The most important indications for Chelation Therapy include the treatment of cardiovascular disease, neurological disease and the overall
treatment of heavy metal toxicity (e.g. mercury, lead).
The physiological symptoms and
effects of heavy metal toxicity are extensive but they include everything from nausea and digestive distress to endocrine malfunction to depression, Alzheimer's and dementia.
Symptoms
of heavy metal toxicity include mental confusion, pain in muscles and joints, headaches, short - term memory loss, gastrointestinal upsets, food intolerances / allergies, vision problems, chronic fatigue, and others.
Muir, M, Current Controversies in the Diagnosis and Treatment
of Heavy Metal Toxicity, Alter Complement Ther., June 1997.