Re, Lots about , chicken pox etc...

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Did you have your child have the vaccine for chicken pox? Just wondering?

Hope 's doing better today!

Carol

I can't really offer any answers as my son had chicken pox at 9 months

old - almost 3 yrs before he had his frist seizure.

I just wanted you to know that I am thinking about you and and

praying for a quick recovery for him so you can get him back home and stable

once again. Please keep us posted!

Jenn

DeEtte Person wrote:

-- BIG HUGS!!!

To be honest, I don't have many answers except on the

chicken pox. What people (especially neuros) fail to

realize is that if something is triggering seizures --

that's what needs to be addressed. All the drugs in

the world -- and the ketogenic diet -- is not going to

stop that. It may raise that thresh-hold a bit, but

with something like chicken pox -- which affects the

nerves -- it's not going to give you much protection.

Here's my guess -- he's probably had the chicken pox

in his system ever since your bout this spring.

Actually, the chicken pox is a virus that stays in all

or our systems once we've had it. That's why often

older adults who've had the chicken pox will develop

shingles -- and they're citing that as a future side

effect of the chicken pox vaccine. Now, something has

triggered his system so he's expressing the virus like

crazy.

This too shall pass. He will get back to the control

he had. But then -- what you need to do, if you can

-- is find someone who can help to "calm the virus."

This is exactly what we've been dealing with with

. Once she got the chicken pox (and she was not

on the diet) -- her seizures went wild, landing her in

a status state on a respirator in the ICU. She also

has a form of the oral herpes virus (cold sores) which

is what triggered her seizures in the first place.

The chicken pox is also a form of the herpes virus --

herpes zoster.

We've been working with a homeopath and a naturopath

on this. The homeopath has given us homeopathic drops

which she takes each day and the naturopath has begun

working with a form of accupuncture with magnets that

helps "push the virus down." You can't make it go

away, but you can help the body be more in balance to

better deal with the virus.

Obviously, this is not something you can do now.

Focus on getting him well and home -- again, this too

shall pass. Know that there are very few

conventionally trained MDs who are going to make this

correlation. Once he's stable -- I would try to seek

some alternatives and see if you can address the

underlying issue here, which is the virus (or perhaps

many viruses).

Hang in there. . . I really feel for you. This has to

be so difficult for you and for him. . . When had

the chicken pox, she only had a few spots, so I

thought she'd just had a light case. In reality, she

didn't express the virus in the right way and it

manifested in more seizures. It sounds very similar

to what you're dealing with with .

Take care and keep us posted. I need to run, but I'll

look over your e-mail later and see if anything else

"pops out."--D

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