Re: Dana - Vit A

[Guest guest]

> " figure " out that the amount of vit A I have been using (20,000 IU/day in

>divided doses) maybe toomuch for him, as he developed skin rashes and

>headaches.

This sounds very similar to us. Where are the rashes located?

[Guest guest]

They began on his face, and then hands, then torso area. I kept thinking

they were poison ivy. But ultimatly it was the vit A, when we removed that

they all healed up and no more broke out.

Kim

Re: [ ] Dana - Vit A

> " figure " out that the amount of vit A I have been using (20,000 IU/day in

>divided doses) maybe toomuch for him, as he developed skin rashes and

>headaches.

This sounds very similar to us. Where are the rashes located?

[Guest guest]

RE: [ ] Dana - Vit A

They began on his face, and then hands, then torso area. I kept thinking

they were poison ivy. But ultimatly it was the vit A, when we removed that

they all healed up and no more broke out.

We had done the high A protocol and had been on a maintenance dose for some

time when our little guy developed a rash which was limited to just under his

right eye.

What was interesting to note was the rash occured with the Allergy A. When we

removed the A the rash went right away.

Months later we began again supplementing Allergy A @ 20,000 IU per day. We

continued for a about a week with no indications of the previous rash. After

about seven or eight days he received A in the morning all seemed OK. Then late

in the evening he had a BM and the same rash broke out, but this time it

traveled from below his right eye to cover his whole face and chin.

[Guest guest]

> I have always felt my son's primary issue was with the mercury b/c

that's

> when his problems started...at 2 weeks when he got a booster HepB to

the one

> at day 1 in the hospital, then ANOTHER booster at 1 month... I can

see now,

> in retrospect, that is when his sensory issues just went crazy and

all the

> behaviors that go with that...We have been chelating since January

and he is

> making slow, gradual gains.

My son was autistic from HepB at birth.

> Here is my questions regarding Vit A therapy. How do you know if

that may be

> an issue...

For my son, he had visual stims that did not decrease much, no matter

what I did. It made sense to me that measles virus was sucking out

all the vitamin A. He also was lutein/carotene intolerant until the

very end of chelation, when he was 7-1/2 years old.

>>he had his 1st MMR at 15 months , and at 17 months all the ear

> infections started and continued for 17 ear infections before the sinus

> infections, yadda, yadda yadda. Then his development just took a

year " off "

> he digressed some, but mostly just stopped developing language, play

skills,

> and fine motor stuff. Does this sound like virus issues?

It might be. My son never developed, so I really don't know. It does

sound to me more like mercury than virus tho.

>>I am hesitant about

> high-dose vit a therapy. I have posted before and you have helped me to

> " figure " out that the amount of vit A I have been using (20,000

IU/day in

> divided doses) maybe toomuch for him, as he developed skin rashes and

> headaches.

Yes, those are signs of toxicity. If he gets those signs at 20,000

IU, then it is highly likely that he does NOT need the high dose protocol.

Consider olive leaf extract, that was also VERY helpful for my son

[see previous message].

>>Your recent recommendation for me was to try him again in a

> month, or so, back on the vit A and see how he does.

Once the rash is gone, I would try giving him 10,000 IU per day, see

how he does. If the rash/headaches come back, stop it again.

Dana