Post by lisa on Mar 6, 2006 2:56:45 GMT -5
I feel a bit strange posting this, but if it helps anyone out there GREAT!
Before Nate was diagnosed I was at my wits end trying to figure out what was making him sick. My mother had been bugging me to try some "healthful" clothing she sells made from a material called Teviron. She felt sure it would help and that Nate was just polluted by all of the antibiotics and other medicines he had been given since birth. This material is supposed to remove toxins from the body when worn against the skin. It has been sold in Japan for 30 years or so and has been in the US for 3 years.
One day she brought over 2 sets of long underwear to try out. He wore one set during the day and one at night. After a couple of days he stopped having diarrhea! I was amazed to say the least. I found that as long as he wore the clothing, he had relatively good days. If I didn't get a chance to wash them or he didn't wear them for some other reason, the symptoms came back. (At that time he was eating bananas and applesauce every day because in "normal" people that will help combat diarrhea symptoms.)
After the diagnosis, I slacked off on having him wear the clothing. BMs weren't as bad with the changed diet and it was tough to stay on top of hand washing twice a day. Late January he got sick (cold) again and the diarrhea came back. I started putting it on him again last week and have noticed that he doesn't go when he's wearing them. Go figure!
Anyway, if anyone is interested in finding out more about the clothes, please e-mail me and I'll get you in touch with my mother. If Nate wasn't having issues right now, I'd send them to Kristen to try (since Coley is a similar size) just to see if it helped his situation at all. The only drawback is they are relatively expensive. Nate will be able to wear his clothes until he is three or four though so he'll get a lot of use out of them for the money.
I can't really explain a lot of why it works, but we have had good success. My parents originally started using the clothing to combat my father's Parkinson's disease and other aches and pains from getting older.
Before Nate was diagnosed I was at my wits end trying to figure out what was making him sick. My mother had been bugging me to try some "healthful" clothing she sells made from a material called Teviron. She felt sure it would help and that Nate was just polluted by all of the antibiotics and other medicines he had been given since birth. This material is supposed to remove toxins from the body when worn against the skin. It has been sold in Japan for 30 years or so and has been in the US for 3 years.
One day she brought over 2 sets of long underwear to try out. He wore one set during the day and one at night. After a couple of days he stopped having diarrhea! I was amazed to say the least. I found that as long as he wore the clothing, he had relatively good days. If I didn't get a chance to wash them or he didn't wear them for some other reason, the symptoms came back. (At that time he was eating bananas and applesauce every day because in "normal" people that will help combat diarrhea symptoms.)
After the diagnosis, I slacked off on having him wear the clothing. BMs weren't as bad with the changed diet and it was tough to stay on top of hand washing twice a day. Late January he got sick (cold) again and the diarrhea came back. I started putting it on him again last week and have noticed that he doesn't go when he's wearing them. Go figure!
Anyway, if anyone is interested in finding out more about the clothes, please e-mail me and I'll get you in touch with my mother. If Nate wasn't having issues right now, I'd send them to Kristen to try (since Coley is a similar size) just to see if it helped his situation at all. The only drawback is they are relatively expensive. Nate will be able to wear his clothes until he is three or four though so he'll get a lot of use out of them for the money.
I can't really explain a lot of why it works, but we have had good success. My parents originally started using the clothing to combat my father's Parkinson's disease and other aches and pains from getting older.
