'Quiet couple of days. Once took the kids and Carl out to lunch at the Penny 2 Diner in Fairfield. I'd forgotten that though their fries are unseasoned and cooked in vegetable oil... it's the same oil they use to cook breaded things. Oops. By evening, Alex was a mess. I am, however, pleased to report that earlier when I took him to a Duane Reade to get a drink, when I opened the refrigerated case he looked at all the sodas... and reached for the bottled water. Yayyeee!!!But, he's become a little more "spacey" lately and not stringing more than 2 words together. Consulted with his doctor and 'think it's just that he's plateaued on his Diflucan and we need to switch him to Nizoral. Diflucan treats a number of types of fungal bugs and Nizoral another group. He's done with Augmentin for the klebsiella so we'll only need to maintain healthy levels of good bacteria with things more gentle on the body.
Since he responded so well to his first shot of glutathione, he's scheduled for another dose. Eventually we'd switch to the transdermal form for maintenance. Glutathione is a protein in the body responsible for DNA synthesis and repair, amino acid transport, detoxification of the body from toxins and carcinogens, protects cell from oxidative stress, and lymphocytes (cells vital for effective immune function) depend on it for proper function and regulation. It has antiviral properties that slow or stop the replication of many pathogens. It is a protein that protects every cell, tissue and organ in your body from toxins and disease. And finally, it directly affects your body's ability to reduce and control chronic inflammation (which we know Alex has through testing).
I'm not making this up. These are from real articles from medical journals on biochemistry, epidemiology, pharmacology, immunology, etc.
There was a Discovery article on this in an issue this past year... how scientists DO find inflammation in the brains of autistic children. But they've also found inflammation in their digestive tracts. Additional damage to the digestive tract is caused by the abnormal overgrowth of pathogenic bacteria and fungus. They've found damage/changes to these people's DNA. And many children undergo chelation because they have abnormally high levels of toxins in their bodies. When autistic children get sick, they can get very sick. Fevers shooting to alarming numbers.
Surprise! Children on the spectrum have much lower levels of glutathione in their bodies than healthy people.
Anyone see a connection here? Maybe?
Why their bodies are producing less is still up in the air. But it works. Via clinical trials. (insert scoffing from various medical professionals here).
Yes, it doesn't have 20 years of testing, but neither do drugs like Lamictal which is prescribed every day to hundreds of patients with bipolar manic depression. And my psych admitted, "We have NO IDEA how many of these drugs work in the body. We just know they do." Guess what's another way of saying that: "We know it works through clinical trials."
Why would drugs like Lamictal get more backing and acceptance than supplementation? Why do doctors find it easier to prescribe an antiepileptic when they don't even know how it works in a person with manic depression and nevermind the side effects. There are practically no side effects to glutathione and other supplements that autism specialists use to treat our kids.
"Medical professionals" on the other side of the battlefield would rather put an autistic child on anti-psychotics that are proven to do serious brain damage than explore ways to actually find out what's gone wrong and try repairing the damage that's already been done.
Why?
Because you can't put a patent on something like glutathione?
Don't even get me started on the pharmaceutical industry and their lobbyists.
