positive strep test - please help

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My son is only tolerating a few foods and just came back with a positive strep

test. He has very high oxalates and was in pain until several months of GAPS

(diet very similiar to SCD). He has wetting accidents from bacteria which have

improved to about once a day.

I don't think he can tolerate OLE due to it causing stomach pain in the past.

What is usually recommended for strep in this case?

I am starting to learn about the complications of strep.

He is only on LDN, small amount of probiotics and homeopathic Biosode support

with Bach Flowers which includes liver, kidney and intest. support. He also has

problems with phenols.

On the Great Plains OAT several of the vitamin indicators were high and the rest

was normal with the exception of pyridoxic being a little low. The CSA did not

show any beneficial flora and imbalances in Bacillus spp. 2+, Klebsiella

pneumonia 1+ and Hafnia alvei 1+. I am unclear how these imbalances would effect

treatment.

A call to the DAN with suspects of strep gave me these recommendations to try.

Salt water, Biocidin from BioBotanical Research or Goldenseal or shot.

Pediatrics gave us a prescription of penicillin 500mg for 10 days.

I called and asked if they would do a shot. Reluctantly they would give shot of

Bicillin

Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated

Melinda

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Strep, in my house, is a call to arms. It landed us in the hospital all of last

summer since, with my daughter, it doesn't show up on the throat culture

immediately (if ever). It manifests in illness that makes her unable to walk as

it " hides " in her back and abdomen, and unfortunately, her brain. This is

difficult to relay to the pediatricians, since we see a " group. " If her primary

is on staff at the time, no problem, but even having her (massive) chart in

front of them, the team pediatricians from the same clinic look at us like we've

go two heads when we say she has strep, we know it, it won't show up in the

throat always..... and I believe the years of not treating it properly has

caused this deep seated condition to occur.

That said, we've used every antibiotic available for strep.... and she has

become seriously allergic to the penicillins and cephalosporins as a result ....

and still the strep comes back... The last bout we were given a Z pack

Azithromytyn. I loathe antibiotics for my family, but in the case of strep for

her, it is a must. And the Z Pack was the best, a five day treatment that

completely eradicated the strep vs. the multitudinous 10 day treatments that

she has taken (not to mention the IV cephalsopirns that she was on in the

hospital that caused her to have the most serious allergic reaction I have ever

seen. ) She hasn't had a recurrence since March, since the Z Pack. (Please,

I'm not saying it is a miracle drug, just worked for us so far.)

Ask your pediatrician about the possibility of using a less " broad " antibiotic

(which cause a host of side effects) and using a more targeted one (with fewer

side effects) like the Z Pack. (The Bicillin that they offered you secondarily

is simply a more robust form of Penicillin, one that is used to treat syphilis)

Good luck,

alex ( P's mom)