How do you know if you have high copper? You can go by symptoms, but that's pretty inaccurate. Um, the two major symptoms from high copper that we deal with on a daily basis are migraines, which is I call them copper migraines. Um, which is more common. I think it's the majority of migraines. Actually, I'm
beginning to think that because of the last 206 patients I've seen with migraines, 204 of them were copper problems and got dramatically better. So, so it's either migraines or it's fibromyalgia with stiffness and soreness in your neck and shoulders mostly even for the mild
cases. But the real way to tell you do a get a serum copper or serum zinc and a ceru plasmine level and you can run a formula called the NCC. You can get it from my office or it's on our substack or it's on our website um or from Lois.
It's it's also posted in the featured section on our private page and then you run the formula and answer seven is the one you want. If you're above 20% you have a copper problem and usually you're going to have significant fibromyalis
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Non-ceruloplasmin copper calculator
Use your zinc, total copper, and ceruloplasmin blood results to estimate NCC and the copper:zinc ratio.
How this estimate works
This uses the formula in Dr. Purser’s handout: NCC (µg/dL) = total copper (µg/dL) − 3 × ceruloplasmin (mg/dL). NCC percentage = NCC ÷ total copper × 100. Copper:zinc ratio = total copper ÷ zinc, using the same units.
Calculated NCC is an estimate. Test methods and how much copper is bound to ceruloplasmin can affect it. It differs from a direct lab measurement of labile or exchangeable copper. It cannot diagnose fibromyalgia or copper toxicity, or choose treatment for you. Read about the limits of calculated NCC at Mayo Clinic Laboratories ↗
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