Guest guest Posted December 7, 2008 Report Share Posted December 7, 2008 Hi, Our son started sucking on his entire hand when he regressed into autism at age 2. He is 5 now, we have tried everything to decrease this behavior. He is heavily supplemented and none of this has seemed to decrease the need. We do chewy tubes--he still prefers the hand. We tried chewing gum, it helps, but he can't have soy or rice(in most gums) and the only really safe gum for him--a gum with Xylitol, also causes diarhea for him. We went to Krigsman this past summer for the gut problems and while on the 60 days of prednisolone(the first treatment for Crohn's he used)my son's hand sucking decreased a bit-- so did his posturing behaviors he did to soothe his lower gut. So we think the sucking may be a way to cope with gut discomfort/pain. Any ideas on what we might do to decrease this? He hates bandaids and would peel them right off. We are looking at issues of infection in his hand as well as a host of dental problems as he gets older. Any suggestions would be appreciated! Pat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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