Update- Parasites!

[Betty04]

Do you have any pets, like a cat? I know whenever we had our cat to the vet, she always tested for positive to some kind of worm, I forget which, but this was years ago, we got annoyed that even when she finished the medication for it, there would still be a positive result, and so figured why bother. It is an indoor cat, so don't know how she could aquire that. Oh, well, I don't think my son has any issues there, but it is interesting to note. I think I would have that test repeated sometime just to see if it goes away.

 

Also, on another note, I myself had tested positive for the C-diff about 5 years ago, We had traveled to Mexico for vacation, however, I did not get sick there, it was about two weeks later that i became very ill with flu like symptoms and bloody "d", and ended up in hospital with IV and they said all they found was C-diff. who knows how I got that.

 

And for what it is worth, my son was not fully potty trained until just a couple months before his fourth birthday, so that is probably not that unusual for boys. He had a cycle going on where he probably did not want to go on potty, and so held it in and became constipated (for it dries up the longer you hold it) and then it was painful for him to go so he did not want to go, and so the cycle would go on. Eventually we just let him go in his pull up a few weeks til he was ready (to get rid of the stress) and did give some mineral oil to help with lubrication. Once he was comfortable we tried again, and he was more cooperative with a little pep talking.

 

Betty, also, are you still giving the B12 shots? Curious to know how that is going. If so, how long now and are there still tic symptoms?

 

 

Faith

 

We do have a dog. The DAN doc did not think that was a factor. My husband, sitter, and I took a dose of the meds in case we were carriers but the DAN doc said she never has treated any pets in the home?

 

We are still doing the B12 shots (startted the end of March!), added folic acid into the shots and he is still on B6, calcium and magnesium. Things have not improved with any of these supplements. The current hope is that treating these parasites will heal things and thus improve his tics. I guess it is too soon to tell. His tics may be somewhat improved, though he had two additional eye rolling episodes after we started treatment of the parasites and he had his vocal tics several times throughout the day today... so that's not really any better! Betty

[Betty04]

Do you have any pets, like a cat? I know whenever we had our cat to the vet, she always tested for positive to some kind of worm, I forget which, but this was years ago, we got annoyed that even when she finished the medication for it, there would still be a positive result, and so figured why bother. It is an indoor cat, so don't know how she could aquire that. Oh, well, I don't think my son has any issues there, but it is interesting to note. I think I would have that test repeated sometime just to see if it goes away.

 

Also, on another note, I myself had tested positive for the C-diff about 5 years ago, We had traveled to Mexico for vacation, however, I did not get sick there, it was about two weeks later that i became very ill with flu like symptoms and bloody "d", and ended up in hospital with IV and they said all they found was C-diff. who knows how I got that.

 

And for what it is worth, my son was not fully potty trained until just a couple months before his fourth birthday, so that is probably not that unusual for boys. He had a cycle going on where he probably did not want to go on potty, and so held it in and became constipated (for it dries up the longer you hold it) and then it was painful for him to go so he did not want to go, and so the cycle would go on. Eventually we just let him go in his pull up a few weeks til he was ready (to get rid of the stress) and did give some mineral oil to help with lubrication. Once he was comfortable we tried again, and he was more cooperative with a little pep talking.

 

Betty, also, are you still giving the B12 shots? Curious to know how that is going. If so, how long now and are there still tic symptoms?

 

 

Faith

Do you have any pets, like a cat? I know whenever we had our cat to the vet, she always tested for positive to some kind of worm, I forget which, but this was years ago, we got annoyed that even when she finished the medication for it, there would still be a positive result, and so figured why bother. It is an indoor cat, so don't know how she could aquire that. Oh, well, I don't think my son has any issues there, but it is interesting to note. I think I would have that test repeated sometime just to see if it goes away.

 

Also, on another note, I myself had tested positive for the C-diff about 5 years ago, We had traveled to Mexico for vacation, however, I did not get sick there, it was about two weeks later that i became very ill with flu like symptoms and bloody "d", and ended up in hospital with IV and they said all they found was C-diff. who knows how I got that.

 

And for what it is worth, my son was not fully potty trained until just a couple months before his fourth birthday, so that is probably not that unusual for boys. He had a cycle going on where he probably did not want to go on potty, and so held it in and became constipated (for it dries up the longer you hold it) and then it was painful for him to go so he did not want to go, and so the cycle would go on. Eventually we just let him go in his pull up a few weeks til he was ready (to get rid of the stress) and did give some mineral oil to help with lubrication. Once he was comfortable we tried again, and he was more cooperative with a little pep talking.

 

Betty, also, are you still giving the B12 shots? Curious to know how that is going. If so, how long now and are there still tic symptoms?

 

 

Faith

 

We do have a dog. The DAN doc did not think that was a factor. My husband, sitter, and I took a dose of the meds in case we were carriers but the DAN doc said she never has treated any pets in the home?

 

We are still doing the B12 shots (startted the end of March!), added folic acid into the shots and he is still on B6, calcium and magnesium. Things have not improved with any of these supplements. The current hope is that treating these parasites will heal things and thus improve his tics. I guess it is too soon to tell. His tics may be somewhat improved, though he had two additional eye rolling episodes after we started treatment of the parasites and he had his vocal tics several times throughout the day today... so that's not really any better! Betty