Chelation therapy is a process involving the use of chelating agents such as EDTA to remove heavy metals from the body. It has uses in both conventional and alternative medicine. Chelation therapy - Discovery in medicine. Chelating agents were introduced into medicine as a result of the use of poison gas in World War I. The first widely used chelating agent was called British Anti-Lewisite, or BAL, a name given to dimercaprol. It is an organic compound related to the mercaptans, which are a class of sulfur- ...

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Heavy metal poisoning is an uncommon medical condition that can have significant effects on nearly every organ system [1]. Mercury, for example, has been strongly implicated as "a potential etiological factor in neurodegeneration" [2]. Chelation therapy is used as a treatment for acute mercury, iron, arsenic, lead, plutonium and other forms of heavy metal poisoning, where the amounts are so high that there is enough risk to the health of the patient to justify the therapy. The buildup of iron ...

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Chelation therapy, Chelation therapy - Discovery in medicine, Chelation therapy - Uses in conventional medicine, Chelation therapy - Uses in alternative medicine, Chelation therapy - Calcium chelation therapy

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Chelating agents were introduced into medicine as a result of the use of poison gas in World War I. The first widely used chelating agent was called British Anti-Lewisite, or BAL, a name given to dimercaprol. It is an organic compound related to the mercaptans, which are a class of sulfur-containing organic compounds. The name comes from their ability to react and form compounds with, or "capture," mercury. Lewisite gas was an arsenic based organic compound used in gas warfare; BAL bound the arsenic compounds from lew ...

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Chelation therapy, Chelation therapy - Discovery in medicine, Chelation therapy - Uses in conventional medicine, Chelation therapy - Uses in alternative medicine, Chelation therapy - Calcium chelation therapy

Read more here: » Chelation therapy: Encyclopedia II - Chelation therapy - Discovery in medicine