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Wysoy - URGENT advice needed.
Morning ladies
I'm in desperate need of advice. Daniel is 10 weeks and it's suspected he is lactose intolerant. Doc has sent off two poo samples for testing and prescribed Wysoy to try in the meantime. I've been Reading that it should not be given to kids under 6 months and can even cause infertility in boys!!!! I've requested from docs that they give him Nutramigen (tried ds1 on this 3 years ago and he hated it as it tastes and smells vile!) and I'm worried he won't have it and I'll have no choice but for him to have wysoy. I'm also panicking cos ds1 had wysoy and feel shit that I may have caused him damage giving him it!! What should I do re Daniel? I'm really hoping results come back and he's not LI, but with both DS1 and I being LI until we were 3 I'm really stressing out. Please someone slap me!!!
I'm so confused atm.
Thanks ladies.
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I'm in desperate need of advice. Daniel is 10 weeks and it's suspected he is lactose intolerant. Doc has sent off two poo samples for testing and prescribed Wysoy to try in the meantime. I've been Reading that it should not be given to kids under 6 months and can even cause infertility in boys!!!! I've requested from docs that they give him Nutramigen (tried ds1 on this 3 years ago and he hated it as it tastes and smells vile!) and I'm worried he won't have it and I'll have no choice but for him to have wysoy. I'm also panicking cos ds1 had wysoy and feel shit that I may have caused him damage giving him it!! What should I do re Daniel? I'm really hoping results come back and he's not LI, but with both DS1 and I being LI until we were 3 I'm really stressing out. Please someone slap me!!!
I'm so confused atm.
Thanks ladies.
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We were originally given Pregestimil, which she wouldn't drink as it's disgusting (very like Nutramigen), then Wysoy (which constipated her) then Enfamil O-Lac, which made her condition much better (but still with a little constipation). All this time the 4 x GPs I'd seen didn't really know what was wrong with her
I had to keep on going back & asking for something different. Thankfully the O-Lac helped & then we were eventually referred to a Paediatrician, who believed it was only a temporary lactose intolerance, caused by a gastro bug... so we eventually managed to gradually get her back onto normal formula.
Perhaps ask your GP for the O-Lac, made by the same company who make Nutramigen etc. Hopefully it'll help your little one x
Maenad - we have previously used colief but it didn't seem to make a lot of difference tbh, but I will ask doc if there is an alternative to it which may help, rather than changing milk.
Banana - thanks for that I will deffo speak to doc about that if he doesn't take to Nutramigen, or if there is nothing I can add to his regular formula.
Wowbabies - I have a feeling Daniels is milk protein rather than LI actually but will see what poo test results say. Thanks for the reassurance about Harrison, I just felt awful as soon as I read about infertility
Thank you ladies you really are brilliant
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as someone already stated wysoy is given for tempory lactose intollernce and short term use is ok. wysoy is used as it tastes the closes to normal formulas.
i assume your gp is waiting the results before deciding what to give your LO next. i feel for you as it took a long time for lizzie to be diagnosed. i was first told by HV lizzies was a lactose intollernce and she was put onto wysoy but then we got a very quick referal to paed and he ran some tests and said she is allergic to the protien and we MUST avoid everything with it in, we have been given a specail antihistimine for her incase of any contact and she was immediatly put on nutramigen which she took fine and she will be on this milk until she is 2 (im counting down the months til i dont have to keep making bottles,lol, 11 to go!!)
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edited to add, i too can't wait, ds is 22 months now and still having to make his milk up, he's got his 2yr old paed review next week where there going to retest him and see if he's outgrown his cmpi yet and if he has we can start making the move to cows milk, and if nit, from two, he can have the fresh soya, so either way shouln't need to faff around with ff for too much longer (well aslong as dd remains happy on the boob)x
sjbaby, y ds's symptoms were lots of vomiting (whole feeds every feed, projectile), green poo, screaming/crying with every fart or poo, eczema and eventually weight loss...we were told it was refulx and colic until at 17weeks we moved house and got a new gp hth x
From what I've read they don't have to have them all, but these are generally the symptoms associated with the intolerance.
Lactose intolerance:
Abdominal pain - cramps, often localised to the per-umbilical area or lower quadrant
Bloating - caused by the formation of gases that expand in the warm conditions of the digestive system
Flatulence - caused by the gases produced by the bacteria. H2S is the gas associated with the odour
Borborygmi - may be audible to the patient and on physical examination
Diarrhoea - stools are usually bulky, frothy and watery
Vomiting - particularly adolescents
Nausea - may be present, probably due to acidity and gases escaping backwards
Weight loss - if kept unattended
Malnutrition - especially in babies
Milk allergy:
Skin Reactions:
* Itchy red rash
* Hives
* Eczema
* Swelling of lips, mouth, tongue, face or throat
* Allergic "Shiners" (black eyes)
Stomach and Intestinal Reactions:
* Abdominal pain and bloating
* Diarrhoea (usually very runny)
* Vomiting
* Gas/wind
* Cramps
Nose, Throat and Lung Reactions:
* Runny Nose
* Sneezing
* Watery and/or Itchy eyes
* Coughing
* Wheezing
* Shortness of Breath
Hth
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He wouldn't take the Nutramigen, he had 1oz then screamed and sobbed and refused anymore, so back to wysoy for now!! Results should be in on Wednesday so fingers crossed it comes back negative and we can put him back on normal formula. Though it still won't help me understand why he has all the above symptoms, but at least I know he doesn't have to avoid certain foods.
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