Specific Carbohydrate Diet- Beth

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Beth,

 

I am new here too.  We are going crazy with diarrhea!  My son is 2 years 9

,months old and has had " toddlers diarrhea " (per our pedi.) for OVER a year a

half!  We finally had an endoscopy/colonoscopy and he had a colon blockage just

as you described.  (We did this invasive procedure because we were worried about

eosinophlic disorders... as our baby has this.)  After 11 days of intense

laxatives, Epsom salt baths, etc. we checked him with an x-ray and his blockage

has finally cleared! 

 

However, we are left with DIARRHEA!  Today I had to pick him up from school with

diarrhea so badly it was up to his shoulder blades.  And on Monday I had to get

him again because of diarrhea.  So for us, clearing the colon has just left us

with MORE DIARRHEA.  It has been so frustrating and the pre-school is going to

kick him out, I am sure, which is the worst thing for him because he needs to be

around other kids his age for the socialization piece!  That is why I was

looking at the SCD.

 

I found it odd that the SCD allowed berries... which usually causes a

severe increase in diarrhea for my son.  Any advice?  I am reading " Breaking the

Vicious Cycle " right now but any advice or insights are appreciated.  My son has

been GFCF and off 28 other food sensitivities for over 3 months now... but the

diarrhea continues and his colon is clear.  So my thought is we are still

missing something critical.

 

Did your daughter toe walk with the colon blockage?

 

Thanks for your post and message of hope.  He seems to have all the doctors

stumped.

 

Alyssa

From: kastout24 <kastout24 (DOT) com>

Subject: [ ] Re: Test for Leaky Gut

Date: Friday, October 31, 2008, 9:28 PM

I have had the test.. it's called a lactulose/mannitol test.. for leaky

gut.. i had two of them done and they work pretty well. i found i had

it and the problem has been fixing it.. can't seem to identify the

cause.. no gluten, dairy, tried cutting food allergies out, still have

it.. now i think i may have a parasite which showed up on a couple

tests from metametrix.. but they wont say which parasite it is..

but yes, to get back on your question they do work and they're pretty

non invasive. mine were through doctor's data i believe.

>

> Hi all,

>

> I am looking for information about leaky gut testing. Has anyone

done

> any test to confirm leaky gut? We recently had a colonoscopy and

upper

> endo for my 5 yr old ASD son and everything looked normal..But I

still

> want to test him for leaky gut. Any idea what kind of test is done to

> confirm leaky gut.

>

> Thanks.

>

> Sudha

>