What effects does sulphur have on the brain?
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introduction:\nIn the absence of any orthodox, biomedical intervention which has substantial, totally proven, benefits to people with autism, it is natural for parents and carers to explore all possibilities. Some of the ideas and the consequent therapies appear somewhat bizarre and have attracted a degree of denigration from professionals charged with the responsibility of responding to the problems of autism. European professionals, in particular, feel that they cannot be seen to advocate unproven therapies for which they do not have an adequate explanation. Parents and carers, on the other hand, have no such qualms and place themselves at the forefront of experimentation of this type. Additionally, professionals are bound by certain ethical requirements which constrain them from experimentation with such interventions. Parents are, on the whole, in a desperate situation and will try anything which offers to help their children. Many were seduced by the unsubstantiated promises of "Holding Therapy" or "Psychotherapy" and who can blame them? Others have used therapies which, at first sight, seem even more peculiar and inexplicable but, nevertheless, deserve a fair evaluation. Some of these ideas have been around for many years yet remain "unproven". It is the purpose of this presentation to investigate these methods, to explain their theoretical background and to examine the claims made on their behalf.\nYeast Infections\nIt has been suggested that the presence of yeast infections in the gut and, perhaps, other parts of the body, could result in autism. Crook (1984) has done much to publicise these ideas and has been ridiculed for them. Human intestines are packed with bacteria which break down certain foodstuffs in such a way that digestion is aided. Under certain circumstances, yeasts, which are fungi, can become established and will utilise foodstuffs to their advantage. The suggestion is that waste products from the yeast will be absorbed from the gut and create havoc within the body inhibiting development of the CNS and interrupting neurotransmission.\nA factor which promotes the overgrowth of the gut by yeasts is the use of antibiotics. It is indisputable that when antibiotics are taken to kill pathological, disease causing bacteria, they will also kill those bacteria which are normal inhabitants of the gut. The result is that fungi, which are unaffected by the antibiotics, will be able to multiply ("While the cat's away the mice will play") and effectively take over. It has been commonly observed that children with autism often have a history of earache, ear infections or general hearing problems. In fact some authors (for example Gordon 1993) are convinced that autism is the result of ear infections and subsequent hearing impairments. Certainly, many children with autism have had grommets (known as tubes in the US) inserted in their ears prior to a diagnosis of autism. In any case, such children will be treated with antibiotics at a comparatively early age and the process could be triggered off by this means. Both the yeast and ear infections are explicable in other ways but the coincidental appearance of autism at around 2 years of age with ear infections and subsequent use of antibiotics cannot be ignored.\nShaw (1995) has isolated a number of metabolites (such as arabinose, tartaric acid and 3-keto-glutaric acid) from the urine of people with autism. Since these substances are, as far as we know, more or less (but not totally) restricted to fungal sources. It is argued that these are evidence of fungal infection. It is suggested that some of these chemicals are sufficiently similar to normal metabolites of human cells, and specifically those involved in Krebs Cycle that this basic metabolic process is disrupted and autism is the ultimate consequence. A variety of methods have been developed to counteract or eliminate the effects of yeasts. Avoid the use of antibiotics. Th
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According to the MSDS cover sheet Thionin is a non-hazard, it doesn't affect your body look at this site for more info:\n\nhttp://physchem.ox.ac.uk/MSDS/TH/thionin.html
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Maybe this well help...\n\nhttp://www.valueseek.com/glutathione/
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Sulphuric acid is a strong oxidizing agent and does not complex ions easily. It thus is a wonderful reagent to activate ions for study.
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The brain floats in a cushion of cerebral fluids and when a blow is strong enough to overcome the cushioning, the brain is diffusely affected; the whole brain is shocked. The brain can spend up to a week in hyper-metabolic activity, taking in many nutrients, before it recovers.
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it could cause brain farts
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There is a school of thought that there is no such thing as sulphurous acid, that what is referred to as sulphurous acid is merely a solution of sulphur dioxide in water,\n\nHaving said that, "sulphurous acid" is a mild reductant and might reduce aqua regia, which is a strong oxidant due to the nitric acid content.  In practice, dilution would be more important than than the reduction using sulphurous acid but you could get the effect by bubbling gaseous sulphur dioxide through the aqua regia.\n\nIn point of fact, I have my doubts whether sulphur dioxide would act as a reductant under these conditions; I suspect the kinetics would be very slow.  If it did, you might see reduction of gold to metal or possibly precipitation of gold chloride.
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It is a heavy, COLORLESS gas with an odor like a struck match. It is toxic and unprotected proximity to it may cause serious harm to health and or death. This gas combines easily with water vapor, forming aerosols of sulfurous acid (H2SO3), a colorless, mildly corrosive liquid. This liquid may then combine with oxygen in the air, forming the even more irritating and corrosive sulfuric acid (H2SO4).
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Carbon itself doesn't do anything at room temperature up to boiling point with sulfuric acid. Might just swim on it and adsorb a little of it (this being a process which gives out a little heat).\n\nIn case your carbon contains impurities, these might react with sulfuric acid and give out some smell and also colour and sediments, depending what the impurities are.\n\n(But the creation of CS2 as mentioned in GforGenius' answer in my opinion is just a joke against people who want to escape from doing their homework from their books and go the easy way on yahoo. If stinks something, the odour mostly comes from H2S (=rotten egg), because impure carbon depending on its origin might contain metallsulfides).
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The people who thought you were stupid, would KNOW you are stupid if you do it.\n\nWish I knew the details of the effects to help you.  I'm pretty sure that it destroys brain cells and thus causing brain damage.\n\nI guess that means that if you weren't stupid before sniffing, you would be after sniffing.\n\nBest Wishes,\n\nSue
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No.  You get more "wrinkles" in your brain which increases the surface area of the brain without increasing its volume.
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Look at USES\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfur_dioxide
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Sulfites (also sulphite) are compounds that contain the sulfite ion (SO3)2−. They are often used as preservatives in wines (to prevent spoilage and oxidation), dried fruits, and dried potato products.\n\nThe bisulfite ion is the HSO3− ion. It is the conjugate base of sulfurous acid, H2SO3. Salts containing the HSO3− ion are bisulfite [salt]s It is a weakly acidic substance which has a pKa of 6.97. It can be found in acid compounds used in high school science experiments and not much use anywhere else
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I'm a RN who has taught Nursing for over 20 years in numerous clinical settings.  I am so sorry to hear about your father's health problems and I understand your concern about how to best manage the symptoms medically.  You have described his lab results and present symptoms very well.  Except for the constipation which can be quite easily managed, the remainder of his symptoms are significant CNS symptoms causing his brain dysfunction.  I agree with his doctors' provisional diagnosis based on the medical/clinical information you presented and also encourage you to facilitate chelation therapy  for your dad as soon as possible.  BAL is a harmless compound used for binding the mercuric ion to it but the therapeutic usefulness of BAL depends on its immediate administration at the acute onset of the mercury poisoning.   I think that it would be no longer useful for your dad.  I believe that your dad is experiencing chronic mercury poisoning  and Penicillamine may well be the drug of choice.  Penicillamine can be administered orally and appears to chelate mercury selectively, with considerably less effect on copper, which is essential to many metabolic processes.  Your dad's copper level was borderline low so you would want to preserve as much copper as possible which Penicillamine does.  Penicillamine has an advantage of being well absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract and promotes the excretion of mercury in the urine.  N-Acetyl-dl-penicillamine is even more effective than Penicillamine in protecting against the effects of mercury on the brain, probably because it is more resistant to metabolic degradation, and it has the advantage of being less toxic.  I'm not as familiar with the use of DMSA or DMPS as chelating agents for mercury removal from the brain.  Also you did not mention your dad's kidney function.  Mercury is highly toxic to the kidneys and I suggest that the functioning of his kidneys be evaluated.  I also suggest that your dad be assessed by a neurologist as soon as possible if that has not yet occurred due to the serious CNS symptoms that your dad is presently experiencing.  I wish your dad God's blessings and healing touch.  Good luck to you.
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If you ate a lot of something that has sulfa or sulfur dioxide as an ingredient, it can cause stomach ache and egg burps.
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It's not much, but try these two sites:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioxidants\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfur-reducing_bacteria
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sulfur- you can get it at the health food store with the homeopathic remedies