Guest guest Posted April 17, 2003 Report Share Posted April 17, 2003 I am just reading that your child is never hungrey well a lack of B vitamins can make you have no appeitie, you can get liquid B vitamins that taste OK for kids. Also if the bowel flora is upset, to many bad bacteria there will be no appetite, try and get som acidoplus capsules and have 3-4 a day if possible, or sprinkle it into a drink, it is basically tasteless. Something that is really important is using bitter herbs, as I have stated before this increases appetite via the taste in the mouth, traveling to a nerve that controls hunger, it also increases gastic secretions, eg enzymes so the food is better absorbed. There is a herb called Gentian, or another is dandelion root, or chamomile, these are all bitter in taste and that is very important. Get one of these maybe dandelion root is best and place 1 drop of tincture per kilo of body weight 3 x a day. On a spoon in a tiny bit of water and give like a medicine, it needs to go through the mouth and not a feeding tube. Try this for a month and see if there is a difference in appetite. mum to Liam 7 1/2 months wcf (Herbalist) Hello, Shrikant - n here! > > > The good news here is that it does seem that the pneumonia is resolving. > Other good news is that I know all too many GERIATRIC > persons with cystic fibrosis who, as do I, culture PA, but it responds > readily to treatment; there is no way that I can give an opinion about > your child, but in regard to the subject in general, most cf doctors as > sume that it is dormant (PA) in most once firmly cultured. Even in the > United States, some cf patients do acquire tuberculosis which until > very recently was not resistant to antibiotic treatment. I pray that she > not have this, and it is rare here partly because of the cross-contamin > ation guidelines most parents with children with cf usually follow. I > shall > really meditate on this one! > There are so many new approaches to gaining weight that I cannot count > them. One possibility is a gastric tube with night feedings; the > other is a review of what she actually eats--I HATED food at her age! > Another thing to investigate is to rule out the possibility of gastro-eso > phogeal reflux, and if it is there (as it is in most cf patients), to > treat it > aggressively with a proton-pump inhibitor such as Prilosec, Aciphex, > Prevacic--whatever works--you can search these under Proton Pump > Inhibitors or you can ask me to do to it for you, as I am aware that you > work more than full time! > Otherwise, meditations and highest hopes for all of you; please do keep us > posted on how things progress, digress or whatever they do! > Love to all of you, during this difficult time, > n Rojas, California, usa, who is a day behind on her e-mail and > apologizes for so late a response > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 17, 2003 Report Share Posted April 17, 2003 I am just reading that your child is never hungrey well a lack of B vitamins can make you have no appeitie, you can get liquid B vitamins that taste OK for kids. Also if the bowel flora is upset, to many bad bacteria there will be no appetite, try and get som acidoplus capsules and have 3-4 a day if possible, or sprinkle it into a drink, it is basically tasteless. Something that is really important is using bitter herbs, as I have stated before this increases appetite via the taste in the mouth, traveling to a nerve that controls hunger, it also increases gastic secretions, eg enzymes so the food is better absorbed. There is a herb called Gentian, or another is dandelion root, or chamomile, these are all bitter in taste and that is very important. Get one of these maybe dandelion root is best and place 1 drop of tincture per kilo of body weight 3 x a day. On a spoon in a tiny bit of water and give like a medicine, it needs to go through the mouth and not a feeding tube. Try this for a month and see if there is a difference in appetite. mum to Liam 7 1/2 months wcf (Herbalist) Hello, Shrikant - n here! > > > The good news here is that it does seem that the pneumonia is resolving. > Other good news is that I know all too many GERIATRIC > persons with cystic fibrosis who, as do I, culture PA, but it responds > readily to treatment; there is no way that I can give an opinion about > your child, but in regard to the subject in general, most cf doctors as > sume that it is dormant (PA) in most once firmly cultured. Even in the > United States, some cf patients do acquire tuberculosis which until > very recently was not resistant to antibiotic treatment. I pray that she > not have this, and it is rare here partly because of the cross-contamin > ation guidelines most parents with children with cf usually follow. I > shall > really meditate on this one! > There are so many new approaches to gaining weight that I cannot count > them. One possibility is a gastric tube with night feedings; the > other is a review of what she actually eats--I HATED food at her age! > Another thing to investigate is to rule out the possibility of gastro-eso > phogeal reflux, and if it is there (as it is in most cf patients), to > treat it > aggressively with a proton-pump inhibitor such as Prilosec, Aciphex, > Prevacic--whatever works--you can search these under Proton Pump > Inhibitors or you can ask me to do to it for you, as I am aware that you > work more than full time! > Otherwise, meditations and highest hopes for all of you; please do keep us > posted on how things progress, digress or whatever they do! > Love to all of you, during this difficult time, > n Rojas, California, usa, who is a day behind on her e-mail and > apologizes for so late a response > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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