Fw: DD Complaining of pain in her private area

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----- Forwarded Message ----To: miralax Sent: Tue, September 6, 2011 6:38:30 PMSubject: Re: DD Complaining of pain in her private area

Lillu, this topic makes me come un-glued...........my dd suffered for years, antibiotics made it worse..........my obgyn found calcium oxalate crystals in her urine but no one seems to think twice about it as they're in our normal diet. There are many submissions on the FDA adverse reactions about calcium oxalate crystals present also. She has had a white blood cell count that is borderline uti that's been there ever since she took this medication. This article I want to post won't attach but it shows that ingesting PEG electrolyte solution creates calcium oxalate crystals in the urine which mimics ethylene glycol, so one of our members posted this and studied animal studies

we've found that giving fresh lemonade gives instant relief

Thank you Nattalie, for posting this.......................

Jeanie take a look at this. Says here that they used eg to induce oxalates. Lemon juice removed them. Thought anyone who was trying to detox miralax should be considering lemonade. What do you think????NattalieAbstractBackgroundThe use of herbal medicines (medicinal plants or phytotherapy) has recently gained popularity in Europe and the United States. Nevertheless the exact mechanism of the preventive effects of these products is still far to be clearly established, being its knowledge necessary to successfully apply these therapies to avoid stone formation.MethodsThe effect of oral lemon juice administration on calcium oxalate urolithiasis was studied in male Wistar rats. Rats were rendered nephrolithic by providing drinking water containing 0.75% ethylene glycol [v/v] (EG) and 2% ammonium chloride [w/v]

(AC) for 10 days. In addition to EG/AC treatment, three groups of rats were also gavage-administered solutions containing 100%, 75% or 50% lemon juice [v/v] (6 ìl solution/g body weight). Positive control rats were treated with EG/AC but not lemon juice. Negative control rats were provided with normal drinking water, and were administered normal water by gavage. Each group contained 6 rats. After 10 days, serum samples were collected for analysis, the left kidney was removed and assessed for calcium levels using flame spectroscopy, and the right kidney was sectioned for histopathological analysis using light microscopy.ResultsAnalysis showed that the rats treated with EG/AC alone had higher amounts of calcium in the kidneys compared to negative control rats. This EG/AC-induced increase in kidney calcium levels was inhibited by the administration of lemon juice. Histology showed that rats treated with EG/AC alone had large deposits of

calcium oxalate crystals in all parts of the kidney, and that such deposits were not present in rats also treated with either 100% or 75% lemon juice.ConclusionThese data suggest that lemon juice has a protective activity against urolithiasis.Background

To: Miralax <miralax >Sent: Tue, September 6, 2011 12:36:10 PMSubject: DD Complaining of pain in her private area

Hi All:

I've been reading with interest recent discussions about Miralax kids having issues urinating and also painful, UTI type of symptoms.

My DD has been off Miralax since late November 2009, but she was on it everyday, 1/2 cap-full a day for 8.5 months. She exhibited a lot of the side-effects discussed in this group.

Anyway, a few weeks ago, maybe a couple of months, she had a false sense of urgency to go. She walked to the toilet with her knees locked to keep the pee in but when she sat down on the toilet, nothing. Then a week or so later, she complained of pain in her "imbooyé" (that's what we call her private area). I've heard her complain of pain in her imbouyé several more times, but not in a consistent way one might if one had a UTI.

This complaint of pain coupled with the previous discussion of crystals forming and hurting as they pass through, etc., and the "shy bladder", "urinary hesitation" and/or "false sense of urgency to urinate" has me convinced that this child needs to be tested, and soon. I was going to wait for her 48-month well visit, but I think this deserves a separate visit to the pediatrician.

So, what I would like to know is the kind of tests I should request to determine if my DD is passing crystals or what in her urine. Thanks for your help. This group may have saved my DD's quality of life.