bloody stool NEVER seems to go away... - Page 2

[MountainMamaGC]

I would still have a scope done to rule out inflammatory bowel disease. You can have it and still have proper absorbtion. I have it in my colon and when they test my vitamin levels I am NEVER deficient, even at my sickest. My IBD also gives me bad skin too.

[JaneS]

Lydiah,

Unfortunately standard blood tests (RBC red blood cell is more accurate) are not necessarily helpful.

The body keeps the blood stable at all costs to prevent brain seizures and cardiac arrest... to to the point that it will take from the cells, muscles and bones of the body to keep the blood levels constant. For example, a person with osteoporosis can have perfectly normal blood calcium levels. It makes me sad that most mainstream doctors do not know this simple fact.

Originally Posted by anielasmommy09

well shes not much of a napper but she only wakes 2x at night to eat. every now and again she will scream in her sleep which i have been assured is behavioral. from 0-3 m/o she would scream and scream in her sleep for a long time and i was freaking out i brought her to 6 different doctors and i was assured by every one it was behavioral or the first case of night terrors in an infant...

TY for the website.

FWIW this sounds like my DS and salicylates ended up being his big trigger. It is most certainly not normal.

Also for some reason quinoa is known to be a big problem for most allergic people according to the naturopathic dr. which did our initial allergy testing.

[sosurreal09]

ok so now DD has a rash all over her face and ive been feeding her the same stuff,
so what would the SAFEST 10 foods be so we can do that diet?

[mellowjello]

I am sorry I am too tired to read all the other responses but my first thought is that this is not really an allergy problem so much as a malabsorption problem. There is a quote from the Specific Carbohydrate Diet something to the effect of "whatever the person eats that they cannot digest causes them harm." It's not about an allergic reaction, it's about a food that cannot be properly broken down by your body, and so it lingers in the GI tract and feeds pathogens, and the pathogens (bacteria, etc) excrete toxins that irritate the GI tract. Or it could be allergies in addition. We dealt with blood in stool for over 2 years. I highly recommend the GAPS diet for amazing healing. It cuts out all grains. My daughter was on a whole foods, no sugar, GFCF, no top 8 allergens diet for a long time, and even then, she slowly started having more and more undigested grains in her stool. Grains are a problem, even GF grains.

I never noticed an issue with corn really but learned that it can cause leaky gut. In situations where you are niacin (it's one of the B vitamins anyway) deficient, the gut opens up to let part of the corn in because it can convert that part to niacin.

Strawberries can be very irritating to the gut and also problematic for people with overgrowth of bad bacteria in the small intestine (SIBO), which can result in mushy/whipped stools. Strawberries contain sorbitol (so do stone fruits) which the body cannot digest. Normally it just passes through, but when pathogens are present it can feed them.

I learned we had big problems digesting fructose. If this is true for you, then you might be able to eat bananas (fructose to glucose ratio of rear one to one allowing easier absorption of fructose) but not fruits like apples (frucotse to glucose ratio much higher). Strawberries are in the middle.

Ok, I'm just scrolling down and seeing some other things pop out. DD had reflux too. The regular GI specialists dont really understand this. This is a symptom of an underlying problem, likely that the liver is stressed out by having to rid an excess of toxins from pathogens in the gut.

The screaming is NOT behavioral. I really think it's indicative of pain.

Please get the GAPS book and keep an open mind. I wish I had done it sooner. It could have saved us so much suffering (health, my marriage, etc).