Andrew has had a really rough year really GI wise. (minimal detail below)
Lately I'm seeing hand flapping (new for him) and he's constantly grabbing at his crotch (new also) in a habitual way. No mouthing (I see that usually w/him when stuff is out of balance). He's semi-volatile and not sleeping normally but seems clear headed and is making lots of leaps developmentally. I don't see his normal bacterial overgrowth signs but nothing I'm seeing now is typical so I don't know what to think.
Any guesses or direction to head. I don't want to test him right now as we're waiting a bit to see if parasites are really gone.
Detail: He got some nasty parasites and a couple lowered the SiGa to almost non-existant so he had no resistance/immunity. He picked up c. diff and another opportunistic bacteria for the first time while on probiotics for that reason (no immune system). He was carrying parasites including b. hominus, d. fragilis, crypto, unknown toxanomy, pinworms. We finished a month of Alinia (after trying other things including a long course of oregano oil). No signs of parasites but we've not done a retest yet so it's possible there is some weird balance going on that is making stools/appetite/nausea etc. all normal yet he's still carrying "junk" though I hope not. He has gained no weight this year but has made some height jumps on the growth scale recently. He's technically failure to thrive and genetics and peds are concerned. He's well below 5% on weight and closer to 25% on height (his typical growth scales is 10% height/weight/head).
Lately I'm seeing hand flapping (new for him) and he's constantly grabbing at his crotch (new also) in a habitual way. No mouthing (I see that usually w/him when stuff is out of balance). He's semi-volatile and not sleeping normally but seems clear headed and is making lots of leaps developmentally. I don't see his normal bacterial overgrowth signs but nothing I'm seeing now is typical so I don't know what to think.
Any guesses or direction to head. I don't want to test him right now as we're waiting a bit to see if parasites are really gone.
Detail: He got some nasty parasites and a couple lowered the SiGa to almost non-existant so he had no resistance/immunity. He picked up c. diff and another opportunistic bacteria for the first time while on probiotics for that reason (no immune system). He was carrying parasites including b. hominus, d. fragilis, crypto, unknown toxanomy, pinworms. We finished a month of Alinia (after trying other things including a long course of oregano oil). No signs of parasites but we've not done a retest yet so it's possible there is some weird balance going on that is making stools/appetite/nausea etc. all normal yet he's still carrying "junk" though I hope not. He has gained no weight this year but has made some height jumps on the growth scale recently. He's technically failure to thrive and genetics and peds are concerned. He's well below 5% on weight and closer to 25% on height (his typical growth scales is 10% height/weight/head).
