Re: Kiki setback, any experience welcomed

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Ok.....Here is my take on IVs and Lactase.

I had an e-mail conversation with Elaine about IVs for Dakota. Her words: " If

you can find a doctor who will prescribe glucose rather than dextrose, GO FOR

IT! However, the way that the glucose is processed is likely to be

questionable. "

I also expressed my concern to her regarding IVs predicated upon my training as

a doula long ago and what I saw in the labor and delivery rooms, and we

discussed the cost:benefit ratio. Obviously, the temporary cost in healing

outweighs the risk of not doing the IV.

Here are my concerns---dextrose raises blood sugar content rapidly causing the

pancreas to secrete more insulin which then results in a rapid drop in blood

sugar (see the cycle?).....when dextrose is administered intravenously for many

hours, the result creates a crazy cycle leaving people feeling exhausted and

fatigued.

Elevated blood sugars can contribute to yeast overgrowth.

The nutrients may not hit the gut, but they enter the bloodstream and head for

the liver, an organ that needs healing for most ASD kids.

IVs can cause fluid overload which creates a drop in colloidal osmotic

pressure--too much fluid begins moving in and out of the body tissue. This can

cause several problems, but a detoxifying effect is one of them.

Tolerence to pain is significantly decreased with glucose and dextrose IVs. So,

if the child is not feeling well already, they are invariably more cranky due to

the pain threshold being thrown off by the IV.

With an inadequate protein intake with IVs and hospitalizations, nitrogen

balances are thrown way off. Already a problem in ASD populations.

So, I am not a big fan of IVs. But, if they are needed, then obviously one

should not refuse them. Again, the costs and benefits need to be weighed, and

one needs to realize that SCD healing may be temporarily slowed or halted, but

the benefit of the IV at the moment outweighs that cost. Just stock up on epsom

salts and intro soups!! :-)

As far as the lactase, I have not known breastfed babies to need it. This is

only my opinion, and completely not sure of any literature for or against it.

(Removal of irritating/allergenic foods from the mother's diet--typically dairy

and grains and foods high in phenol--often resolves any problems).

Lactase that is commercially produced (rather than what we make internally) is

typically extracted from yeast and/or fungi. The Aspergillus fungi that is used

has been linked to allergies and other health problems. It is known to only

need ammonia and nitrate for both growth and protein production, and some kids

on the spectrum have high ammonia levels making them candidates for fungal

growth already. However, Aspergillus is one the the most widely used fungi---it

accounts for most of the citric acid made. For most people, a miniscule

amount of the yeast or fungi (most is removed from lactase/citric acid/whatever

during production) would not be a problem, but for those with

gastric/liver/yeast/etc. problems, I am not so sure......

Commercial lactase can raise insulin production (responding to the galactose),

resulting in blood sugars dropping and fatigue setting in. Also, once in the

bloodstream, the liver gets a workout trying to rid the excesses from the body.

Sorry so long. Hope this helps.

, SCD 2 years; Mom to Dakota (8--NF, CDD, Seizures) and (6--happy

and healthy)