Re: Children with IBD have surprisingly high folate levels, study finds

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This study is very interesting to me because Braden's serum folate

levels have always been very high- above normal range- too high. We

have been told that his serum levels were too high because of small

bowel bacterial overgrowth. Braden doesn't have an ileoececal valve

and has only @ 3 cm of ileum (largest segment of small intestines and

the part that controls motility in the gut).

So he has been destined since his first bowel resection, to have major

bacterial overgrowth problems and one of the ways they test for it is

doing serum folate levels. There is NO WAY that Braden is getting too

much folic acid (to make his serum levels above normal) with his very

compromised absorption that requires an elemental formula and gtube

feeds. One of the first treatments we tried for B's bacterial

overgrowth is xifaxan- a common treatment for those with PSC.

I can't help but wonder if the kids studied have higher serum folate

levels because of bacterial overgrowth- that is I think relatively

common among IBD kids.

Lori

lucky mom blessed with triplets

www.caringbridge.org/visit/bradenwild

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