Phases of Skeletal Fluorosis: Normal Bone, Preclinical Phase, Clinical Phase I, Clinical Phase II, Phase III Crippling Fluorosis.
Bette Hileman believes cases of Clinical Phase I and Clinical Phase II skeletal fluorosis are often misdiagnosed as arthritis in the United States.
Bette Hileman is an independent writer and photographer who wrote articles about the environment and health for Chemical & Engineering News, a weekly magazine published by the American Chemical Society, for 27 years. In 1988 she wrote “Fluoridation of Water: Questions about health risks and benefits remain after more than 40 years.” She was surprised to learn that skeletal fluorosis had been studied very little in the United States. She thinks there are many people in the U.S. who have early stages of the disease, before symptoms would cause enough suffering to see a doctor for treatment. Ms. Hileman concludes, “Because some of the clinical symptoms mimic arthritis, the first two clinical phases of skeletal fluorosis could be easily misdiagnosed [as arthritis]...” (p. 33).
Skeletal Fluorosis Phases (Wikipedia (2012)
Bone ash fluoride concentrations are measured when a bone sample is taken from a patient.
| Osteosclerotic phase | Ash concentration (mgF/kg) | Symptoms and signs |
| Normal Bone | 500 to 1,000 | Normal |
| Preclinical Phase | 3,500 to 5,500 | Asymptomatic; slight radiographically-detectable increases in bone mass |
| Clinical Phase I | 6,000 to 7,000 | Sporadic pain; stiffness of joints; osteosclerosis of pelvis and vertebral spine |
| Clinical Phase II | 7,500 to 9,000 | Chronic joint pain; arthritic symptoms; slight calcification of ligaments' increased osteosclerosis and cancellous bones; with/without osteoporosis of long bones |
| Phase III: Crippling Fluorosis | 8,400 | Limitation of joint movement; calcification of ligaments of neck vertebral column; crippling deformities of the spine and major joints; muscle wasting; neurological defects/compression of spinal cord |
Skeletal fluorosis is the most common, severe, and widespread in China and India. The World Health Organization recently estimated that 2.7 million people in China have the crippling form of skeletal fluorosis. In India 20 states have been identified as endemic (constantly occurring) fluorosis areas, causing 60 million people to be at risk of developing the disease. There are 6 million people disabled which can predict about 600,000 of these patients developing a neurological disorder as a consequence. UNICEF estimates that fluorosis is endemic in at least 25 countries across the globe. The total number of people affected is not known for sure, but a conservative estimate would be tens of millions.
Some doctors are aware of skeletal fluorosis, but the early stages are difficult to diagnose. It would be advisable for doctors worldwide to become familiar with this disease and monitor fluoride levels in patients having been diagnosed with arthritis. Skeletal fluorosis is often misdiagnosed as arthritis (Wikipedia, 2012).
Video: China's Battle With Crippling Waters
The video below was filmed by David Kennedy, DDS, his wife, and crew. This biography of Dr. Kennedy is taken directly from the website David Kennedy, DDS, Biography.
"About the Author
DAVID C. KENNEDY, DDS
Background:
Dr. Kennedy is the Past President of the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology. His BA is in Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology from the University of Kansas (1967) and his Doctorate of Dental Surgery is from the University of Missouri (1971).
He is a world lecturer to the dental profession on the safety of dental materials in the human body. His lectures include (among others) addresses to the World Health Organization, the American Dental Society of Europe, the German BGD, and Brazil Rio Eco-Odonto.
More recently, in 1996 he was a presenter at the International Society for Fluoride Research XXI Conference on fluoride (Budapest), and in 1997 was involved in the Canadian Dental Association conference (Toronto) on the use of fluoride drops and tablets.
Dentistry:
Dr. Kennedy keeps in direct touch with patients by continuing a part-time dental practice" (Cornwell, 2012).
This video is exceptionally excellent. It is 29 minutes long, but if you still have some doubts that fluoride is POISONOUS watch the whole thing! :) Watch the reaction of the children when they are having their photos taken and being filmed. They are so cute!
This video was also humbling and upsetting to me. You will see real people who are dealing with the pain of skeletal fluorosis, some being crippled into poverty.
At the end of the video Dr. David Kennedy stated, "We've learned once and for all this is not a communist plot. The largest communist country in the world has literally hundreds of doctors and scientist trying desperately to lower their people's fluoride intake. In the United States today, the National Academy of Sciences has established an upper tolerable intake that is 2 and 1/2 times higher than you saw crippled the parents and ruined the children's teeth. Fluoride is not a
beneficial element. It is a hazardous waste by-product of the nuclear
and phosphate fertilizer industries" (Fluoride Action Network & The International Academy of Oral Medicine Toxicology, 1999).
References
Cornwell, T. (2012) About the Author: David C. Kennedy, DDS. Oral Media Dental Self Sufficiency. Retrieved from Website: http://mizar5.com/kennedy.htm
Fluoride Action Network and the International Academy of Oral Medicine Toxicology. (1999) China’s Battle With Crippling Waters. Video Retrieved from YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MLIfghWc38.
Hileman B. (1988). Fluoridation of water: Questions about health risks and benefits remain after more than 40 years. Chemical and Engineering News, 8/1 26-42. Retrieved from Web site: http://www.fluoridealert.org/hileman-print.htm
Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. (2012). Skeletal Fluorosis. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Retrieved from Website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeletal_fluorosishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeletal_fluorosis
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