| The issue of regression comes up quite often in | | | | yeast and clostridia bacteria markers and they |
| my practice. Specifically I’d like to cover the | | | | are called the Organic Acid Test and the Microbial |
| issue of regression following antibiotic use or | | | | Organic Acid Test, both from Great Plains Labs. |
| antifungal treatment. For example, your child has | | | | The clostridia marker is a metabolic toxin called |
| recently been on an antibiotic or antifungal | | | | HPHPA and can be found on these tests. Some |
| prescriptions like Nystatin, Diflucan or Nizoral or | | | | of those negative behaviors seen in children with |
| herbal treatments like oregano oil or grapefruit | | | | Autism can be caused by those metabolic toxins |
| seed extract and instead of improvement in | | | | interfering with brain chemicals. |
| behavior you see regression. And specifically you | | | | The reason you see regression when using an |
| see a worsening of behavior in regards to greater | | | | antifungal is because yeast and clostridia live in a |
| irritability, aggression, self injury and withdrawal. | | | | state of constant competition in the digestive |
| The most common cause is some type of | | | | tract. When one is being treated then many times |
| underlying bacterial issue. | | | | the other one can get worse. When you have a |
| Clostridia is a common bacteria present in many | | | | yeast overgrowth and are treating it and also |
| children on the spectrum. There are quite a few | | | | have clostridia overgrowth and don’t treat |
| different forms of clostridia bacteria, one form | | | | that at the same time, the clostridia can get |
| called clostridia dificil can cause a form of | | | | worse because it has less yeast to compete with. |
| inflammatory bowel disease, We are not talking | | | | Antibiotic use can also encourage clostridia growth |
| about that form when we talk about the | | | | because antibiotics also kill the beneficial bacteria in |
| regression seen in these kids although its toxic | | | | the digestive tract that help fight the clostridia as |
| byproducts could be responsible for some | | | | well. So, often times clostridia overgrowth can be |
| negative behaviors. But we are generally covering | | | | the cause of regression following antibiotic or |
| the broad family of clostridia, not just one strain. | | | | antifungal use. |
| There are tests that can look at the specific | | | | |