red ear

[Guest guest]

My son regularly gets this red ear thing ( 2-3 times a week). We have asked all

of our doctors

and never gotten an answer. We have noticed that it often coincides with

especially unmanageable behavior. Do you know more about this?

CC

[Guest guest]

blood pressure?

On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 12:09 AM, collierfamily3

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> My son regularly gets this red ear thing ( 2-3 times a week). We have

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> especially unmanageable behavior. Do you know more about this?

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We had this with kid #1 before she was dx celiac. I have been told

allergy or mercury.

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CC

We get FLAMING red ears with eating a food that Mark is intolerant to. His

lower cheek also gets a bit 'rashy' as well. Mark also gets this after swimming

in chlorine (another no, no for him). Just last night, I was trying to

reintroduce eggs which is a 'problem' food to see if his tolerances had gotten

better. It's good to challenge every once in a while. I was very careful

about making sure that he only had the eggs. A little later.... took about an

hour, there he was with scarlet ears and this time his lips too were quite

colorful. Speech was not slurred but quite 'stiff'.

When I commented on the eggs and how he still looked intolerant, Mark guiltily

pulled out about a LARGE stash (about 7) halloween candy wrappers from his

pockets and said.... " Well.... it might not be the eggs.... sorry mom! " Thanks

kid.... you see, he reacts to high fructose corn syrup (which is in most candy

and soft drinks) so he just 'blew' my control! Brat! Oh well, tomorrow is

another day! (I thought I had gotten rid of all that candy! He must have

another stash somewhere.....)

To get rid of this..... I use two different remedies for 'clearing' the body of

an allergen. The easiest and most convenient is to get some Tri Salts (sodium

bicarbonates) and you mix about 1/2 a tsp with a glass of water and drink it

down. This normalizes body ph and it helps the body clear foods. We did this

and Mark's ears cleared right up.... within about 1/2 hour.

The second thing that I find works (but not quite as well) is to take Epsom

Salts baths. You can find Epsom Salts in any grocery store. Epsom salts are

magnesium sulfate and the sulphate promotes the detoxification cycle in the

body. The salts absorb right through the skin. Don't drink it though or you'll

get diarrhea!

Detecting your child's intolerances is tricky! I knew about the milk issues

easily since these become obvious when you do an elimination diet of three weeks

but the other stuff was tough. This was because they were items that were

littered throughout our meals. We have intolerances to Milk, eggs, corn

(including high fructose corn syrup) and soybean. We used to have gluten too

but have overcome that one.... thank goodness! We also have issues with any

type of 'chemical' that is added to processed food.... such as MSG or BHT. We

have basicly stopped with the processed junk altogether..... except with a few

'infractions' here and there for special occasions (and when Mark cheats). We

use dietary enzymes which really help with this.

Out of sheer frustration in trying to detect all of Mark's food issues (and I

knew they existed, those red ears tell their tale), I finally broke down this

spring and found someone to do an Electro Dermal Screening on him This test

comes under many names.... electro dermal screening, Biomeridian scan or

Meridian Stress Assessment. I did it via an Environmental doctor in Utah. It

was 'bang' on and after eliminating problem foods, Mark's condition is soooooo

much better and his behaviour/speech/motor skills are very consistent. These

tests are very sensitive and it's good to do an elimination with each of the

foods that come up to 'ensure' that they are actually problem foods. Colleen

also does this test with Charlie and has had the same good results as we have

had with Mark.

Undiagnosed food intolerances can really affect a child's abilities. Mark can

show symptoms from really 'slurred' speech, severe brain fog and ADD behaviour,

compromised motor skills, balance issues and fine motor issues.....basicly, he

is affected globally. When you find the foods and eliminate them from the diet

(which is not as hard as you may think... it is actually pretty easy once you

get used to it), therapies work better, the child functions better and the

entire household is happier.

Now, it may not necessarily be food that your child is reacting to; it may be

chemicals from a household cleaner, dust, mold, etc. But most of us who have

actively pursued this course find that our neurologically affected children seem

to have food intolerances. Once you remove exposure, the child's condition

improves dramatically.

Doris Rapp writes a book called, " Is This Your Child " that goes into the issue

of food and chemical sensitivities and how they can affect children. You can

read a little more by going to her website: http://www.drrapp.com/ But there

are many, many other educators out there who speak very intelligently about the

subject of allergies. One book that has really helped me 'understand' and to

develop a plan is called Allergies: Disease in Disguise : How to Heal Your

Allergic Condition Permanently and Naturally by Carolee Bateson-Koch which you

can look at

http://www.amazon.com/Allergies-Disguise-Condition-Permanently-Naturally/dp/1553\

12040X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8 & s=books & qid=1227108734 & sr=1-1 This book has really

been a blessing to our household and has given me a good 'plan' to work this

issue for Mark. I came upon it quite by accident and it has served me well. It

also confirmed everything that my various environmental doctors were telling me

about Mark's condition.

Now.... is this forever? I don't know. I hope not. We are actively working to

heal Mark's immune system and his tummy so that his T-cells no longer react to

different foods. We are currently using low dose antigens for dairy and for

soybean..... trying to get his body to distinguish friend from foe but this is a

long process and patience is needed.

Now that we have removed all of the foods he is sensitive to, I can easily tell

when he gets something 'bad' for his condition/function deteriorates rapidly and

it is obvious. Before when he was 'living' this..... it was not obvious.... it

was 'hidden'.

Hopefully this gives you a hand in researching your child's issues. This

problem is 'common' in our kids...... but with really good food investigation,

it can be conquored and resolved for the child. I find that now our entire

household eats a much healthier, cleaner diet.

Take care,

Janice

Mother of Mark, 13

[sPAM]Re: [ ] red ear

blood pressure?

On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 12:09 AM, collierfamily3

<collierfamily3@...>wrote:

> My son regularly gets this red ear thing ( 2-3 times a week). We have

> asked all of our doctors

> and never gotten an answer. We have noticed that it often coincides with

> especially unmanageable behavior. Do you know more about this?

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> CC

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[Guest guest]

I don't either, but that will happen to my son as well - weird huh?

 

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[Guest guest]

could be from his diet   ---foods  that he/she reacts          to my son get red

ears from potatoes

> My son regularly gets this red ear thing ( 2-3 times a week). We have

> asked all of our doctors

> and never gotten an answer. We have noticed that it often coincides with

> especially unmanageable behavior. Do you know more about this?

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Phenols.  My two boys ears get red when they eat foods high in phenols like

grapes or apples.  You can google phenols and find out what foods are high in

them.  I just give them an enzyme by Houston's called No Phenol and that helps.

 

Dana

[Guest guest]

We were asked by our homeopath if our son ever gets red ears or red

cheeks (which he does sometimes) and he said that it indicated that the

nervous system was upset.

[Guest guest]

Don't know if this would apply in your son's case, but when our son was

4, we noticed that his ears would " flame up " from time to time. We

found that he was having a reaction (within 5-10 minutes) of certain

foods. In his case, it was milk and Red 40 food dye. We probably would

have never put two and two together, but during that same time, he began

having severe tics (and was incorrectly diagnosed with Tourette's). He

also would literally start bouncing off the walls, and he's not a

hyperactive kid normally.

We removed him from milk and all red food dye for about a month. His

red ears and ticking symptoms ceased immediately. He's on a 100% normal

diet now, and has been for years. There is a very good book on food

allergies called " Is This Your Child: Discovering and Treating

Unrecognized Food Allergies " by Doris J. Rapp. In it, she talks about

the symptom of red ears and shows pictures of children having that type

of reaction.

[Guest guest]

I've gotten a random hot red ear my whole life. It doesn't happen that

frequently and I never found any real correlation with what I did or ate

except I had it happen more in winter and when it was cold or windy outside

and then I went in. It wasn't just the cold though, and it didn't only

happen in winter, just with more frequency. My mom thought it was because I

was so fair skinned as a child.

I have three kids. My oldest (non-apraxic) son gets this same weird one ear

only red ear from time to time. My other two don't. My oldest is the

fairest skinned (almost as fair as I was as a child) and has the biggest

emotional range. He can go from upset to happy, to calm to excited and back

in a matter of seconds! And his highs are higher and lows are lower than my

other kids.

Miche

[Guest guest]

My 5 yo ds has never eaten an apple or a grape (he drank apple juice

and grape juice about a year ago however). He gets red ears when he

is playing hard sometimes. I just thought it was a way for him to

cool off his body! LOL!

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phenols like grapes or apples.  You can google phenols and find out

what foods are high in them.  I just give them an enzyme by Houston's

called No Phenol and that helps.

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Always intolerance here, this can be a supplement or food. I always assumed food and spent ages eliminating until it became clear over time that some supplements are not tolerated and we get the red ears.

Vicky

HiMy son is 5 years old. He developed Autism exactly 2 years ago. In that time he's made huge progress with gluten/casein free diet and supplements. However in the last month or so his speech, emotional side and sleep has regressed again. He's crying lots for no apparent reason, screams and shouts random words that don't really make any sense and now he's gone from sleeping 10 hours straight through every night to waking several times. He's been treated for parasites and yeast and been seen by the doctor who can not find anything wrong with him. This is the thing I have noticed, when he's at his worse he has one red ear. Can anyone please tell me what this might be? Thank youHelen

[Guest guest]

Always intolerance here, this can be a supplement or food. I always assumed food and spent ages eliminating until it became clear over time that some supplements are not tolerated and we get the red ears.

Vicky

HiMy son is 5 years old. He developed Autism exactly 2 years ago. In that time he's made huge progress with gluten/casein free diet and supplements. However in the last month or so his speech, emotional side and sleep has regressed again. He's crying lots for no apparent reason, screams and shouts random words that don't really make any sense and now he's gone from sleeping 10 hours straight through every night to waking several times. He's been treated for parasites and yeast and been seen by the doctor who can not find anything wrong with him. This is the thing I have noticed, when he's at his worse he has one red ear. Can anyone please tell me what this might be? Thank youHelen

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I thought I had also read this could be caused by phenol intolerance, maybe try reducing high phenol foods and/or trying some digestive enzymes, I think there's one called No-Phenol? Mandi sells themTo: Autism-Biomedical-Europe From: MaddiganV@...Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 05:47:47 -0400Subject: Re: Red Ear

Always intolerance here, this can be a supplement or food. I always assumed food and spent ages eliminating until it became clear over time that some supplements are not tolerated and we get the red ears.

Vicky

HiMy son is 5 years old. He developed Autism exactly 2 years ago. In that time he's made huge progress with gluten/casein free diet and supplements. However in the last month or so his speech, emotional side and sleep has regressed again. He's crying lots for no apparent reason, screams and shouts random words that don't really make any sense and now he's gone from sleeping 10 hours straight through every night to waking several times. He's been treated for parasites and yeast and been seen by the doctor who can not find anything wrong with him. This is the thing I have noticed, when he's at his worse he has one red ear. Can anyone please tell me what this might be? Thank youHelen