Re: severe gastroenteritis

[Guest guest]

My son was dx with severe bowel disease by Dr. Krigsman. I'm not sure that

we're in the same situation but, you may want to google him and read his stuff.

If you want more info about our experience w/ him just let me know.

JLJukoski@... wrote: My son had a KUB today and was diagnosed with severe

gastroenteritis (by our

pediatrician - not a DAN! dr. but sympathetic). The pediatrician (who sees

other ASD kids) said it was the most severe case he has seen. My son's belly

is hugely distended because his gut is filled with gas. My son has been

having constipation issues as well. For him, constipation, causes aggressive

and mean behavior. I don't think he even realizes what he is doing. He often

produces the really big brick BMs (a foot long and 3 inches wide) that clog

the toilet. We frequently have to use the plunger. I have been making my son

sit on the potty to produce 4-5 BMs per day. That results is really great -

pretty much perfect, happy kid behavior. But if I don't force him to sit on

the potty, he will just not have a BM for a very long time. He does not

feel when he need to have a BM. In addition, my son leaks BM throughout the

day. His BM is frequently very thick and cakey in his underwear. He goes

through a few pairs of underwear per day - and I am basically washing diapers!

He

has a lot of super stinky gas. He throws up easily at random times.

Sometimes we will go weeks without throw up, then he will throw up a few times

in

one week. There appears to not be a reason. Regarding yeast, he does have

yeast. We are doing a natural yeast protocol that seems to be working. He

does not have clostridia. Regarding diet, he is Feingold and recently (because

of these gut issues) GFCF. Also soy free. His diet consists mostly of meat

and vegetables - most everything is organic/kosher. Any suggestions and

help would be very appreciated. Thanks!

[Guest guest]

Gastroenteritis is defined as inflammation of the lining membrane of the stomach

and the intestines. From what I've read the gut mucous membrane is supposed to

slough off then re-line itself every fourteen hours or so. I think the large

amount of gas might be reduced by drinking a peck of baking soda dissolved in

water, but where's the gas coming from?

The term " natural yeast protocol " is vague and frankly suspicious, and there is

no mention of probiotics in use.

Is it possible that whatever you've been doing for the gut has caused a

proliferation of unfavorable bacteria? There are a number of things which can

create an unfavorable, sour environment in the gut causing beneficial bacteria

to die off thus allowing unfriendly bacteria to thrive and predominate in the

gut flora.

[ ] severe gastroenteritis

My son had a KUB today and was diagnosed with severe gastroenteritis (by our

pediatrician - not a DAN! dr. but sympathetic). The pediatrician (who sees

other ASD kids) said it was the most severe case he has seen. My son's belly

is hugely distended because his gut is filled with gas. My son has been

having constipation issues as well. For him, constipation, causes aggressive

and mean behavior. I don't think he even realizes what he is doing. He

often

produces the really big brick BMs (a foot long and 3 inches wide) that clog

the toilet. We frequently have to use the plunger. I have been making my

son

sit on the potty to produce 4-5 BMs per day. That results is really great -

pretty much perfect, happy kid behavior. But if I don't force him to sit on

the potty, he will just not have a BM for a very long time. He does not

feel when he need to have a BM. In addition, my son leaks BM throughout the

day. His BM is frequently very thick and cakey in his underwear. He goes

through a few pairs of underwear per day - and I am basically washing

diapers! He

has a lot of super stinky gas. He throws up easily at random times.

Sometimes we will go weeks without throw up, then he will throw up a few times

in

one week. There appears to not be a reason. Regarding yeast, he does have

yeast. We are doing a natural yeast protocol that seems to be working. He

does not have clostridia. Regarding diet, he is Feingold and recently

(because

of these gut issues) GFCF. Also soy free. His diet consists mostly of meat

and vegetables - most everything is organic/kosher. Any suggestions and

help would be very appreciated. Thanks!

[Guest guest]

This may be helpful not sure. I found out over the weekend that my daughter is

suffering from post-gastroenteritis after having Rotovirus twice within 3 weeks

of each other. One thing that he explained at length was that she was constantly

nauseated, this was why she was refusing to eat or drink anything. She was also

having really bad episodes of hiccupping after eating very little or even

drinking an ounce of liquid. These hiccups were bad because she would gulp air

and it sounded as if her stomach was turning flips and lots of gas. He explained

to me that this happens when the gut has taken a hard hit with (in my daughter's

case) a bad virus. He said that the nerves in the intestines become paralyzed

and are unable to " push " the food or gas down so that it can be expelled the way

it needs to be. In my daughter's case it will take her probably two months for

her gut to get back into any type of decent shape. The vomiting comes from this

as well. It's like their always full and yet they know they aren't. T's got so

bad that we almost went into the hospital. He prescribed Reglan every few hours,

suppositories for the vomiting, and she has to take an anti nausea medication as

well. She is doing much better, but food intake will be a long battle. I'm not

much on Dr's and their meds, but he's a DO, and anything he can do to avoid

putting T in the hospital we're all for. He knows that if she goes he has to put

us all in. I have a 10 mth old who has never left my side and she'd never make

it w/o me at this point, IV's are not T's big thing, and hospital's scare her.

When I had the baby, as much as she wanted to see me, she could only stand the

hospital for about 10 mins. BIG PIA for us.

I hope this helps some.

Karyn

[ ] severe gastroenteritis

My son had a KUB today and was diagnosed with severe gastroenteritis (by

our

pediatrician - not a DAN! dr. but sympathetic). The pediatrician (who sees

other ASD kids) said it was the most severe case he has seen. My son's

belly

is hugely distended because his gut is filled with gas. My son has been

having constipation issues as well. For him, constipation, causes

aggressive

and mean behavior. I don't think he even realizes what he is doing. He

often

produces the really big brick BMs (a foot long and 3 inches wide) that clog

the toilet. We frequently have to use the plunger. I have been making my

son

sit on the potty to produce 4-5 BMs per day. That results is really great

-

pretty much perfect, happy kid behavior. But if I don't force him to sit

on

the potty, he will just not have a BM for a very long time. He does not

feel when he need to have a BM. In addition, my son leaks BM throughout

the

day. His BM is frequently very thick and cakey in his underwear. He goes

through a few pairs of underwear per day - and I am basically washing

diapers! He

has a lot of super stinky gas. He throws up easily at random times.

Sometimes we will go weeks without throw up, then he will throw up a few

times in

one week. There appears to not be a reason. Regarding yeast, he does have

yeast. We are doing a natural yeast protocol that seems to be working. He

does not have clostridia. Regarding diet, he is Feingold and recently

(because

of these gut issues) GFCF. Also soy free. His diet consists mostly of

meat

and vegetables - most everything is organic/kosher. Any suggestions and

help would be very appreciated. Thanks!

[Guest guest]

One other thing I found out was that about 30% of patients that have been dx'd

w/gastroenteritis wind up being dx'd with IBS.

Karyn

[ ] severe gastroenteritis

My son had a KUB today and was diagnosed with severe gastroenteritis (by

our

pediatrician - not a DAN! dr. but sympathetic). The pediatrician (who sees

other ASD kids) said it was the most severe case he has seen. My son's

belly

is hugely distended because his gut is filled with gas. My son has been

having constipation issues as well. For him, constipation, causes

aggressive

and mean behavior. I don't think he even realizes what he is doing. He

often

produces the really big brick BMs (a foot long and 3 inches wide) that clog

the toilet. We frequently have to use the plunger. I have been making my

son

sit on the potty to produce 4-5 BMs per day. That results is really great

-

pretty much perfect, happy kid behavior. But if I don't force him to sit

on

the potty, he will just not have a BM for a very long time. He does not

feel when he need to have a BM. In addition, my son leaks BM throughout

the

day. His BM is frequently very thick and cakey in his underwear. He goes

through a few pairs of underwear per day - and I am basically washing

diapers! He

has a lot of super stinky gas. He throws up easily at random times.

Sometimes we will go weeks without throw up, then he will throw up a few

times in

one week. There appears to not be a reason. Regarding yeast, he does have

yeast. We are doing a natural yeast protocol that seems to be working. He

does not have clostridia. Regarding diet, he is Feingold and recently

(because

of these gut issues) GFCF. Also soy free. His diet consists mostly of

meat

and vegetables - most everything is organic/kosher. Any suggestions and

help would be very appreciated. Thanks!

[Guest guest]

Our yeast protocol includes Kapricydin A twice per day and rotating

Biocidin and Uva Ursi every other day. In addition, he takes both

Klaire Therbiotic Complete and Klaire Therbiotic Detox twice per day

(taken two hours after the anti-fungals).

He has been leaking BM minimally and passing lots of gas for a few

years. He tends to wait to use the potty until the last minute, so I

have previously attributed the leaking BM to that. Our doctors

always attributed the gas to the supplements (especially the high

dose of vitamin c he has always taken). After completing 40 dives of

HBOT last August, his belly became distended (for the first time) and

he developed very significant yeast issues. Since HBOT, he has had

lot of weird BM issues which was never a problem prior.

He has made great behavioral and happiness gains with the yeast

protocol. His BM quality has also improved. It is now fully formed

all the time. His belly distension has never decreased, though. His

belly is very hard.

I don't know why his gut is filled with gas. I am looking for that

answer as well as the solution.

>

> Gastroenteritis is defined as inflammation of the lining membrane

of the stomach and the intestines. From what I've read the gut mucous

membrane is supposed to slough off then re-line itself every fourteen

hours or so. I think the large amount of gas might be reduced by

drinking a peck of baking soda dissolved in water, but where's the

gas coming from?

>

> The term " natural yeast protocol " is vague and frankly suspicious,

and there is no mention of probiotics in use.

>

> Is it possible that whatever you've been doing for the gut has

caused a proliferation of unfavorable bacteria? There are a number of

things which can create an unfavorable, sour environment in the gut

causing beneficial bacteria to die off thus allowing unfriendly

bacteria to thrive and predominate in the gut flora.

>

> [ ] severe gastroenteritis

>

>

> My son had a KUB today and was diagnosed with severe

gastroenteritis (by our

> pediatrician - not a DAN! dr. but sympathetic). The pediatrician

(who sees

> other ASD kids) said it was the most severe case he has seen.

My son's belly

> is hugely distended because his gut is filled with gas. My son

has been

> having constipation issues as well. For him, constipation,

causes aggressive

> and mean behavior. I don't think he even realizes what he is

doing. He often

> produces the really big brick BMs (a foot long and 3 inches

wide) that clog

> the toilet. We frequently have to use the plunger. I have been

making my son

> sit on the potty to produce 4-5 BMs per day. That results is

really great -

> pretty much perfect, happy kid behavior. But if I don't force

him to sit on

> the potty, he will just not have a BM for a very long time. He

does not

> feel when he need to have a BM. In addition, my son leaks BM

throughout the

> day. His BM is frequently very thick and cakey in his

underwear. He goes

> through a few pairs of underwear per day - and I am basically

washing diapers! He

> has a lot of super stinky gas. He throws up easily at random

times.

> Sometimes we will go weeks without throw up, then he will throw

up a few times in

> one week. There appears to not be a reason. Regarding yeast,

he does have

> yeast. We are doing a natural yeast protocol that seems to be

working. He

> does not have clostridia. Regarding diet, he is Feingold and

recently (because

> of these gut issues) GFCF. Also soy free. His diet consists

mostly of meat

> and vegetables - most everything is organic/kosher. Any

suggestions and

> help would be very appreciated. Thanks!

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I dont know if this will help or not, but reading " The Yeast

Connection " really explained a lot to me. How to treat yeast,

viruses etc.

>

> One other thing I found out was that about 30% of patients that

have been dx'd w/gastroenteritis wind up being dx'd with IBS.

> Karyn

> [ ] severe gastroenteritis

>

>

> My son had a KUB today and was diagnosed with severe

gastroenteritis (by our

> pediatrician - not a DAN! dr. but sympathetic). The

pediatrician (who sees

> other ASD kids) said it was the most severe case he has seen.

My son's belly

> is hugely distended because his gut is filled with gas. My

son has been

> having constipation issues as well. For him, constipation,

causes aggressive

> and mean behavior. I don't think he even realizes what he is

doing. He often

> produces the really big brick BMs (a foot long and 3 inches

wide) that clog

> the toilet. We frequently have to use the plunger. I have

been making my son

> sit on the potty to produce 4-5 BMs per day. That results is

really great -

> pretty much perfect, happy kid behavior. But if I don't

force him to sit on

> the potty, he will just not have a BM for a very long time.

He does not

> feel when he need to have a BM. In addition, my son leaks BM

throughout the

> day. His BM is frequently very thick and cakey in his

underwear. He goes

> through a few pairs of underwear per day - and I am basically

washing diapers! He

> has a lot of super stinky gas. He throws up easily at random

times.

> Sometimes we will go weeks without throw up, then he will

throw up a few times in

> one week. There appears to not be a reason. Regarding

yeast, he does have

> yeast. We are doing a natural yeast protocol that seems to

be working. He

> does not have clostridia. Regarding diet, he is Feingold and

recently (because

> of these gut issues) GFCF. Also soy free. His diet consists

mostly of meat

> and vegetables - most everything is organic/kosher. Any

suggestions and

> help would be very appreciated. Thanks!

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks, Karyn! The dr. did suggest that my son may be gulping air,

but I don't think so. Despite the gut filled with gas, he eats quite

a lot of food. I am full with less food than it takes him to feel

full (or so he says). I have to put strong limits on his food

intake - otherwise, I don't know if he would stop eating. He always

says he is hungry. I don't know what that means - does he just like

to eat? or is he truly hungry? I think you have brought up an

interesting point. Your daughter doesn't want to eat because of her

gut condition. Maybe my son never feels full because of his gut

condition. And, as a note, he is eating healthy food - mostly meat

and vegetables (he loves those).

>

> This may be helpful not sure. I found out over the weekend that my

daughter is suffering from post-gastroenteritis after having

Rotovirus twice within 3 weeks of each other. One thing that he

explained at length was that she was constantly nauseated, this was

why she was refusing to eat or drink anything. She was also having

really bad episodes of hiccupping after eating very little or even

drinking an ounce of liquid. These hiccups were bad because she would

gulp air and it sounded as if her stomach was turning flips and lots

of gas. He explained to me that this happens when the gut has taken a

hard hit with (in my daughter's case) a bad virus. He said that the

nerves in the intestines become paralyzed and are unable to " push "

the food or gas down so that it can be expelled the way it needs to

be. In my daughter's case it will take her probably two months for

her gut to get back into any type of decent shape. The vomiting comes

from this as well. It's like their always full and yet they know they

aren't. T's got so bad that we almost went into the hospital. He

prescribed Reglan every few hours, suppositories for the vomiting,

and she has to take an anti nausea medication as well. She is doing

much better, but food intake will be a long battle. I'm not much on

Dr's and their meds, but he's a DO, and anything he can do to avoid

putting T in the hospital we're all for. He knows that if she goes he

has to put us all in. I have a 10 mth old who has never left my side

and she'd never make it w/o me at this point, IV's are not T's big

thing, and hospital's scare her. When I had the baby, as much as she

wanted to see me, she could only stand the hospital for about 10

mins. BIG PIA for us.

> I hope this helps some.

>

> Karyn

> [ ] severe gastroenteritis

>

>

> My son had a KUB today and was diagnosed with severe

gastroenteritis (by our

> pediatrician - not a DAN! dr. but sympathetic). The

pediatrician (who sees

> other ASD kids) said it was the most severe case he has seen.

My son's belly

> is hugely distended because his gut is filled with gas. My

son has been

> having constipation issues as well. For him, constipation,

causes aggressive

> and mean behavior. I don't think he even realizes what he is

doing. He often

> produces the really big brick BMs (a foot long and 3 inches

wide) that clog

> the toilet. We frequently have to use the plunger. I have

been making my son

> sit on the potty to produce 4-5 BMs per day. That results is

really great -

> pretty much perfect, happy kid behavior. But if I don't force

him to sit on

> the potty, he will just not have a BM for a very long time.

He does not

> feel when he need to have a BM. In addition, my son leaks BM

throughout the

> day. His BM is frequently very thick and cakey in his

underwear. He goes

> through a few pairs of underwear per day - and I am basically

washing diapers! He

> has a lot of super stinky gas. He throws up easily at random

times.

> Sometimes we will go weeks without throw up, then he will throw

up a few times in

> one week. There appears to not be a reason. Regarding yeast,

he does have

> yeast. We are doing a natural yeast protocol that seems to be

working. He

> does not have clostridia. Regarding diet, he is Feingold and

recently (because

> of these gut issues) GFCF. Also soy free. His diet consists

mostly of meat

> and vegetables - most everything is organic/kosher. Any

suggestions and

> help would be very appreciated. Thanks!

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

,

My non asd son had issues with chronic constipation and I completely

understand what you have to do! I had to use a wire hanger to break the

huge stool before flushing! So I feel your pain! We have tried a number of

things for this including Miralax which I do not recommend! When I took him

to CHOP, that was one of the recommendations to get the stool out. Sitting

at least 3 times a day and pushing for 3 minutes. Oh, my son was also dx

with a redundant colon (excess colon-distended belly) after a barium enema.

Have you ever completely emptied him out with Fleet enemas? We had to do

this for 7 days straight to get it all out. If not, the colon is completely

stretched out and this is why he doesn't have the sensation to go until

there is too much. What worked for us are digestive enzymes, especially the

No Fenol since it tends to loosen the stool (Zyme Prime with firm the

stools). Magnesium, fish oils, apricot nectar juice, prunes or prune juice

etc... The doctor told me that you have to keep things pretty loose for at

least 6 months until the colon can shrink back to size. I have not used

this product, but my ND recommend this for my mom who has GERD as well as my

aunt who has chronic constipation issues. Standard process Okra Pepsin E3.

http://www.nationaldiscountvitamins.com/details.cfm?Group_ID=12 & Product_ID=136

My mom swears by it for gastrointestinal health. I would also check with

your ND about this. I just wonder if this could help clean him out and

begin to heal his gut. Just a thought.

Jackie---

> My son had a KUB today and was diagnosed with severe gastroenteritis (by

> our

> pediatrician - not a DAN! dr. but sympathetic). The pediatrician (who

> sees

> other ASD kids) said it was the most severe case he has seen. My son's

> belly

> is hugely distended because his gut is filled with gas. My son has been

> having constipation issues as well. For him, constipation, causes

> aggressive

> and mean behavior. I don't think he even realizes what he is doing. He

> often

> produces the really big brick BMs (a foot long and 3 inches wide) that

> clog

> the toilet. We frequently have to use the plunger. I have been making

> my son

> sit on the potty to produce 4-5 BMs per day. That results is really

> great -

> pretty much perfect, happy kid behavior. But if I don't force him to sit

> on

> the potty, he will just not have a BM for a very long time. He does not

> feel when he need to have a BM. In addition, my son leaks BM throughout

> the

> day. His BM is frequently very thick and cakey in his underwear. He

> goes

> through a few pairs of underwear per day - and I am basically washing

> diapers! He

> has a lot of super stinky gas. He throws up easily at random times.

> Sometimes we will go weeks without throw up, then he will throw up a few

> times in

> one week. There appears to not be a reason. Regarding yeast, he does

> have

> yeast. We are doing a natural yeast protocol that seems to be working.

> He

> does not have clostridia. Regarding diet, he is Feingold and recently

> (because

> of these gut issues) GFCF. Also soy free. His diet consists mostly of

> meat

> and vegetables - most everything is organic/kosher. Any suggestions and

> help would be very appreciated. Thanks!

>

[Guest guest]

He may be " hungry " all the time due to poor absorption of his food.

He may be eating but he is not actually getting the nutrients out of

it. Very common in anyone with gut problems.

-- In , " Karyn " <klmitch@...> wrote:

>

> Hmmmm. Have you ever heard of Gripe Water? I use it on the baby

and sometimes 6 yr old as well. It's for gas and colic type

symptoms, it helps them quite a bit.

> Karyn

> [ ] severe gastroenteritis

> >

> >

> > My son had a KUB today and was diagnosed with severe

> gastroenteritis (by our

> > pediatrician - not a DAN! dr. but sympathetic). The

> pediatrician (who sees

> > other ASD kids) said it was the most severe case he has

seen.

> My son's belly

> > is hugely distended because his gut is filled with gas.

My

> son has been

> > having constipation issues as well. For him,

constipation,

> causes aggressive

> > and mean behavior. I don't think he even realizes what he

is

> doing. He often

> > produces the really big brick BMs (a foot long and 3

inches

> wide) that clog

> > the toilet. We frequently have to use the plunger. I

have

> been making my son

> > sit on the potty to produce 4-5 BMs per day. That

results is

> really great -

> > pretty much perfect, happy kid behavior. But if I don't

force

> him to sit on

> > the potty, he will just not have a BM for a very long

time.

> He does not

> > feel when he need to have a BM. In addition, my son

leaks BM

> throughout the

> > day. His BM is frequently very thick and cakey in his

> underwear. He goes

> > through a few pairs of underwear per day - and I am

basically

> washing diapers! He

> > has a lot of super stinky gas. He throws up easily at

random

> times.

> > Sometimes we will go weeks without throw up, then he will

throw

> up a few times in

> > one week. There appears to not be a reason. Regarding

yeast,

> he does have

> > yeast. We are doing a natural yeast protocol that seems

to be

> working. He

> > does not have clostridia. Regarding diet, he is Feingold

and

> recently (because

> > of these gut issues) GFCF. Also soy free. His diet

consists

> mostly of meat

> > and vegetables - most everything is organic/kosher. Any

> suggestions and

> > help would be very appreciated. Thanks!

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

My son had a lot of GI symptoms. Enough that we did an upper

endoscopy and colonoscopy. It finally turned out that he just had new

IgG food allergies. All the GI symptoms went away one week after I

removed the offending food (beans, lentils, eggs, soy, lettuce,

grapefruit...). I also re-started HNI enzymes. It has been 2 months

and still no GI symptoms... yeah!

>

> My son had a KUB today and was diagnosed with severe

gastroenteritis (by our

> pediatrician - not a DAN! dr. but sympathetic). The pediatrician

(who sees

> other ASD kids) said it was the most severe case he has seen. My

son's belly

> is hugely distended because his gut is filled with gas. My son

has been

> having constipation issues as well. For him, constipation, causes

aggressive

> and mean behavior. I don't think he even realizes what he is

doing. He often

> produces the really big brick BMs (a foot long and 3 inches wide)

that clog

> the toilet. We frequently have to use the plunger. I have been

making my son

> sit on the potty to produce 4-5 BMs per day. That results is

really great -

> pretty much perfect, happy kid behavior. But if I don't force him

to sit on

> the potty, he will just not have a BM for a very long time. He

does not

> feel when he need to have a BM. In addition, my son leaks BM

throughout the

> day. His BM is frequently very thick and cakey in his underwear.

He goes

> through a few pairs of underwear per day - and I am basically

washing diapers! He

> has a lot of super stinky gas. He throws up easily at random

times.

> Sometimes we will go weeks without throw up, then he will throw up

a few times in

> one week. There appears to not be a reason. Regarding yeast, he

does have

> yeast. We are doing a natural yeast protocol that seems to be

working. He

> does not have clostridia. Regarding diet, he is Feingold and

recently (because

> of these gut issues) GFCF. Also soy free. His diet consists

mostly of meat

> and vegetables - most everything is organic/kosher. Any

suggestions and

> help would be very appreciated. Thanks!

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

>>My son's belly

> is hugely distended because his gut is filled with gas.

In my family, this meant food intolerance or yeast overgrowth.

>>My son has been

> having constipation issues as well.

Yeast can be constipating. Other ideas here

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

>>He often

> produces the really big brick BMs (a foot long and 3 inches wide)

that clog

> the toilet.

Certain supplements cause this for me personally. Do you give biotin,

selenium, or EFAs?

>>In addition, my son leaks BM throughout the

> day.

This sounds like impaction.

> has a lot of super stinky gas.

This is food intolerance or yeast overgrowth in my family.

Dana

[Guest guest]

>>I am full with less food than it takes him to feel

> full (or so he says). I have to put strong limits on his food

> intake - otherwise, I don't know if he would stop eating. He always

> says he is hungry.

For my son, this meant he was eating foods not tolerated, or he had a

yeast overgrowth issue.

>>And, as a note, he is eating healthy food - mostly meat

> and vegetables (he loves those).

My son tolerated nothing orange or green, even with enzymes. And

there were several red and yellow foods he also did not tolerate.

These foods caused him to eat constantly.

Dana

[Guest guest]

This suggests the possibilities of

1. some type of unrecognized food allergy, and/or

2. needing to be on the SCD rather than GFCF, or in addition.

Also, his insides are run by his vagus nerve - does he have other

problems than just GI that say this is out of whack? It can be out of

whack in certain kinds of epilepsy, too.

I realize this is quite frustrating but it isn't terribly obvious what

the propblem is.

> My son had a KUB today and was diagnosed with severe gastroenteritis

(by our

> pediatrician - not a DAN! dr. but sympathetic). The pediatrician

(who sees

> other ASD kids) said it was the most severe case he has seen. My

son's belly

> is hugely distended because his gut is filled with gas. My son has

been

> having constipation issues as well. For him, constipation, causes

aggressive

> and mean behavior. I don't think he even realizes what he is

doing. He often

> produces the really big brick BMs (a foot long and 3 inches wide)

that clog

> the toilet. We frequently have to use the plunger. I have been

making my son

> sit on the potty to produce 4-5 BMs per day. That results is

really great -

> pretty much perfect, happy kid behavior. But if I don't force him

to sit on

> the potty, he will just not have a BM for a very long time. He

does not

> feel when he need to have a BM. In addition, my son leaks BM

throughout the

> day. His BM is frequently very thick and cakey in his underwear.

He goes

> through a few pairs of underwear per day - and I am basically

washing diapers! He

> has a lot of super stinky gas. He throws up easily at random times.

> Sometimes we will go weeks without throw up, then he will throw up a

few times in

> one week. There appears to not be a reason. Regarding yeast, he

does have

> yeast. We are doing a natural yeast protocol that seems to be

working. He

> does not have clostridia. Regarding diet, he is Feingold and

recently (because

> of these gut issues) GFCF. Also soy free. His diet consists

mostly of meat

> and vegetables - most everything is organic/kosher. Any

suggestions and

> help would be very appreciated. Thanks!

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

,

I don't know if it is relevant to your situation, be we had a lot of

the same issues (gas, distension, constipation) that improved

significantly when we removed orange foods from my son's diet (no

more squash, sweet potatoes, etc.). Interestingly, his labs went

from indicating some kind of chronic infection to reasonably normal

after we made this change. It has also let us be less restrictive

about my son's diet (for example, we were able to add raw goat's

milk), as we seem to have found the major source of my son's

stomach/pooping issues.

Anne

>

> This suggests the possibilities of

>

> 1. some type of unrecognized food allergy, and/or

>

> 2. needing to be on the SCD rather than GFCF, or in addition.

>

> Also, his insides are run by his vagus nerve - does he have other

> problems than just GI that say this is out of whack? It can be

out of

> whack in certain kinds of epilepsy, too.

>

> I realize this is quite frustrating but it isn't terribly obvious

what

> the propblem is.

>

>

> > My son had a KUB today and was diagnosed with severe

gastroenteritis

> (by our

> > pediatrician - not a DAN! dr. but sympathetic). The pediatrician

> (who sees

> > other ASD kids) said it was the most severe case he has seen.

My

> son's belly

> > is hugely distended because his gut is filled with gas. My son

has

> been

> > having constipation issues as well. For him, constipation,

causes

> aggressive

> > and mean behavior. I don't think he even realizes what he is

> doing. He often

> > produces the really big brick BMs (a foot long and 3 inches

wide)

> that clog

> > the toilet. We frequently have to use the plunger. I have been

> making my son

> > sit on the potty to produce 4-5 BMs per day. That results is

> really great -

> > pretty much perfect, happy kid behavior. But if I don't force

him

> to sit on

> > the potty, he will just not have a BM for a very long time. He

> does not

> > feel when he need to have a BM. In addition, my son leaks BM

> throughout the

> > day. His BM is frequently very thick and cakey in his

underwear.

> He goes

> > through a few pairs of underwear per day - and I am basically

> washing diapers! He

> > has a lot of super stinky gas. He throws up easily at random

times.

> > Sometimes we will go weeks without throw up, then he will throw

up a

> few times in

> > one week. There appears to not be a reason. Regarding yeast,

he

> does have

> > yeast. We are doing a natural yeast protocol that seems to be

> working. He

> > does not have clostridia. Regarding diet, he is Feingold and

> recently (because

> > of these gut issues) GFCF. Also soy free. His diet consists

> mostly of meat

> > and vegetables - most everything is organic/kosher. Any

> suggestions and

> > help would be very appreciated. Thanks!

> >

> >

> >

> >