Hi all, and an idea for the gut problem

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Hello. My name is Ginger. My daughter has Down syndrome, not autism, but I

have become very interested in mercury issues of late, so I thought I'd join

in, at least for awhile.

Anyway- for the mom whose daughter is holding her lower belly, I would

consider 2 things as possible causes. I attended Dr. Wakefield's lecture at

the vaccine conference in DC a couple of months ago, and he has found that a

lot of children with autism have what he has named autistic enterocolitis.

If I had a gut wall that looked like the pictures he flashed up there, I

think I'd be holding my gut, and probably rocking and moaning too. OUCH!!

This is often accompanied by alternating bowel habits- constipation

switching with diarrhea. It is possible that your daughter has a fecal

impaction. These are quite uncomfortable, and could account for her

behavior.

G

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