Re: fingers in mouth/eating dirt

[Guest guest]

It's obviously a form of stimming involving sensory issues with the mouth.I've

done both, and " worse " .Some parents are OK with this,some aren't.

                                    

From: kennetheriklucy <eislerfamily@...>

Subject: fingers in mouth/eating dirt

Date: Tuesday, September 1, 2009, 10:14 AM

 

My 8 yr old son just recently started putting his fingers in

his mouth- he has them in there all the time. He also just started, when we go

to parks that have the little rocks on the ground, he sits on the ground and

crams mouthfuls of rocks in his mouth, then spits them out- his lips are white

with rock dust.

I am assuming it's the taste, or feel of the rock dust, because he spits them

out and puts more in- over and over.

Any ideas?

[Guest guest]

zinc deficiency...

fingers in mouth/eating dirt

My 8 yr old son just recently started putting his fingers in his mouth- he

has them in there all the time. He also just started, when we go to parks that

have the little rocks on the ground, he sits on the ground and crams mouthfuls

of rocks in his mouth, then spits them out- his lips are white with rock dust.

I am assuming it's the taste, or feel of the rock dust, because he spits them

out and puts more in- over and over.

Any ideas?

[Guest guest]

thats what I thought so I increased his zinc and- nothing- should I increase

it more?

On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 11:08 AM, Nickerson <cnickerson37@...>wrote:

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> zinc deficiency...

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> fingers in mouth/eating dirt

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> My 8 yr old son just recently started putting his fingers in his mouth- he

> has them in there all the time. He also just started, when we go to parks

> that have the little rocks on the ground, he sits on the ground and crams

> mouthfuls of rocks in his mouth, then spits them out- his lips are white

> with rock dust.

> I am assuming it's the taste, or feel of the rock dust, because he spits

> them out and puts more in- over and over.

> Any ideas?

>

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[Guest guest]

My daughter puts everything in her mouth. She is 5. When you find the answer let

me know. I have two possible causes though.

Idea 1

The neurologist said, " Maybe her stomach hurts. Kids do peculiar things if their

stomach hurts. Maybe she has acid reflux and thinks by putting something in the

mouth it might help the pain. "

My gastroentologist said the same thing. The gastro said, " Sometimes " an icky

taste or sulfer (poopy/gassy ) taste comes up to the mouth. " I know I ate a lot

during pregnancy to help with nausea.

Idea 2

My daughter loves to put play dough in the mouth. The first five nurses said

, " Maybe a dietary defiency like    ---  iodine in salt. " Sure enough my kid had

iodine defiency.Did you know there is no iodine in packaged goods or fast food

unless the side of the package specifically says iodized salt (like a bragging

right).  Subway, for example, has salt in the food but the salt is not iodized.

Guess they want to save a penny or so per sandwich. This was my experience

anyway with my daughter.

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> zinc deficiency.. .

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> fingers in mouth/eating dirt

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> My 8 yr old son just recently started putting his fingers in his mouth- he

> has them in there all the time. He also just started, when we go to parks

> that have the little rocks on the ground, he sits on the ground and crams

> mouthfuls of rocks in his mouth, then spits them out- his lips are white

> with rock dust.

> I am assuming it's the taste, or feel of the rock dust, because he spits

> them out and puts more in- over and over.

> Any ideas?

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[Guest guest]

Today I was doing some googling on parasites and I read something that said

eating dirt was a symptom of having parasites! I can't find the site that

stated that but you might want to look into it. Anyone else ever heard of that?

Deb

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> My 8 yr old son just recently started putting his fingers in his mouth- he has

them in there all the time. He also just started, when we go to parks that have

the little rocks on the ground, he sits on the ground and crams mouthfuls of

rocks in his mouth, then spits them out- his lips are white with rock dust.

> I am assuming it's the taste, or feel of the rock dust, because he spits them

out and puts more in- over and over.

> Any ideas?

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[Guest guest]

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> My 8 yr old son just recently started putting his fingers in his mouth- he has

them in there all the time. He also just started, when we go to parks that have

the little rocks on the ground, he sits on the ground and crams mouthfuls of

rocks in his mouth, then spits them out- his lips are white with rock dust.

These were yeast overgrowth symptoms here. Try increasing the yeast protocol,

see if that helps.

Dana

[Guest guest]

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> > My 8 yr old son just recently started putting his fingers in his mouth- he

has them in there all the time. He also just started, when we go to parks that

have the little rocks on the ground, he sits on the ground and crams mouthfuls

of rocks in his mouth, then spits them out- his lips are white with rock dust.

> > I am assuming it's the taste, or feel of the rock dust, because he spits

them out and puts more in- over and over.

> > Any ideas?

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I know eating dirt can cause parasites, but I have never heard that is was a

symptom of parasites, but it sounds plausible. Give Black Walnut extract for

parasites.

[Guest guest]

That's what I was thinking too. Chewing, teeth grinding, toe walking, laughing

at night or at inappropriate times. All sumptoms of yeast

[Guest guest]

Oh, I know his yeast is up- he's been giggling like a wild man for the last

2 months. The last 3 times he was on diflucan, it didn't work for him, so my

Dr. gave him a prescription for itraconizol- supposed to be in the same

family as diflucan. So, $283 later, he made it half way through the bottle

and I took him off becuase he wasn't showing any improvement or die-off or

anything- if anything, he was giggling more. So, my Dr. gave me a

precription for nystatin, and he's been on it for about a week, now. His

giggling has decreaesed, he is sleeping better, and I am noticing some

yeast come out in his poop. But, his fingers in mouth and sucking the dirt

off of a mouthful of little rocks is the same.

On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 8:47 AM, mercier.angie <amercier@...> wrote:

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> That's what I was thinking too. Chewing, teeth grinding, toe walking,

> laughing at night or at inappropriate times. All sumptoms of yeast

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[Guest guest]

The parasite thing may be an issue, but I would rule out below first:

Sometimes PICA (eating non-food items) is a sign for zinc deficiency. Adding

some Zinc into the mix if you do not supplement it or jacking up the zinc may

help. Beware that some zinc supplements contain other things such as copper,

which may do more harm than good. Try to get something pure. Twinlab zinc caps

work for us. You can take them out of the caps, mix them with a preferable

liquid, and use a syringe. When we reward our son with a preferred food at the

end, he will take the " shooter. "

Also, when a child is detoxing, he/she may try to eat dirt. If you are doing

anything new in that arena, even somethign as small as adding a new probiotic,

activated charcoal may help. Just make sure you give it about 1 hour after the

med/supp and wait at least two hours after that to give anything else or it will

suck that up, too.

Hang in there. You will figure it out. That is why your son is so lucky to

have you!

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