TrixieStix
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The Kayser-Fleishcher Rings are only found with Wilson's disease. Your family doctor should be able to check your eyes for these, but also an opthamologist could do it. You can have high levels of copper and not have Wilson's disease, Wilson's is due to a genetic problem. High copper usually correlates well with overmethylation and usually occurs in tandem with zinc deficiency. Some people just have a reduced ability to eliminated copper from their system, usually when zinc deficient, so it is critical to test your levels for both of these nutrients and possibly a few others. I do recommend Hair mineral testing, it is one of the cheapest ways to screen for this and to detect any other nutrient imbalances. Standard lab testing is not the way to go on this one, it is not a reliable indicator of what is in your tissues.
This is incorrect. There are multiples diseases that can cause Keyser-Fleischer rings. They are as follows:
-Wilson's Disease
-Cholestasis
-Primary biliary cirrhosis
-Cryptogenic Cirrhosis
-Chronic copper poisoning
http://www.rightdiagnosis.com/symptoms/kayser_fleischer_rings/causes.htm