Guest guest Posted March 26, 2000 Report Share Posted March 26, 2000 What kind of treatment do you have for your daughter?? does your paediatric support you??? Did she have any tests?? any written info about this??? Thanks and kr. Anke/Spain > 1. In regards to Anke/Spain's question -- " can children get Candidiasis? " > You bet! My daughter has it, too (she's 4 y/o, and has had it for years -- > it's a real battle). We're working on it, though.. > Cris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 27, 2000 Report Share Posted March 27, 2000 When my daughter was little, she was hyperactive, (difficult to control, into everything, sleeping very little, and constantly moving) and had rashes on her bottom all the time. We thought it was from allergies, but allergy testing couldn't find anything. We did an elimination diet, but didn't find any food allergies. But when we took everything with sugar out of her diet, it all cleared up. She became a calm little angel that would sleep all night and that was a delight to be around. I'm convinced that she had a candida infection, in looking back on it, now. We had to treat her for thrush when she was a baby. Her hyperactivity would return any time anyone fed her something with sugar. It was so pronounced, that she would act drunk when she'd eat something with sugar, becoming very uncoordinated, giggly and silly, slur her speech, and become very accident prone. And sugar was the only thing we could find that would trigger it. I would imagine that she picked it up from me when I was pregnant, or when she was born. She seemed to outgrow the problem by the time she was nine, but maybe that was because she lived for six years without anything with sugar in it. Baby formula has a lot of sugar in it for candida to grow on, but I'm wondering if breast milk can also be a source of sugar for candida to grow on. Certainly breast feeding can share a candida infection that the mother has with the baby, although it might also provide some immune help. But if the natural sugars in breast milk, and the added sugars in baby formula do contribute to candida, it's amazing that every child doesn't have candida, at least when they're little. Babies immune systems aren't as developed as an adults, and are more likely to become infected than an adult. I'm convinced that kids that suffer frequent colds, have allergies, ear infections or diaper rash almost certainly have candida. But pediatricians in general, unfortunately, are blind to the underlying cause of these problems, and tend to treat them symptomatically, rather than trying to treat the underlying cause. And if candida is the underlying cause, inevitably, giving antibiotics to treat an ear infection is like pouring gasoline on a fire. lindaj@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 27, 2000 Report Share Posted March 27, 2000 > Baby formula has >a lot of sugar in it for candida to grow on, but I'm wondering if breast >milk can also be a source of sugar for candida to grow on. Certainly breast >feeding can share a candida infection that the mother has with the baby, >although it might also provide some immune help. But if the natural sugars >in breast milk, and the added sugars in baby formula do contribute to >candida, it's amazing that every child doesn't have candida, at least when >they're little. Babies immune systems aren't as developed as an adults, and >are more likely to become infected than an adult. The whole story of your daughter is very interesting, but this part bothers me a litte.If breast milk _and _ formula both have potential problems associated with them, what do you propose should be done to feed a baby who has problems? >I'm convinced that kids that suffer frequent colds, have allergies, ear >infections or diaper rash almost certainly have candida. But pediatricians >in general, unfortunately, are blind to the underlying cause of these >problems, and tend to treat them symptomatically, rather than trying to >treat the underlying cause. And if candida is the underlying cause, >inevitably, giving antibiotics to treat an ear infection is like pouring >gasoline on a fire. This was me. (I'm 23 now) I have been on the candida diet for 2 weeks starting when I subbed to this list, and it made me feel a lot better. But one day last week in total denial I convinced by Boyfriend to take me out to dinner at a pizza place and we binged on everything we shouldn't be eating... it was too much. And then friday was his birthday, so we had cake and parties and everything and so I know I have to start all over again. I feel sick, but food has always been use as a comfort thing in my family and I am so addicted to diet soda that I can't imagine living without it. I know, I sound really really sad, but i have to start fresh today. -- http://users.downcity.net/~mchapman " A dream to some......a Nightmare to Others! " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2000 Report Share Posted March 28, 2000 Re: candida and children > From: bean <jnnybean@...> <snipped> > The whole story of your daughter is very interesting, but this part > bothers me a litte.If breast milk _and _ formula both have potential > problems associated with them, what do you propose should be done to > feed a baby who has problems? Breast milk is still the best choice. It just means that if baby has thrush, and is breast fed, then it's time Mom treated herself too. And ideally, before a woman got pregnant, she would be treated for it, so that baby never has to deal with it in the first place. lindaj@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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