Guest guest Posted November 17, 2004 Report Share Posted November 17, 2004 Hello All, Does anyone hear have any experience with IgA deficiency? We are having my 13 month old daughter evaluated for this right now. Her symptoms included eczema from birth, sensitivity to gluten and dairy, lots of colds, and fungal problems. I have a cousin who was recently diagnosed with IgA deficiency, and her doctor suggested that all of us be tested. Eliana (my DD) recently had to go on fluconazole because she had almost a month long oral thrush infection which would not go away with Nystatin. She also had candida on her skin. I've started her on some Primal Defense. I was wondering if her blood test results might be skewed because she is breastfeeding? Would the IgA she is receiving from me show up in her blood? Any wisdom concerning this condition would be appreciated... Blessings, Holly Whittemore hwhittemore@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 17, 2004 Report Share Posted November 17, 2004 Yes Holly, Anything that you are eating, drinking, and doing/being exposed to will show up in your beastmilk, and therefore in the baby. I don't know whether the results would be skewed because you are breastfeeding though, since allergies " run in the family " . Have you eliminated the things from your diet that she is allergic to? Have you considered enviornmental allergies? The last experience I had with that many medicines was when my dd was a baby (now almost 12)... turned out that the problems all went away when I refused to give her any more medicines (I had watched her get worse with every stronger one the doctor tried.) That was my first clue that she was chemically sensitive, although I didn't realize it for another 5 years after that. Are you replacing the intestinal flora that the drugs are killing off? That will create a lot of those symptoms too. And then there is all of the detoxing she will need to do to get the chemicals out (will probably show up in the form of more eczema and colds). Are you seeing a naturopathic doctor, or one that at least follows the WAP principles? Conventional doctors are generally ignorant of the true role of nutrition in health. I hope you can find the answers that you are looking for, and can solve your daughter's health problems. I wish you all the best luck, and if you want more help in the nutrition/ drug free department, just ask! L. > > Does anyone hear have any experience with IgA deficiency? We are having my > 13 month old > daughter evaluated for this right now. Her symptoms included eczema from > birth, sensitivity to > gluten and dairy, lots of colds, and fungal problems. I have a cousin > who was recently diagnosed with IgA deficiency, and her doctor suggested > that all of us be tested. Eliana (my DD) recently had to go on fluconazole > because > she had almost a month long oral thrush infection which would not go away > with Nystatin. > She also had candida on her skin. I've started her on some Primal Defense. > I was wondering > if her blood test results might be skewed because she is breastfeeding? > Would the IgA she is > receiving from me show up in her blood? > > Any wisdom concerning this condition would be appreciated... > > Blessings, > Holly Whittemore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 18, 2004 Report Share Posted November 18, 2004 >Does anyone hear have any experience with IgA deficiency? We are having my 13 month old >daughter evaluated for this right now. Her symptoms included eczema from birth, sensitivity to >gluten and dairy, lots of colds, and fungal problems. I don't know much about it, but folks with gluten sensitivity have it more than the general population. IgA is used to fight bacteria and viruses in the body, so not having it makes it harder to fight off stuff. http://www.primaryimmune.org/pubs/book_pats/e_ch04.pdf This says 1 in 500 individuals is deficient in IgA ... but among gluten intolerant folks, it's more like 3 in 100. Since gluten intolerance is tested by testing the levels of IgA, those folks often don't get diagnosed. But to date no one seems sure WHY the two are related. Heidi Jean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 18, 2004 Report Share Posted November 18, 2004 >>This says 1 in 500 individuals is deficient in IgA ... but among gluten intolerant folks, it's more like 3 in 100. Since gluten intolerance is tested by testing the levels of IgA, those folks often don't get diagnosed. But to date no one seems sure WHY the two are related.<< ~~~Well, you seem to know more about it than I do. Are you saying that, if a person does not have a deficiency of IgA, he won't be gluten intolerant? Or is that too big a leap? Carol Heidi Jean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 18, 2004 Report Share Posted November 18, 2004 >~~~Well, you seem to know more about it than I do. Are you saying that, if a person does not have a deficiency of IgA, he won't be gluten intolerant? Or is that too big a leap? >Carol No ... most gluten intolerant folks aren't IgA deficient. Just that more of them are IgA deficient than other groups, which is an interesting " coincidence " . Since gluten intolerance seems to trigger autoimmune disorders, and IgA defiency seems to be an autoimmune disorder ... then gluten intolerance might trigger the IgA deficiency. IF that is the case (and I don't know that it is) then there might be hope ... Heidi Jean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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