Bacteria, bacteria, bacteria!!

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I am a little lost and am looking for words of wisdom. My 4 year

old tested positive for strep and enterococcus, prevotella and

bifidobacterium overgrowth and undergrowth of lactobicillus. We

have been GFCF, soy free for a while now. Done allergy testing too -

no almonds, peas, egg whites, very careful with the diet. He is

extremely low in zinc and have been supplementing with this, an

array of B vitamins, selenium, l glutamine, magnesium, folate, vit c

and e, using enzymes etc. Rotating probiotics gallore.

Our real prob is bacteria in the gut I think anyway. He is as good

as gold then once every 6 weeks or so he gets a reddish colour

underneath his eye and BAM! he becomes another boy - non-sensical

speech, moody, aggressive, non-compliant. I think this is strep but

not sure. His BM's tend to be a little watery at these times but no

other physical symptoms are apparent.

My dillema is this. My DAN! wants him on antibiotics again because

all of the natural stuff - OLE, Uva Ursi, colloidal Silver etc does

not seem to be working. We have done this for about a year. I am

reluctant to try antibiotics again. Last time, he was a different

kid on antibiotics - sweet as pie but I cannot continue this forever

can I? Would it not just return as it has in the past?

What have others done to treat bacteria? Why does it keep

returning? And is this what people mean by PANDAS - can strep

appear just in the gut and not in the throat.

If ur still reading, thankyou soooooooooooo much. This roller

coaster ride is getting to be a little too much for me of late, it's

nice to have companions on the journey.