This is also associated with manganese imbalance. For more information about the connection between iron, manganese and aluminum, read the article on this website entitled Manganese, Iron and Aluminum.

REMOVING MANGANESE FROM THE BODY

Removing toxic manganese from the body is not easy. However, the development programs we set up will do this. In fact, most people eliminate some manganese during their development program.

Removal often requires several years or more on a program because it is often not one of the first minerals to be eliminated. For best results, we find that constipation, lack of rest and other imbalances must be corrected. This is true for Parkinson’s cases, and in other cases of chronic ailments.

OTHER TOXIC METALS AND PARKINSON’S DISEASE

Dr. Paul Eck spoke about the role of lead in some cases of Parkinson’s disease. He had an interesting case of a man who fueled jet aircraft for many years. The man was exposed to leaded gasoline fumes over many years.

On a mineral balancing program, lead began to be eliminated in large quantity. At one point, if the patient took a bath, when the water was let out of the tub, it left a ring of lead on the tub wall that could be scraped off with one’s fingernail. Symptoms improved after the lead elimination occurred.

Thus it appears that Parkinson’s disease, like certain other illnesses such as ADHD and many others, may have more than a single cause.

A RECENT PARKINSON’S DISEASE HAIR CHART (July 2019)

Recently, we reviewed a hair mineral test of a 72-year-old woman with Parkinson’s disease. Her test revealed a hair manganese level of 0.013 mg%, which is a poor eliminator pattern. Interestingly, a hair test 10 years ago had revealed a very high hair manganese level. She had not followed a development program between the time of these tests.

She also had a poor eliminator pattern for iron of 0.8 mg%. She also had an elevated aluminum level (0.59 mg%). Iron and aluminum imbalances often accompany manganese imbalance. All are highly inflammatory and highly toxic compounds of these minerals.

She also had an unusual mineral pattern we call ‘hell bent’. It is a very fast oxidation rate with a sodium/potassium ratio greater than 10.

Her hair test also revealed elevated mercury (0.055 mg%) and elevated nickel (0.039 mg%). For the ideal mineral values we use, visit Mineral Ideals.

V. OTHER TOPICS

SAUNAS AND PARKINSON’S DISEASE

Including daily lamp sauna therapy with the development program greatly enhances the effectiveness of the program and appears to be very safe, cost-effective and a comfortable therapy. The sauna greatly enhances the circulation and warms the body a few degrees.

Sauna use, or at least the use of a reddish heat lamp each day for an hour, enhances enzymatic activity, decongests the internal organs and greatly improves oxygenation and hydration of the body.

In addition, near infrared rays penetrate into the organs and even the skull to further enhance the healing effects of the sauna. Infrared has many other benefits that are described in the article Sauna Therapy and the book, Sauna Therapy.

Once the sauna is set up, the operating cost is minimal if the sauna is powered by three or four reddish heat lamps, the only type we recommend. Lamp saunas can be built for under $400.00 or purchased for as little as $700.00. We offer free plans to build a sauna on this website, and a list of those who sell reddish heat lamp saunas, as well.

Far infrared saunas or traditional saunas are not as effective as the lamps.

Children under age 5 should not go in saunas, however, because their sweating mechanisms are not fully developed.

ANXIETY HELPED BY LECITHIN

In addition to a standard development program, at times Parkinson’s patients experience anxiety that can be quite severe. If this occurs, adding lecithin, up to 10 tablespoons of granules or 10 1200 mg capsules daily may be helpful.

Lecithin, which contains inositol and choline, is calming because choline is the precursor for acetylcholine, a calming neurotransmitter. Lecithin seems have other beneficial effects, as well.

This can be more effective than adding more calcium, magnesium or zinc for these clients. For details, read Lecithin.

References

“Tuberculosis drug PAS may cure Parkinson’s-like illness”, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, June 7, 2006, 15-37.

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