Re: Yeast Problems (sorry, I'm way behind on Digests)

[Guest guest]

Re: a child having a yeast problem but not having been on antibiotics--in

Karyn S's book, I think she mentions undiagnosed maternal yeast problems

being passed on to the child (kicking off the leaky gut?). I never thought

about it before, but now I think this might be the case with my son. I was

talking with our doctor on Friday and looking back through Max's records and

found/remembered that we had one bout with thrush while breastfeeding and

then he had a diaper yeast rash twice between ages 1-2 for no apparent

reason. Then when I was breastfeeding my NT daughter Lily last year, we had

thrush for 6 months (on Nystatin for 4 months). It didn't go away until she

stopped breastfeeding. My doctor pointed out that I need to get checked for

yeast and have my daughter checked too--I have always had really good health

and digestion so it never occurred to me that I might have a problem. But

there's a good chance that I've got an overgrowth and that's where Max got it

in the first place (rather than from overuse of antibiotics--he's never even

had an ear infection). Maybe this could be the case for others whose

children haven't had antibiotics but have yeast overgrowth?

- Becky B.