From my reading I have become aware of the importance of good nutrition
before and during pregnancy as well as during lactation. This is a far cry from
what I was taught in nursing school in the 1990's, which was that the baby takes
what is needed from the mother and she is the only one to suffer from
nutritional inadequacies. But I know now, there is a relationship between poor
nutrition and adrenal weakness or exhaustion. Without the adrenals to help the
body handle stress of all types, we are left vulnerable to allergies, cancer, and
other immune dysfunction. During the third trimester especially, a mother
with adrenal exhaustion will actually feel better as she is drawing from the
baby's healthier adrenals. This can cause the baby to be born with adrenal
exhaustion, leaving him or her vulnerable to the same immune dysfunction. I
believe they are indeed in trouble from birth. Consider how putting mother on an
elimination diet may cause further nutritional deficits. It is really a
complicated matter to address. That is why I believe improving nutrition is a first
line intervention.
Hashimoto's was in our picture also. I have had it since age 14.
Jennifer Stevens, RN
In a message dated 2/21/2007 12:08:17 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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Very frightening......years ago I had eosinophilic colitis (as an
adult).....at the same time I had a very elevated ANA titer (lupus), and they were both
considered diagnostic for mild lupus. (There is thyroid disease in my family
(Hashimoto's) as well, and that is also in my immune profile.) Since then I
have discovered that I have sprue, an allergy to gluten. This also causes
massive diarrhea.
Now I am wondering, and, again, my only research has been into these "adult"
conditions and diagnoses, how many other autoimmune responses might contribute
to these mothers and babies.
We know that a baby's immune system doesn't mature until 4-6
months........are these little immune systems in trouble from birth?
Until gastroenterologists were able to go inside the body for biopsies, many
of these diseases were unknown.....we also now know that there are a whole
host of immune disorders, many presenting simultaneously in a patient, and each
connected to the other.
What a great research project this would be.
Breast feeding mothers with this problem will require on-going support and
guidance.
Does anyone know of any physicians who deal specifically with this issue?
Carol
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