RE: transplant pt and unda numbers-Q

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- how low is her WBC? This is the marker we used on whether or not

to use probiotics. SacroB would be a great choice if her WBC is high enough

- and you could make a case for the level that they would be willing to

agree.

Judy Fulop, ND

Chicago

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>Subject: transplant pt and unda numbers-Q

>Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 21:47:15 -0000

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>Hello all,

>

>I've recently started treating a 3yo little girl who was born with partial

>agenesis of the

>left heart. Because she was infected with a parainfluenza viruses at 4

>weeks during the

>second of a series of corrective surgeries, the operation was unsuccessful

>and she had a heart transplant at 5mos of age.

>

>She was growing and thriving fairly well until she went to Paris with mom

>and dad last spring where she developed gastritis (microbe not known).

>After tx with antibiotics she developed a mild case of eczema last summer.

>

>Last fall she was treated with more antibiotics for a UTI, then more for

>pneumonia

>a month later. By december she was having severe gastric issues and was

>diagnosed

>with C. difficile.

>

>She's since been battling on and off with C. difficile and worsening eczem,

>being treated

>with antibiotics and now presents with another UTI.

>

>The challenge is that the pharmacist at the hospital has to approve

>anything the girl takes

>to make sure it's not interacting with her immunosuppressant drugs, natural

>product or

>no. (And the parents are going along with this for now.)

>

>On our first visit the C. diff was neg've so I gave her:

>HMF powder 1/4 tsp tid

>Fruit EFA 1tsp bid

>hypoallergenic diet (but mom only eliminated choc, peanuts and milk-since

>she

>wanted her to gain a little weight)

>Unda 270 oinment prn

>oatmeal baths

>

>Then the C. diff came back and we looked into Saccharomyces but due to her

>immunosuppression the hospital was too afraid of a super-infection.

>

>My question is, can I use the undas for UTI without stimulating her immune

>system or potentiating the drugs? Any other suggestions for C. difficile?

>Am planning on giving her a constitutional remedy, maybe some garlic and

>cranberry but I feel like my hands are tied.

>

>Thanks so much for your help,

>

> Cincurak ND

>Toronto, ON Canada

>