Re: antibiotics (was vetch)

[Guest guest]

This could also be a correlation between a highly sensitive person

getting in the cycle of:

ear infection - antibiotic without probiotic - another ear infection -

more antibiotic with no probiotic... etc

and you end up with dysbiosis and a bad gut leading to all sorts so

problems with poor digestion. It might not be the amoxicillan causes

autism directly (very likely it doesn't) but it is one part of this

whole cycle.

My older son with the debilitating behavior problems was the one with

successive ear infection cycles from 1yr to 2yr old...but he was

definitely 'quirky' way before that.

Younger son might have had 2 ear infections total in his life and he

is the one with the really bad gut problems.

>>>>Interesting, but my daughter never had an ear infection or any

antibiotics until she had her first ear infection at 7. She was

already diagnosed with autism by age 3.

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[Guest guest]

I believe my daughter fits this pattern of dysbiosis and a bad gut.

She has renal reflux and has taken antibiotics every day since she was

three weeks old to prevent kidney infections. She took amoxicillin

daily until she was two months old and then Bactrim daily for the past

8 years. Taking her off the antibiotics is not an option until she

outgrows the reflux or it is surgically corrected since a kidney

infection would quickly damage her kidneys. She took Augmentin only

once for an ear infection but she had to be taken off quickly due to

an allergic reaction to it. I have given her Acidophilus or yogurt in

the past but not consistently every day. She has lots of allergies

and she was diagnosed with autism although she is high functioning.

Recently I started giving her Primadophilus Junior every day. For

about a week she was very uncomfortable. She was extremely agressive

and she banged her head hard over and over to the point that some of

her hair fell out. She was also very thirsty. The people at the

health food store had never heard of this reaction to a probiotic. I

thought it might be yeast die-off so I gave her epsom salt baths and

increased her sensory diet. After about a week she was better than

she has been for a long time.

I'm not quite sure what to do next. I started her on some aloe vera

juice, a calcium, magnesium and zinc supplement and an enzyme called

Digest by Enzymedica. Is that good? She seems even better than

before. She is sleeping more soundly and the dark circles around her

eyes are starting to go away. The only bad side effect I see is she

is sleeping so soundly now she wets the bed a little more often than

before. Should I give her some Grapefruit Seed Extract to make sure

the yeast are dead? Thank you for your insight.

>

> This could also be a correlation between a highly sensitive person

> getting in the cycle of:

>

> ear infection - antibiotic without probiotic - another ear infection -

> more antibiotic with no probiotic... etc

>

> and you end up with dysbiosis and a bad gut leading to all sorts so

> problems with poor digestion. It might not be the amoxicillan causes

> autism directly (very likely it doesn't) but it is one part of this

> whole cycle.

>

> My older son with the debilitating behavior problems was the one with

> successive ear infection cycles from 1yr to 2yr old...but he was

> definitely 'quirky' way before that.

>

> Younger son might have had 2 ear infections total in his life and he

> is the one with the really bad gut problems.

[Guest guest]

> I'm not quite sure what to do next. I started her on some aloe vera

> juice, a calcium, magnesium and zinc supplement and an enzyme called

> Digest by Enzymedica. Is that good? She seems even better than

> before.

If she is better, then I would say it is good.

She is sleeping more soundly and the dark circles around her

> eyes are starting to go away. The only bad side effect I see is she

> is sleeping so soundly now she wets the bed a little more often than

> before.

Yeast die off can cause bedwetting. You can certainly try GSE or

maybe increase the probiotics to continue with eliminating the yeast.

Dana