Camerons Health: Many of you are aware that Cam has endured chronic constipation for almost 3 years now as well as low immunity, some minor sensory issues and geographic tongue. We are finally getting to the causes of these issues. Our regular pediatrician offered up flaxseed oil for constipation before going the miralax route (which we NEVER did) and testing for lead and vitamin D because...these are just standard tests they order. Oh and geographic tongue, according to her, There is no known cause, and it doesnt hurt him. Simply an anomaly. I didnt accept these answers or remedies for his symptoms. Weve gone to the cause. We are seeing a functional medicine doctor who looks at the body as a whole as well and living environment, diet, and genetics. She ordered a genetic test which came back positive for a certain mutation which can affect the bodys ability to absorb folate and vitamin B12 properly. Ive been supplementing him with a special mulit-vitamin that has the activated forms of these 2 vitamins. We just got results back for a full nutrient panel (blood draw) and the results are pretty daunting. Cameron, my 2 yr old son who eats whole, clean, organic foods, few refined sugars, little pasturized dairy, and hardly any gluten is extremely malnourished. His body is unable to absorb almost all vitamins and minerals through food or supplement ACCEPT the activated forms of B12 and folate (which means they are broken down enough so his body doesnt have to work to absorb them). He also tested very high for environmental toxins normally found in varnish. We us NO chemicals in our household or our body products. This means he is so deficient in nutrients that his body cannot expel the toxins like healthy people can. He has mitochondrial dysfunction which means his energy producers in his cells are not producing enough energy. We are waiting on his stool sample to come back but his nutrient panel already indicates severe gut dysbiosis (leaky gut) and yeast/fungal/bacterial overgrowth. There are many factors that go into one having a leaky gut including genetics, life in utero, vaccines, environment etc. We are taking this information and moving forward with a major supplementation regiment and even more dietary changes (eliminating all gluten, most dairy unless it is cultured, juicing greens, eating for fermented foods etc). My message to you is dont accept that constipation or diarrhea or whatever is normal for you child and they will grow out of it. This is not normal. It may be common but it is not normal. There are underlying issues that need to be addressed. Follow your instincts. Had we gotten the MMR vaccine back at 12 or 15 months old when our pediatrician tried to convince me it was perfectly safe...my son, with a leaky gut, could have become autistic. They might look healthy and eat healthy and act healthy but the constipation, or the rashes, or the asthma are indicators, clues for us to look deeper into the issue. Thank you for reading. PM me with any questions or concerns. Tristian Keller Gelle Stacy Rockwell Hannah Drews Smith
Posted on: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 20:35:06 +0000