Recurring Strep Infections

are the tubes causing the strep? be careful with all the antibiotics, I got MRSA last year b/c I was on antiobiotics so much. Very scary. I would not think that all of this has caused her to not grow at the right pace, but I would think her attitude is b/c of it. She doesn't feel well and drugs in general make kids cranky. I would get a second opinion, maybe even a trip to Nashville, TN to the Vanderbilt children's hospital. Good luck, hopefully some moms have some advice for you.

Cory,

I'm sorry to hear your little one has been so ill. I would be seriously concerned about the overuse of antibiotics. Her weight and height are not an issue. My older three were all like that or smaller. However, with the recurring infection her immune system needs boosting. I would be very careful about her diet, giving her only whole foods like fresh fruits and veggies, hormone free chicken or turkey, brown rice, whole grain pasta, etc... Avoid processed foods and anything with additives as much as possible. I also suggest avoiding dairy. She needs a good multi-vitamin, and calcium supplement. Dr Christopher has some great herbal ones available online. She also needs a good probiotic that you can find in your local health food store. Please reconsider the antibiotics and surgery. Before going forward I highly recommend speaking with a qualified herbalist or naturopath. This is a good place to start. http://www.ndaccess.com/NaturalChoices/Page.asp?PageID=5 Good luck!

B.
Mom of 4, Certified Nutritional Consultant, Family Herbalist
Board Certified Holistic Healthcare Practitioner

I just have two comments based on past personal experience.

One is that I had allergies that apparently left me extremely susceptible to throat / tonsil infections. Ragweed pollen and tobacco smoke were the worst for me - even smoke from other parts of buildings - which I didn't know until smoking was banned altogether indoors.

The second is that with all that antibiotic use, be sure that probiotics are onboard for a long time.

Just from my personal experience.

Have you tried contacting a chiropractor who specializes in children??? Perhaps they would be able to help. They've worked wonders on our kids from ear infections, to colds, to poor sleeping, sore necks, etc. All those antibiotics can NOT be good for her.........

Our son, now 20 years old an built like an NFL linebacker, had strep seemingly all the time. I remember at one time, that if he had a confirmed diagnosis one more time with in a certain period of time, they would test the whole family (pets too) to see who was the carrier and passing it on.

May be something to think about. She's getting it somewhere and not getting over it.

Do you have a dog? Our dog was a carrier and my whole family 'passed' it around for almost a year before the dr asked if we had a dog. We had a vet test the dog, and sure enough, the dog had it and was passing it to the whole family. Who knew?

Just one more thought.....are they checking her after the round of antibiotics to make sure the strep is gone? Maybe it's not killing the strep and she's really not cured at all.

Well, one more thought. There are certain antibiotics that, if she has mono (have they checked for that? She's not too young.), will react and cause a SEVERE, SEVERE, very red, almost all over rash. It also comes with fever, chills, throwing up, weight loss, loss of appitite, fatigue, ect.....

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Could it be food allergies causing this? My kids had terrible times with this same thing until I discovered that they were allergic to gluten. I'd taken them to get allergy tested and they didn't test gluten at the time. They still had some symptoms even after finding out their food allergies. But when I took gluten out on my own, they were the healthiest they'd ever been!

My nephew was very, very small. He had his tonsils out at 6. He only weighed about 35 lbs. at the time. Almost immediatly, he started growing and putting on weight. It really helped him.

My son was 7. He wasn't tiny, but was smaller than average. After his tonsils came out at the end of first grade, he also started growing, and sleeping better.

My daughter had strep over and over in kindergarten. She did not have any growth issues but, like you, the wide variety of ways strep presented itself each time was exhausting for her. She also seemed to have trouble breathing - a bit of apnea at night. Her tonsils were very enlarged so at the end of the school year we had them removed along with her adnoids. The outcome for us: She never had strep again (knock on wood, 8 years later!), the breathing issues immediately stopped and she was just much healthier in general.

Hi Cory,

I have to agree with Bridget and feel that your daughter's digestive balance needs to be reset due to the over use of antibiotics. A herbalist or naturalist would be beneficial for her as well as the suggestions that Bridget shared for her food.

There is a book, called How To Raise A Healthy Child In Spite of Your Doctor, by Dr. Mendelsohn. You can google it and read exerts from it online. He has a great section on strep and tonsils. It's definitely worth looking into. He especially talks about the important rule that tonsils play and that our bodies need them to fight infections.

Dr. Mercola also has great information on boosting the immune system and natural healing. Excessive rounds of antibiotics can lead to candida(yeast) overgrowth and cause recurring infections because the candida inhibits the body's ability to do what it needs to do.

Please look into natural ways to boost your daugther's immunity, a candida cleanse and start her on a probiotic daily to help get her body back in balance.

I'm so sorry you're going through this.

J.

My daughter was 8 when she had strep from Dec-July and also a serious sinus infection within that time. She had her tonsils taken out at the end of July that year. Her ENT told us later the her tonsils were full of bacteria and she wouldn't have beat it without taking them out. She has not had strep since and she is now 11.
Constant use antibiotics can affect a child's developing teeth. Once your child is free from all these infections she should feel so much better and her body can push it energy towards other things instead of fighting infections.

I'm assuming that you're talking about having her tonsils out? If that's the case, it was the best thing I ever did. She is so young, that it should be relatively easy. I had them out at 18y, and it was very painful. I'm rarely sick anymore (I've had strep once in 18 years) and colds maybe 3 times a year. I attribute that to getting the tonsils out.