Re: OT: Yeast/gut questions

[Guest guest]

> How do you know if your child has yeast issues?

I have info here

http://www.danasview.net/yeast.htm

>> He never has solid

> BM's. He has often had dark, sand-like grains in his BM's and

> occasionally his BM's have been greenish and sometimes they

> are " fluffy " .

Fluffy can be yeast. Green is usually undigested food, or eating

foods that are green or blue, or a bile production issue. Sand-like

grains that are dark, can be many things.

>>The only time

> he ever seems to have solid BM's is when he has a cold.

Is this because he is not eating while sick, or because he is on

medication? Can you determine why this might be?

Before we

> started GF/CF, he would be up crying most nights and gassy. He

> rarely does that anymore, but we can't seem to correct his

> digestion.

If you suspect a food issue, you can consider rotating foods to find

other problem foods

http://www.danasview.net/rotation.htm

Or consider enzymes

http://www.houstonni.com/

Some kids have diarrhea because they need zinc.

Dana

[Guest guest]

Hi,

My son had the exact same problem. I traced his problems down to

vitamins and food digestion. At the time, we were using Freeda's

vitamins. They have 20mg iron. We removed the vitamins. He is now

on custom blended vitamins and they work great.

Second, we put him on enzymes(I use a combo of kirkman complete

w/DPP IV and No Fenol from Houston Nauticals) and for the first time

in his life, he had good solid stools and we have not had a problem

in over 6 months.

With better stools came better behaviour. He is still very hyper

but his behavior is much better.

> How do you know if your child has yeast issues? He never has

solid

> BM's. He has often had dark, sand-like grains in his BM's and

> occasionally his BM's have been greenish and sometimes they

> are " fluffy " . I tried taking him off all supplements for a week

to

> see if that was it and started adding them back slowly, but

nothing

> seemed to make a difference. We tried grapefruit seed extract for

a

> week and also gse at lunch with probiotics at dinner. The only

time

> he ever seems to have solid BM's is when he has a cold. Before we

> started GF/CF, he would be up crying most nights and gassy. He

> rarely does that anymore, but we can't seem to correct his

> digestion. We just got his DDI results back and he meets the

> counting rules and is also in the red for arsenic, which they said

> can cause diarrhea. We will hopefully be starting chelation soon,

> which I know can disrupt the body, so I would like to know what to

> look for as far as signs of yeast or any other common side-effects

of

> chelation. We really can't afford any other testing right now so

I

> am kind of shooting in the dark. Any pointers in the right

direction

> would be appreciated. I keep hoping to find " The Book of Poop " at

> our local library, but so far, no luck.

> Thanks for any help,

> ~

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the reply. I will check out your site re:yeast. (Great

site by the way, I checked out the metals section the other day.)

When he has a cold, he may get a dose or two of Motrin the first day

if he has a fever and his eating changes little. We put a vaporizer

on at night for him, but that is about the only change! He will

usually have 1 or 2 solid BM's at the end of his cold and then go

right back to diarrhea.

He was almost in the red (low) for zinc so I will try to up his

consumption of zinc. How much is too much? When you supplement,

should you take into consideration how much he is getting naturally

in food?

I am looking into ways to reduce his exposure, but I may have hit a

wall. We are surrounded by farms that use chemical farming methods.

I am afraid that is where ds is getting the arsenic. Dh would never

agree to move, and we can't afford a reverse-osmosis if it is in the

water. I am working my way through the links on your site - any that

would be better than the others for source removal ideas?

Thank you so much for your help. Our MD thinks I am a little off my

rocker with all this stuff (as well as my in-laws!) so all I have are

the wonderful people on this site and the sites they point me to, and

a few books at our rural library.

Thanks again!

~

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> When he has a cold, he may get a dose or two of Motrin the first day

> if he has a fever and his eating changes little. We put a vaporizer

> on at night for him, but that is about the only change! He will

> usually have 1 or 2 solid BM's at the end of his cold and then go

> right back to diarrhea.

He might have a virus issue, and the fever knocks it back for a few days.

> He was almost in the red (low) for zinc so I will try to up his

> consumption of zinc. How much is too much?

Start at USRDA and work up.

http://www.danasview.net/metals.htm

>> When you supplement,

> should you take into consideration how much he is getting naturally

> in food?

I don't, unless my kids are eating LOTS of a certain food, or if they

are eating foods which are high in certain minerals.

>>I am working my way through the links on your site - any that

> would be better than the others for source removal ideas?

Depends on which minerals/metals you are trying to remove.

> Thank you so much for your help. Our MD thinks I am a little off my

> rocker with all this stuff (as well as my in-laws!)

My family thought I was off my rocker until my

formerly-low-functioning-Kanners-autism child recovered. Now they

give my phone number to all their friends. Not sure this is all that

good tho LOL. My mother says " my daughter cured my grandson with

voodoo stuff that actually WORKS " . I do get many calls tho.

For MDs who ask, I just say " alternative medicine " . I am strange

enough, I don't need any CPS referrals.

Good luck.

Dana