Re: Confused About Strange BM's

[Guest guest]

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It's a little hard to say. Maybe more time; maybe dairy is part of the

problem, just not the entire problem. Since the stools are stinky and

mushy, consider a probiotic if you aren't giving one at the moment.

Then do a trial of enzymes to see if that helps with all foods eaten

(whether you decide to try dairy again or not). You did see some change

so it did tell you digestion has something to do with it.

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[Guest guest]

My asd son is almost 5 yrs. old and has always been mushy. We went GFCF, and

removed foods all the way down to chicken and potatoes. He takes all 3 of

Houston enzymes, a handful of kirkman supplements including CLO, and

kirkmans pro-bio gold pro-biotic. Tomorrow we start him Nystatin to fight

yeast overgrowth- I am hoping to see improvement in his sleeping (which we

have always had problems with also) and in his mushy poop consistancy.

If you figure out something that improves the mushy poop, please share.

Thanks. Amber.

On 1/1/06, jornmatt <snowbear@...> wrote:

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> It's a little hard to say. Maybe more time; maybe dairy is part of the

> problem, just not the entire problem. Since the stools are stinky and

> mushy, consider a probiotic if you aren't giving one at the moment.

> Then do a trial of enzymes to see if that helps with all foods eaten

> (whether you decide to try dairy again or not). You did see some change

> so it did tell you digestion has something to do with it.

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[Guest guest]

> (1.) For six of the seven days, he had one BM instead of his usual

> two. (He's very regular.) (Today, he hasn't even had one yet, and

> it's 3:45pm!)

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> (2.) However, the quality of the BM's hasn't changed a bit. They

> are still VERY mushy, smelly, and of varying colors.

What are you giving instead of milk?

> (3.) He was excellent at OT on fine motor (something he usually

> fights), but his balance was off on the gross motor.

This can mean yeast overgrowth, among other things.

> My main question is this: since the quality of his BM's hasn't

> changed at all, does this indicate that dairy intolerance isn't our

> problem?

It might be that, or he might have a problem with both milk AND the

item you are now using. Or it might be a combination of, for example,

milk, the new item, AND bad bacteria [which usually causes mushy,

smelly bms].

Dana

[Guest guest]

my son has never had solid stools and

gastroentrologist has never seen as a problem. I am

concerned and want to know if anyone can offer info on

what kind of bacteria or deficiencies cause this????

Also severe reflux and enzymes, any thought or

sugestions. Also is Dr. Megson a good DAN doctor,

looking for someone close to raleigh and she seems

only one I have read more on.

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[Guest guest]

Dr. Megson is one of the most reputable DAN drs and parents whose child

is treated by her really like her.

I would not have any confidence on a GI doctor that does think mushy poop on

regular or prolonged basis is not a problem. There are a lot of terribly

incompetent drs in the medical field (mostly for the money) and don't update

their info since med schools. Many of them don't even remember much of what

they learned in school. I am not saying that this is definitely the case w/

this GI dr, but consider it a possibility.

The human gut is an ecological system by its environment including its flora.

In a healthy gut there is a balance between the good disease fighting bacteria

and yeast and also like any other ecosystem, human gut can become infested

with parasites, bad bacteria and yeast. ASD children very very oftern if not

always, have a very out of balanced gut flora which is caused by maldigestion,

malabsorption and other autoimmune issues.

I would definitely go with dr Megson if I were within driving distance. Like

all good DAN drs, she may have a very long waiting list. I am in Northern CA

and the two reputable DANs here now have a 9 months waiting list.

I used this list and others to learn how to help my child while I was waiting

and continued using parent lists to address my questions even after we started

seeing our DAN dr. Note worthy is that all that I learned from reading and

from other parents helped my child and our DAN dr recommended to continue all

of those interventions.

If you are interested in a good book (based on DAN) that can answer your

question, you can buy it here:

http://www.autism-rxguidebook.com/DesktopDefault.aspx

Hope I have answered you.

Best,

Haleh

--- selena edwards jacobs <edwards_jacobs@...> wrote:

> my son has never had solid stools and

> gastroentrologist has never seen as a problem. I am

> concerned and want to know if anyone can offer info on

> what kind of bacteria or deficiencies cause this????

> Also severe reflux and enzymes, any thought or

> sugestions. Also is Dr. Megson a good DAN doctor,

> looking for someone close to raleigh and she seems

> only one I have read more on.

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> DSL – Something to write home about.

> Just $16.99/mo. or less.

> dsl.

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[Guest guest]

Dr. Megson is a good doctor in my opinion. We fly out from California to see her

twice a year. My son had chronic diarrhea until age 2 1/2 when we eliminated

gluten and casein from his diet, overnight his poops were formed and we were

then able to potty train him.

Re: Re: Confused About Strange BM's

my son has never had solid stools and

gastroentrologist has never seen as a problem. I am

concerned and want to know if anyone can offer info on

what kind of bacteria or deficiencies cause this????

Also severe reflux and enzymes, any thought or

sugestions. Also is Dr. Megson a good DAN doctor,

looking for someone close to raleigh and she seems

only one I have read more on.

__________________________________________

DSL - Something to write home about.

Just $16.99/mo. or less.

dsl.