High Dose Vitamin A Protocol

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Source: 4-year old boy with PDD-NOS.

Style: Diarrhea.

Notes: Child struggles with yeast and parasites, but no bad bacteria. He has always since birth had exploding diarrhea but since starting Acetyl Carnitine the week before this picture, his poops were solid and formed but soft, so I think he was digesting his fats better. Today we started the High Dose Vitamin A protocol for gut measles and this is what we got - back to where we were. This poop is a darker brown with a tinge of dark green (something you would expect with bad bacteria) and it has some undigested raisins, a bunch of black flecks (which he always gets after eating anna's bread), and, in addition, you will see a bunch of orange flecks which is undigested CoQ-10 (no matter what we do he does not absorb CoQ-10). There are also strings in the poop, which I don't think is die-off because it is not the mucousy cheesy type strings; they are more like sewing thread strings. Whenever he has diarrhea he gets these strings but doesn't get them with his solid poops - hmmmmm. Now for this poop, it smells almost like cat vomit or sweet human vomit, which I attribute to the High Dose vit A because usually his poops, whether they are diarrhea or solid, smell of very strong metal.

Submitted by: Kristi

Constipation, White Strings

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Source: 3-year old boy with "moderate autism." On GFCF diet and "tons of supplements."

Style: Little balls. Mom reports "tiny white string-like things in them."

Notes: Child is currently taking Diflucan for yeast and "has weird poops," says mom. "One day they are formed, the next day they'll be runny, and many days he doesn't have any at all (sometimes up to 3 or 4 days)." "I noticed they had tiny white string-like things in them," mom says, "so I called the pediatrician and made an appointment for tomorrow to discuss and pick up a pin worm test. (Better safe than sorry!) I'm not sure what they are but have 3 guesses: pin worms, yeast die off, or undigested rice crispy treats from last night...you tell me!"

Submitted by: Cyndi

Blueberry Skins

Source: 3-year old SPD boy.
Style: Formed.
Notes: I think the specs in there are blueberry or raspberry skins.

Infraction

Source: 23-month old boy diagnosed with High Functioning Autism, Sensory Integration Dysfunction (SID), and possibly apraxia.
Style: Unformed with undigested food. Poop #2 is more runny than #1.
Notes: The child "worked" for about 20 minutes on Poop #1 which was immediately followed by Poop #2. The child is on a GF diet, but he still does have occasional milk, according to his mom. His primary source is breast milk. He eats well, according to mom, "but his poops ALWAYS come out runny and or undigested." He got a hold of a few bites of his sister's wheat toast today, and Poop #2 "is obviously the outcome of that." Mom notes that it smells REALLY bad too.
Submitted by: Jenn

Mucus, Undigested Food

Source: 4-year old PDD-NOS boy.
Style: Unformed.
Notes: Child is currently off almost all supplements and is "a MESS" according to mom. Spinach can be seen in the stool. The red is most likely tomatoes, she says (not blood). Child was with his father over the weekend; dad doesn't report food consumed nor give supplements. Mom also reports lots of mucus in the stool. She thinks the color is indicative of yeast and is planning to treat for yeast using biotin and GSE.
Submitted by: Heather

Black Specs

Source: 3 year-old SPD boy
Style: Unformed, watery. Diarrhea with a few chunks of undigested food (corn?). Tons of little black specs; looks like black pepper throughout. Also a few black "seeds" and some white "seeds."
Notes: Child has had virus/stomach bug for 2 days. Ate very minimally throughout the day. Behavior was great.

Stomach Virus

Source: 3-year old SPD boy
Style: Diarrhea, unformed, undigested food (beans and corn).
Notes: Over the course of a day, the child's poop went from diarrhea with chunks of undigested food (beans and corn) to thick watery diarrhea to thinner watery diarrhea. I am suspecting a viral stomach bug because this child's sibling got the same thing the next day. Vomiting also occurred.

Undigested food

Source: 3-year old SPD boy
Style: Mushy. Two colors. Undigested kidney beans and corn.
Notes: Child had just finished antibiotics when this picture was taken. Child had been constipated for a few days (as far as I knew).