Re: How long to stay on SCD before trying to get off???

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I don't have any real insight for you (sorry!) but am fairly certain

that Digest is SCD illegal. It has bifidus in it, which Elaine said

has a tendancy to overgrow. You might try Digest Gold instead - it's

stronger than Digest (so use less) but is legal.

One other thought - after using it 3x/day for a week per the

instructions, we now use Candidase every night for maintenance, and

it seems to help keep my daughter's yeast under control.

Cindy

> My son has been on SCD for 8 months now. HIs history was chronic

ear

> infections, 13 antibiotics (and I didn't know anything about

> probiotics) and as a result chronic yeast with dbms 8-10 times per

> day. The yeast shows as a severe diaper rash that blisters and

> bleeds if BM is left in contact with the skin too long and

possibly

> an increase in temper tantrums. He is not on the spectrum and

shows

> typical development.

>

> His old pediatrician suggested that we potty train him so that the

bm

> would not stay in contact with his bottom. :-( But that does not

> fix the problem. He is almost potty trained and has bms 2-3 times

> per day that are now normal consistancy.

>

> On SCD he had an almost immediate responce with die off and then

with

> 2 weeks talking more and was less irritable. He has been doing

> wonderful on the diet. We used garlic, digest, candidase and

> probiotics with the diet. We still continue the digest and

> probiotics.

>

> My question is....how long does it take to get rid of the yeast

and

> restore the gut to a " normal " state??? I know that Caden will

never

> be able to go back to the sugar, white bread and cookie times but

my

> hope is that he can return to fairly normal diet soon. How do you

> know when it is the right time to add some things back into the

diet

> to see if he will tolerate and digest it??

>

> My husband and I have been very strict on the diet and have been

> talking about adding things back into his diet. Then last night,

> daddy gave him a few french fries with ketchup and today he has a

> mild diaper rash after he had a bm and there were peas undigested

in

> it. He has not had undigested food in his bm for 6 months!!! The

> other that that has happened yesterday morning is that he had an

> allergic reaction (rash on face with puffy eyes) after eating eggs

> for the first time (he did test positive for a mild egg whote

allergy

> 8 months ago then negative 5 months ago). So... I don't know if

it

> is the eggs of the french fries or both.

>

> Thanks for your time!

> andrea mother of Caden SCD 8 months, chrinic yeast and Emmalynn

9.5

> months old