Re: OT - Food Poisoning Dragging On

November 11, 2008

Hi ,

Well, my answer is " I don't know " , but I wander around some

on my way to " I don't know " , so you can wander with me:

If he had JUST eaten ecoli (or any other toxic thing), then

swallowing lots of activated charcoal would be extremely

helpful. You can buy loose powder in a big tub pretty cheaply

-- but I think it's kinda a specialized thing. Sometimes health

food stores or herb stores sell it by the ounce. There are

also capsules, but the one's I've seen are REALLY overpriced.

Activated charcoal is really helpful. I wish I had a book

to send you to to read about it -- I've heard that hospitals

(sometimes) use it for poisoning, and I've talked to a

mushroom collector who absolutely agreed that activated

charcoal is the thing to use for an ingested toxic mushroom.

Since it has been such a long time since he ate [whatever]

I wonder if the problem has spread internally.

If it were me, I would also drink lots of ozonated water. This

is a totally impractical suggestion for most folks though, so

best to ignore this comment. Although, now that I think about

it, he could buy some homozone to clean out his digestive

tract.

High amounts of vitamin C might help too. I wonder if it might

even be worthwhile to consult with someone about this. (There's

a very well known vitamin C doc in my area -- I'm not sure if

he's currently practicing medicine or not, but write me privately

if you want to pursue this.)

Probiotics seem like a reasonable thought too. Especially if

he is (or has been) on antibiotics. AND LIVER

DETOX in any form you like. I would think that his liver would

be seriously overburdened and could use any help it can get.

Acupunture would be helpful, if he has the time, money and

inclination for it.

Which of these is most helpful I don't know. And I'm sure there

are many many other things that would also help.

good wishes,

Moria

>

> Hi All,

>

> My husband works across from a man who got severe food poisoning in an

> outbreak locally that killed many and hospitalized many more. They

> tracked it to a rare form of e-coli that of the 11 cases in recent

> history they've only figured out 1. The man was missing from work for

> well over a week, and that was months ago. He still has not been able

> to resume a regular work schedule though, being out for days at a time

> and not being able to work full days when he does come in. My husband

> is very worried about him. I suspect that he is on the antibiotics and

> regression roller coaster. He hasn't been able to eat normally, rid

> himself of the diarrhea or consistently go without vomiting. I'm

trying

> to gather up some things for my husband to recommend to him. He is

sick

> enough that I'm sure any input would be helpful at this point.

>

> What I've thought for my husband to tell him is to take some sea

salt in

> water - 1tsp or so - a day. Get a probiotic drink for between rounds of

> antibiotics - like maybe some good kefir. Take some probiotics in pill

> form. The usual, no sugar or substitutes. And, maybe some liver

> support. I'm sure the guys minerals are probably completely whacked

out

> from all of this. We lost our favorite teller to the outbreak. Sure

> would love to help this poor guy regain his life!! It has become more

> than just a " pop in and bring homemade chicken soup " kind of thing.

>

> Thanks for any input. You can reply off board if you'd like since this

> is off topic.

> P.

>

November 12, 2008

Sorry to hear about that. I'd recommend coconut kefir (or cocobiotic drink from

Body

Ecology which is ready made) and lots of lactobacillus acidophilus. Even

unfermented

young coconut juice would help restore some electrolytes.

Some antioxidants would be helpful too, to counteract the endotoxins produced by

the

bad bacs.

>

> >

> > Hi All,

> >

> > My husband works across from a man who got severe food poisoning in an

> > outbreak locally that killed many and hospitalized many more. They

> > tracked it to a rare form of e-coli that of the 11 cases in recent

> > history they've only figured out 1. The man was missing from work for

> > well over a week, and that was months ago. He still has not been able

> > to resume a regular work schedule though, being out for days at a time

> > and not being able to work full days when he does come in. My husband

> > is very worried about him. I suspect that he is on the antibiotics and

> > regression roller coaster. He hasn't been able to eat normally, rid

> > himself of the diarrhea or consistently go without vomiting. I'm

> trying

> > to gather up some things for my husband to recommend to him. He is

> sick

> > enough that I'm sure any input would be helpful at this point.

> >

> > What I've thought for my husband to tell him is to take some sea

> salt in

> > water - 1tsp or so - a day. Get a probiotic drink for between rounds of

> > antibiotics - like maybe some good kefir. Take some probiotics in pill

> > form. The usual, no sugar or substitutes. And, maybe some liver

> > support. I'm sure the guys minerals are probably completely whacked

> out

> > from all of this. We lost our favorite teller to the outbreak. Sure

> > would love to help this poor guy regain his life!! It has become more

> > than just a " pop in and bring homemade chicken soup " kind of thing.

> >

> > Thanks for any input. You can reply off board if you'd like since this

> > is off topic.

> > P.

> >

>

November 12, 2008

e coli...quick thought...blueberries!! lolol ...seriously, there is "

something(s) " in blueberries that chews the heck out of ecoli...don't

remember what it is, but thought that was neat when came across it -

perhaps a glyconutrient? not even sure if that is the right word?

Thinking maybe it was mannose, but am truly not sure....I am sure

there are other foods/supps that would be comparable (ummmm, maybe

wishing you, & him, the best, elizabeth