Guest guest Posted April 20, 2007 Report Share Posted April 20, 2007 http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/fungalinfections.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 20, 2007 Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 Thank you so much . You guys are great and have a huge wealth of information. I wish I had known all of this when my children were born. My kids were doing well two years ago when I had restricted milk and sugars from their diet. I then placed them into a full ABA program last year and started giving them candy for reinforcers. I know that was a stupid move but finding reinforcers for my children was the most difficult task. My younger son is now using a token system and works for Legos so that has improved dramatically but I will have to ask the school if they could do something physical with (piggy back rides, go outside, swing, etc.) For the last several weeks, has been placing his hands over his ears which is exactly what did when he was 10 months old. The doctor checked his ears and said they were fine but she thinks it could have been a reaction to the thrush. Looking back, I wonder if that is exactly what suffered from when he was 10 months old. I am going to talk to my doctor about and see if she will work with me on this. If not, I will look for another. Meanwhile, I am trying to catch up on all of this but I will start off with eliminating sugars and milk and I will definitely let all of you know how is doing since he started the antifungal last Friday. All the best, Jill --- <thecolemans4@...> wrote: > Hi Jill - > I have responses in the text below @ ***>... > > > --- Jill Boyer <sjillboyer@...> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I am rather new to this list and joined because I > > have > > two ASD children and both sides of their family > > suffer > > from autoimmunity diseases. My children has an > aunt > > with CFIDS and has been suffering from it since > 1998 > > and I have an aunt with fibromylagia. Both sides > of > > our family have diabetes (not obsesity related) > and > > my > > grandmother had an overactive thyroid. > ***** Autoimmunity is defintely related, and CFIDS > and > autism have like 90% similar findings, and > NeuroSPECTs > show the same pattern of blood flow in the brain, as > well as the same immune panels, symptoms, etc. It > is > hypothesized that the age of onset (CFIDS in > teens/adults vs infants/toddlers) determines the > manifestation of symtoms, and that the diminished > blood flow caused by the disorder/dysfunction in the > developing brain is responsible for the majority of > symptoms... ie a form of sickness behavior. > > > > My question is this, do any of you (with ASD) or > > your > > children with ASD have problems with fungal > > infections? Both of my children (9 and 6) have had > > strep but my nine year old had ringworm last > winter > > and spring and now he has thrush. His behaviours > > always spikes during this and for me, it is the > > first > > sign that something is not right with him. He was > > prescribed Fluconazole (liquid) - 4ml the first > day > > and then 2ml for the next 13 days. > **** My youngest non-ASD son, when he was born until > 15-18months old, would wake screaming throughout the > night from tummy pain, never sleeping more than an > hour and a half, and it totally resolved w/Diflucan, > came back when it was stopped. My oldest had > several > bouts of thrush, but when he was put on diflucan, > major changes happened (for the better) in his > speech > and sensory processing. They both do very well when > on antifungals. I have had repeated thrush lately > since I caught strep for the first time in years in > Jan 2003 and have had problems with it since. I > feel > much better on antifungals too. > > Whether it's directly due to fungal infections I > can't > absolutely say, because there are other things > affected by the antifungals as well, and sometimes > the > response to antifungals occured faster than the > infection was stopped. But we do have them more > than > we should. > > It is likely due to a defect in cellular immunity, > possibly low Natural Killer cells (NKs) or poor NK > function. This can be a result of chronic viral > infection. Also, other findings are often low > immunoglobulins, sometimes just in the IgG > subclasses, > etc. They are typically not low enough to warrant > intervention according to current mainstream > criteria, > so you have to have a doctor particularly interested > in immune dysfunction for them to be particularly > motivated to treat them. > > > > For the life of me, I don't understand how he gets > > this. I brush his teeth regularly (and he is in a > > teeth brushing ABA program at school). When he had > > ringworm, the teacher asked me if we had a dog > > (which > > we do not). > **** It's just so easy to have ... yeast is in most > people, and in our kids, it's difficult to eradicate > w/out reducing carbs and sugar pretty drastically > and > having long-term antifungal therapy. Also, low > strain > probiotics can be very helpful, ie acidophilus, or > kryodophilus. Don't buy into the big strain kinds - > they can set off the wrong parts of the immune > system. > (They can get better w/out antifungals, but the > antifungals are quite helpful.) > > > > > I spoke to my sister-in-law yesterday (she has > > CFIDS) > > and she told me that her father had thrush and she > > got > > it when she had a growth on her tongue removed. > What > > is really strange about this is that she came down > > with CFIDS several months after her operation on > her > > tongue. It took her well over a year to be > diagnosed > > with it but she was definitely sick after her > > operation. > ***** Probably got a lot of bacteria in her > bloodstream. Surgery is a known potential trigger > of > CFIDS. > > > > > One more note, both of my children also suffer > from > > strep and were treated with it when I lived in > > Germany > > but I struggle here in Ohio to get them tested for > > it. > ***** Frequent antibiotic use will certainly > contribute to thrush, and in my case, when I have > strep, I get thrush too whether or not I have > antibiotics. It's a sign of the immune system being > stressed or not responding appropriately. But you > must must must treat the strep. Request strep tests > regardless of the absence of symptoms. When it > comes > back positive and they say " Oh they must just be > carriers " ... do not fall for that one, but rather > insist on antibodies. If your pediatrician won't > test, I'd go to the doc-in-the-box - they're far > less > resistant to doing testing if you request it. > > Do they get OCD or high anxiety w/strep? > > > > > > I would appreciate any knowledge you may have on > > fungal infections and what I can do to prevent > this > > from happening again. > > > > Thank you, > > > > Jill > > ***HTH- > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ > Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship > answers from someone who knows. Answers - > Check it out. > http://answers./dir/?link=list & sid=396545433 > ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ Choose the right car based on your needs. Check out Autos new Car Finder tool. http://autos./carfinder/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 20, 2007 Report Share Posted August 20, 2007 Jill, God bless you. We all have regrets about things we did in the past (why did I let my son have so much cheese? Well, he screamed for it until I thought I would go insane... I didn't know about yet but I knew he should have a more balanced diet...). As parents we are struggling so much (even early on... even before we know our children ore " affected " by something) that until we can get some knowledge and some support, many of us have literally been in survival mode. It's hard enough even after we have support, but to me this group has made all the difference. In addition, as the kids get better (even a smidge better), things do get easier. A 20 minute screaming fit beats a 2 hour one by a mile. Hang in there! Caroline > I then placed them into a full > ABA program last year and started giving them candy > for reinforcers. I know that was a stupid move but > finding reinforcers for my children was the most > difficult task. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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