Questions about yeast

[1tiredmama]

I think we are very close to getting the PEX that my ds desperately needs. Since he has been on Augmentin for the last three months, I'm thinking that I had better make sure he is yeast-free before a PEX procedure. I've done a little research online, but I don't have any way of knowing whether the info I read is accurate and reliable. I'd like to hear from parents who have successfully treated a known infection. I have a few questions:

 

1. Is there a proven test for dx'ing a systemic yeast infection?

 

2. Would it hurt to treat for a "potential" infection, without testing for one beforehand?

 

3. Does anyone have any feedback to offer re the yeastinfectionadvisor website? Accurate, reliable?

 

4. Has anyone used Syntol? Success, failure, side-effects?

 

Thanks for your input. We have been using Culterelle, but not as consistently as I'd like. Diet as a cure, or management of yeast will not work. Ds is 18, strong-willed, inflexible, impulsive (well, you get the picture!) He will not be cooperative if I try to mess with his food, that would be a huge deal-breaker for him.

 

Thank you!!!

[Mayzoo]

I do not know anything about Syntol, sorry. I do know we just reintroduced probiotics to kiddo after a almost 6 months off and for almost 10 days she had a definite increase in pandas behaviours, which I assumed meant that it was working. The verbal tics would peak about three to four hours after her dose, then abate a little for the rest the day.

 

She is back to stable if not a bit improved now and her sleep cycle is better. This is the one we use My link

Edited September 7, 2012 by Mayzoo