Autism Spectrum Disorder and Yeast

[threeleafclover]

Hello, my son will be six in a few months.  When he was about two and a half he was diagnosed with sensory processing disorder.  Since then, he has been doing speech, and occupational therapies regularly.  We have had him tested through the school system, his pediatrician, our regular family doctor, and even a behavioral specialist....no one can seem to agree that this is the proper diagnosis.  His biggest issue is that he has a hard time with speech and comprehension.  You may ask him what color the train is, and he will respond Thomas (the train's name).  He knows what you are talking about, just not what is specifically being asked.  As far as his physical appearance he is extremely pale, sometimes almost gray looking.  He has deep dark circles under his eyes all of the time, whether he gets a goods nights rest or not.  A few months ago he had an incident where the entire day he belched what smelled like rotten eggs (it was horrible).  That night he got very ill, and vomitted a lot.  The vomit was unlike any I had ever seen, and the smell was almost like rancid/spoiled? yeast.  It has happened twice since then, just about every 40 days or so.  Our doctor has put him on diflucan.....I am just wondering if we are even on the right track?

[SKVVV]

My Son is 3 and 1/2 year old. He is speech delay. I was diagnosed with hypothyroidism during my pregnancy where my son's thyroid seems to be fine. He also does facial tics some times and goes to Preschool 3 hours a day. He has no words. He some times says words randomly and totally unpredictable.

Some thing new I came across was, when ever he takes Pediasure in the morning before his school he seems to react very well. I tested this many times. The result is the same. For few weeks I give him Pediasure every day and those or the days I get good remarks. I gave a month break and started Pediasure again. the results are same. This strongly makes me feel that its some vitamin/mineral/protein that he is lacking which this pediasure is supplementing. Can some one help me here? what should/can I do now to find it?
-- SKV

[KARENKLIF]

Hi,
I have been dealing with this same issue since my son was diagnosed at 2 yrs old with Autism. This article hit it on the nose. I took my son to several Gastro Dr.s and they said same thing, but to much controvery over the subject. So I went out on my own and found a Lab in CA who would perform the tests and they confirmed he had yeast overgrowth. I cut out 95% of the sugars and yeast products including all bread, milk, and most dairy. He gets Rice milk instead of Soy or Regular. He seems to tolerate this better than anything on the market. I also give him good yeast in yogurt from a herb store. This helps alot. Plus they do make Natural peanut butter and yeast free crackers. He, since this change has been more alert, behavior issues are nill to none and has stopped almost all stimulation activities. He has stopped vomiting and his stools are normal. His used to be very gritty like dirt and smell awful. Now, he does sometimes break out so we use Gentian Violet which is a natural herb you can get from pharmacy that is a anti fungal. Swab in mouth ( where it starts) and swab bottom areas. Its purple and stains so be careful. Use it only 3-4 days. Just remember all antibiotics will make it even worse so avoid use unless absolutely neccesary. Oh and as a side note I feed my son lots of watermelon now since I heard from a nutritionist its the most natural detoxifier on the market!!! about 1/2 cup a day. Hope this helps.