Re: enzymes and mushy BMs (sorry about the gross factor ;-)

[Guest guest]

>

> Hi all,

> My 5 year old has been on Kirkman's peptidase for a couple of weeks.

> He gets 1/2 capsule per meal (only breakfast, lunch, dinner- not

> snacks) he is having very mushy shiny stools, often just a few bites

> into the meal - sometimes they look like they have mucous in them.

At my house, shiny/mucus meant yeast overgrowth. It can also mean

food intolerance.

> Others have food bits (corn, raisins) and what looks like flecks or

> crumbs. Could this be caused by the enzymes?

My son did not tolerate corn, even with enzymes.

>> He normally struggles

> with constipation and has been on Miralax for abut a year- we are

> trying to get him off that,

Yes, definitely try to get him off that. Find the underlying cause of

the constipation

http://www.danasview.net/miralax.htm

http://www.danasview.net/constip.htm

Dana

[Guest guest]

Thanks Dana-

I was thinking that the enzyme itself is causing this mushy mess, so

I did not give him any for breakfast or lunch today and his stools

were not as shiny and mushy- gave him some at dinner and mushy

again :-(

Do you know if there are other enzymes that would be good to try

instead?

Janet

> >

> > Hi all,

> > My 5 year old has been on Kirkman's peptidase for a couple of

weeks.

> > He gets 1/2 capsule per meal (only breakfast, lunch, dinner- not

> > snacks) he is having very mushy shiny stools, often just a few

bites

> > into the meal - sometimes they look like they have mucous in them.

>

>

> At my house, shiny/mucus meant yeast overgrowth. It can also mean

> food intolerance.

>

>

> > Others have food bits (corn, raisins) and what looks like flecks

or

> > crumbs. Could this be caused by the enzymes?

>

>

> My son did not tolerate corn, even with enzymes.

>

>

> >> He normally struggles

> > with constipation and has been on Miralax for abut a year- we are

> > trying to get him off that,

>

>

> Yes, definitely try to get him off that. Find the underlying cause

of

> the constipation

>

> http://www.danasview.net/miralax.htm

>

> http://www.danasview.net/constip.htm

>

> Dana

>

[Guest guest]

>

> Thanks Dana-

> I was thinking that the enzyme itself is causing this mushy mess, so

> I did not give him any for breakfast or lunch today and his stools

> were not as shiny and mushy- gave him some at dinner and mushy

> again :-(

> Do you know if there are other enzymes that would be good to try

> instead?

That does sound like intolerance. Does this enzyme contain papain or

bromelain? If so, try a different one. Some kids don't tolerate those.

Dana