Guest guest Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 Hi Eileen, There are several books out about this issue and the yeast free diet. Check out Karyn Seroussi's amazing book Unraveling The Mysteries of Autism and PDD and Jaquelyn McCandless' book Children with Starving Brains...a medical treatment guide for autism spectrum disorder. If you cannot find these at the bookstore try Future Horizons which is a catalogue for special needs materials or you can borrow my copies. Good luck, Shari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 hi eileen, another good resource is dr. william shaw' book ...Biological Treatments for Autism and PDD. Take care, Shari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 I have a question regarding the labs used by DAN doctors. Why are only certain labs used? Why can't the tests be run at any lab? Has anyone else ever questioned this practice? Being a nurse, I don't understand why a lab like Mayo, for example, couldn't be used. Can anyone share some insight? Would greatly appreciate it. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 7, 2007 Report Share Posted February 7, 2007 hi Eileen, The tests to be done can be ordered by you or a physician, best would be a DAN! physician who is trained to read them. Stool tests are often unreliable. Bets is to get the OAT (Organic Acid Test) from Great Plains Laboratories (just google them). If you go to Dr. DeMio's site, he will describe this test along with some others that he orders typically when he gets a new patient. We did this test with Great Plains and were very high on both yeast and bad baceria. With about 3 months of treatment, my son's receptive language skills dramatically improved and his self-stimulatory behaviors decreased as well. His stoools have been very regular since the anti-yeast and anti-bacterial treatment. The variety of foods he eats now has expanded also greatly. Before treating the GI for yeast and bacteria he would not eat a variety and would be constipated off an on. With the yeast treatment we did not see a decrease in OCD-like behaviors, such as scripting. These behaviors for us seem to relate more to overall immune function. The OCD get a LOT worse in the wintertime when Evan battles constant colds...but I could see that perhaps a child who does not have a significant immune system issue would be less OCD-like with an anti-fungal treatment alone is that makes sense. It seems to me that my son just happens to have MANY underlying medical problems. I agree the books that Shari listed are great resources. You can also find some lectures on the issues online, I will google these and post. Hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 9, 2007 Report Share Posted February 9, 2007 Hi, I have to yet do research on this to thoroughly be able to answer your Q. Here is what I know. The labs that DAN! docs like to use have done specific research on what instruments are able to detect abnormalities and which ones don't. The one example I can give you is that a hospital stool test did not show yeast issues in my son's GI trackt, but the Organic Acid test did and once we treated for yeast based on the OAT, we saw marked improvements. If you go to the great Plains Laboratories website, you will find lots of good info there and the explanations for each test. Re. insurance coverage for these tests, it is not impossible to get with the proper diagnosis code (NOT AUTISM!) from your DAN! doctor. Or a doctor that knows enough about the underlying medical issues in autism that he or she is aware of these tests and is able to diagnose and code them so that they get covered. We have actually gotten some of my specialized lab work covered through my insurance company (not a full coverage but something like 70-80%). I hope this helped a little. > > I have a question regarding the labs used by DAN doctors. Why are only > certain labs used? Why can't the tests be run at any lab? Has anyone else ever > questioned this practice? Being a nurse, I don't understand why a lab like > Mayo, for example, couldn't be used. Can anyone share some insight? Would > greatly appreciate it. Thank you. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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