Re: My son never gets sick

[Guest guest]

I don't know what to tell you. My ASD daughter is also rarely sick. I think she's missed 4 days of school in two years, and she is 5; that's two years of pre-k and sick 4 days... I think that's pretty good.

My son (3.5) always has the sniffles... I believe from food allergies; we are working on finding those.

 

I'm not sure what to think about this. My 6-year-old with ASD used to get sick all the time. We have pictures of him from 18 months old up to around 3 1/2 years old with a constant runny nose. He was on antibiotics a lot because of ear infections, etc., and from what I understand now, that is pretty typical for children on the spectrum. In the past 2 years, however, I don't recall my son having so much as a sniffle, which would indicate to me that his immune system is just not right. I will add, however, that his older NT sister is also never ill (both of them received certificates for perfect attendance at school this year).

Our family follows the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, and we eat nothing but organic foods, grass fed beef/pork, pastured chicken/eggs, etc. Both children also receive CLO every day, as well as vitamin supplements. Should I be concerned that they don't get sick, or is this pretty typical of someone who eats such a pure diet. Both of their teachers are completely amazed with how healthy they are, but I'm worried that their immune system isn't getting a proper " workout " , if you will.

Thank you for your responses.

Cole, 6, ASD.

-- Toni------Mind like a steel trap...Rusty and illegal in 37 states.

[Guest guest]

This could absolutely be a sign of a problem, but could also be a clue to helping your child overcome the autism.

 

With some of our kids their immune system is over-active and even attacks their own bodies. If your child never gets sick that could be a sign that this is what's going on with him.

 

If you don't already have a DAN Dr., I would get one and ask about immune system testing and options such as IVIG (immuno-globulin administered through an IV). There is some minimal risk with this treatment, however, since the IVIG is taken from donors, but some children have shown dramatic results after getting this treatment.

 

My son had IVIG for a different reason - he had a severe allergic reaction to a medication, which caused his immune system to go into overdrive. To stop the allergic reaction he had to have the IVIG.

 

 

 

I don't know what to tell you. My ASD daughter is also rarely sick. I think she's missed 4 days of school in two years, and she is 5; that's two years of pre-k and sick 4 days... I think that's pretty good.

My son (3.5) always has the sniffles... I believe from food allergies; we are working on finding those.

 

I'm not sure what to think about this. My 6-year-old with ASD used to get sick all the time. We have pictures of him from 18 months old up to around 3 1/2 years old with a constant runny nose. He was on antibiotics a lot because of ear infections, etc., and from what I understand now, that is pretty typical for children on the spectrum. In the past 2 years, however, I don't recall my son having so much as a sniffle, which would indicate to me that his immune system is just not right. I will add, however, that his older NT sister is also never ill (both of them received certificates for perfect attendance at school this year).

Our family follows the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, and we eat nothing but organic foods, grass fed beef/pork, pastured chicken/eggs, etc. Both children also receive CLO every day, as well as vitamin supplements. Should I be concerned that they don't get sick, or is this pretty typical of someone who eats such a pure diet. Both of their teachers are completely amazed with how healthy they are, but I'm worried that their immune system isn't getting a proper " workout " , if you will.

Thank you for your responses.Cole, 6, ASD.

-- Toni------Mind like a steel trap...Rusty and illegal in 37 states.

-- Robin Broylesrabroyles@...H - C -

[Guest guest]

I would think this means your children are so sick that exposure to minor

infections don't even elicit a response from the immune system. Look into lyme

and virus testing.

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> I'm not sure what to think about this. My 6-year-old with ASD used to get

sick all the time. We have pictures of him from 18 months old up to around 3 1/2

years old with a constant runny nose. He was on antibiotics a lot because of ear

infections, etc., and from what I understand now, that is pretty typical for

children on the spectrum. In the past 2 years, however, I don't recall my son

having so much as a sniffle, which would indicate to me that his immune system

is just not right. I will add, however, that his older NT sister is also never

ill (both of them received certificates for perfect attendance at school this

year).

>

> Our family follows the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, and we eat nothing but

organic foods, grass fed beef/pork, pastured chicken/eggs, etc. Both children

also receive CLO every day, as well as vitamin supplements. Should I be

concerned that they don't get sick, or is this pretty typical of someone who

eats such a pure diet. Both of their teachers are completely amazed with how

healthy they are, but I'm worried that their immune system isn't getting a

proper " workout " , if you will.

>

> Thank you for your responses.

>

>

> Cole, 6, ASD.

>

[Guest guest]

this is a sign of the common hyper hypo immune reaction, meaning at one time he was so sick and it went unknown or his immune system was over whelmed that it shut down and stopped reacting at all. doesn't mean he is NOT sick, just means he can't respond. (vacinations can do this) can a be a combo of allergy reaction, metals, and viral issues and it's to much and puts it into over drive then shut down. this is in common play to TH1 and TH2 responce being burned. LDN can help bring it back into balence but you may find him sick when you first start out as he is FINALLY addressing viral issues that may be barried there.

Re: My son never gets sick

This could absolutely be a sign of a problem, but could also be a clue to helping your child overcome the autism.

With some of our kids their immune system is over-active and even attacks their own bodies. If your child never gets sick that could be a sign that this is what's going on with him.

If you don't already have a DAN Dr., I would get one and ask about immune system testing and options such as IVIG (immuno-globulin administered through an IV). There is some minimal risk with this treatment, however, since the IVIG is taken from donors, but some children have shown dramatic results after getting this treatment.

My son had IVIG for a different reason - he had a severe allergic reaction to a medication, which caused his immune system to go into overdrive. To stop the allergic reaction he had to have the IVIG.

On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 9:32 AM, Toni Marie Lombardo <bellbabygmail> wrote:

I don't know what to tell you. My ASD daughter is also rarely sick. I think she's missed 4 days of school in two years, and she is 5; that's two years of pre-k and sick 4 days... I think that's pretty good.

My son (3.5) always has the sniffles... I believe from food allergies; we are working on finding those.

On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 8:06 AM, Mischa <mamamischaearthlink (DOT) net> wrote:

I'm not sure what to think about this. My 6-year-old with ASD used to get sick all the time. We have pictures of him from 18 months old up to around 3 1/2 years old with a constant runny nose. He was on antibiotics a lot because of ear infections, etc., and from what I understand now, that is pretty typical for children on the spectrum. In the past 2 years, however, I don't recall my son having so much as a sniffle, which would indicate to me that his immune system is just not right. I will add, however, that his older NT sister is also never ill (both of them received certificates for perfect attendance at school this year).Our family follows the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, and we eat nothing but organic foods, grass fed beef/pork, pastured chicken/eggs, etc. Both children also receive CLO every day, as well as vitamin supplements. Should I be concerned that they don't get sick, or is this pretty typical of someone who eats such a pure diet. Both of their teachers are completely amazed with how healthy they are, but I'm worried that their immune system isn't getting a proper "workout", if you will.Thank you for your responses.Cole, 6, ASD.

-- Toni------Mind like a steel trap...Rusty and illegal in 37 states.

-- Robin BroylesrabroylesgmailH - C -

[Guest guest]

Every child on the spectrum should have some basic immunity labs

checked. IgG, IgA, IgM. Dr. Rossignol ran labs on our son and we

found out he has a very serious immune deficiency. He receives monthly

IVIG for this now.

Pamela

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Subject: My son never gets sick

I'm not sure what to think about this. My

6-year-old with ASD used to get sick all the time. We have pictures of him from

18 months old up to around 3 1/2 years old with a constant runny nose. He was

on antibiotics a lot because of ear infections, etc., and from what I

understand now, that is pretty typical for children on the spectrum. In the

past 2 years, however, I don't recall my son having so much as a sniffle, which

would indicate to me that his immune system is just not right. I will add,

however, that his older NT sister is also never ill (both of them received

certificates for perfect attendance at school this year).

Our family follows the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, and we eat nothing but

organic foods, grass fed beef/pork, pastured chicken/eggs, etc. Both children

also receive CLO every day, as well as vitamin supplements. Should I be

concerned that they don't get sick, or is this pretty typical of someone who

eats such a pure diet. Both of their teachers are completely amazed with how

healthy they are, but I'm worried that their immune system isn't getting a

proper " workout " , if you will.

Thank you for your responses.

Cole, 6, ASD.

[Guest guest]

The theory that goes with what you described is as follows. We are

carriers of latent pathogens, but they are slow growing, so our immune

system can keep them in check. Upon receiving vaccines or getting ill

or some other stress that decreases the immune system, these latent

pathogens now get a foothold and take over. We then end up chronically

ill. I would suggest to your other family members with Lupus to try out

the autism biomed treatments. I had many MS symptoms which the general

biomed treaments for autism keep under control. I had one that

regressed slowly as well. It was harrowing really. All of a sudden I

realized he could no longer talk. It started off gradually at 3 1/2 as

a stutter. It kept getting worse, but because it was so gradual, I

didn't freak out until I found myself repeating every thing he said due

to it becoming gibberish. I was scared. But, he came back the fastest,

at least in regaining speech. Mine that were slow to develop speech,

took a couple of years of biomed to get to normal speech. My mother had

Lupus. I think we all have the same pathogens. For us, it's tickborne

pathogens. We also have chronic Strep, and all those viruses everyone

talks about.

Love and prayers,

Heidi N

Thank you all for your responses. I kind of suspected that it had

something to do with his immune system, I just wasn't sure what.

Something else that is interesting to note. When Cole was about 2 1/2

years old he and his sister came down with some sort of bug that laid

them both out for about 4 days with fever and vomiting. It seems shortly

after this we began to slowly lose Cole. It was hard to tell, however,

because he disappeared very slowly and gradually like a dimmer switch,

which is the main reason he wasn't even diagnosed until one month before

his 4th birthday.