Need Help With Healing Gut of Teen

[GypsyA]

Hi, I need help with helping my daughter heal her stomach/digestive system/gut. From everything I've been reading on this site and others, all of her depression/anxiety/mood swings, methylation/energy deficit, CFS, and Lyme issues can't be helped until her gut issues are taken care of. She has a tough time eating because her stomach is always hurting her.

She's a vegetarian (she will consume dairy and eggs if needed, but not other animal products). Her diet is pretty clean, but she does at times eat junk/packaged food with her boyfriend. She smokes (cigarettes and pot--which helped with her anxiety/depression).

I'm pretty sure the Lyme and also HPylori are what caused the digestive issues, since before that she seemed to be able to eat without any issues.

Here are her various results, if that is helpful in seeing some of what's going on that may be useful in advising how best to help her heal her gut:

I also ran her numbers through the minor allele program:

rs28414989 at Chr1:47399879 gave 'CC' The minor allele is 'C' with a MAF = 0.00999
rs11572233 at Chr1:60383869 gave 'AG' The minor allele is 'A' with a MAF = 0.00274.
rs61754022 at Chr1:94528359 gave 'CT' The minor allele is 'T' with a MAF = 0.00959.
rs63750757 at Chr2:47707876 gave 'AG' The minor allele is 'A' with a MAF = 0.00999
rs17760364 at Chr2:189631806 gave 'AG' The minor allele is 'G' with a MAF = 0.00959
rs6798318 at Chr3:81391273 gave 'AG' The minor allele is 'G' with a MAF = 0.00548
rs13096071 at Chr3:100801643 gave 'CT' The minor allele is 'C' with a MAF = 0.00776
rs3087450 at Chr3:127327309 gave 'AG' The minor allele is 'A' with a MAF = 0.00182
rs35031397 at Chr4:6302816 gave 'CG' The minor allele is 'G' with a MAF = 0.00319
rs34116730 at Chr5:74322982 gave 'AG' The minor allele is 'G' with a MAF = 0.00137
rs34203073 at Chr5:76331449 gave 'AG' The minor allele is 'A' with a MAF = 0.00731
rs10036862 at Chr5:124665264 gave 'AG' The minor allele is 'A' with a MAF = 0.00914
rs28363488 at Chr5:138266164 gave 'AG' The minor allele is 'A' with a MAF = 0.00319
rs13167382 at Chr5:156644542 gave 'AG' The minor allele is 'A' with a MAF = 0.00959
rs13187882 at Chr5:156674627 gave 'AG' The minor allele is 'G' with a MAF = 0.00959
rs1041926 at Chr6:28426296 gave 'AG' The minor allele is 'G' with a MAF = 0.00685
rs11756938 at Chr6:29456654 gave 'CT' The minor allele is 'T' with a MAF = 0.00594
rs34057232 at Chr6:30623069 gave 'AG' The minor allele is 'G' with a MAF = 0.00548
rs9658135 at Chr6:35378997 gave 'AG' The minor allele is 'A' with a MAF = 0.00914
rs9658149 at Chr6:35387538 gave 'AC' The minor allele is 'A' with a MAF = 0.00914
rs2235076 at Chr6:102516260 gave 'AG' The minor allele is 'A' with a MAF = 0.00959
rs2941 at Chr6:146755132 gave 'AG' The minor allele is 'A' with a MAF = 0.00594
rs35888596 at Chr6:160543080 gave 'AG' The minor allele is 'A' with a MAF = 0.00319
rs13232752 at Chr7:16019590 gave 'AG' The minor allele is 'A' with a MAF = 0.00639
rs34938955 at Chr7:17338800 gave 'CT' The minor allele is 'T' with a MAF = 0.00000
rs11772720 at Chr7:20739465 gave 'CT' The minor allele is 'C' with a MAF = 0.00731
rs6944925 at Chr7:93262702 gave 'AC' The minor allele is 'A' with a MAF = 0.00639
rs12705801 at Chr7:111517227 gave 'CT' The minor allele is 'C' with a MAF = 0.00091
rs8177173 at Chr7:142561922 gave 'AG' The minor allele is 'A' with a MAF = 0.00457
rs11781640 at Chr8:145699388 gave 'CT' The minor allele is 'T' with a MAF = 0.00137
rs735262 at Chr9:27262761 gave 'CT' The minor allele is 'T' with a MAF = 0.00914.
rs10971602 at Chr9:33611709 gave 'CT' The minor allele is 'T' with a MAF = 0.00822
rs1999661 at Chr9:84603019 gave 'CT' The minor allele is 'T' with a MAF = 0.00776
rs13286360 at Chr9:117021374 gave 'AG' The minor allele is 'A' with a MAF = 0.00822
rs12357104 at Chr10:43587714 gave 'CT' The minor allele is 'T' with a MAF = 0.00639
rs11191279 at Chr10:104161221 gave 'CT' The minor allele is 'T' with a MAF = 0.00319
rs10492162 at Chr12:9664352 gave 'AG' The minor allele is 'A' with a MAF = 0.00091
rs11564181 at Chr12:40673539 gave 'AT' The minor allele is 'A' with a MAF = 0.00914
rs11574040 at Chr12:48276432 gave 'AG' The minor allele is 'G' with a MAF = 0.00045.
rs17198118 at Chr12:49956941 gave 'GT' The minor allele is 'G' with a MAF = 0.00685
rs12817914 at Chr12:78253304 gave 'CT' The minor allele is 'T' with a MAF = 0.00639
rs534564 at Chr12:118691123 gave 'AC' The minor allele is 'A' with a MAF = 0.00776.
rs11065126 at Chr12:120880707 gave 'AG' The minor allele is 'A' with a MAF = 0.00639
rs2231801 at Chr14:23829490 gave 'CT' The minor allele is 'T' with a MAF = 0.00548.
rs2582563 at Chr14:105331893 gave 'CT' The minor allele is 'T' with a MAF = 0.00999
rs4778070 at Chr15:93568008 gave 'AG' The minor allele is 'A' with a MAF = 0.00959
rs8176928 at Chr16:3706185 gave 'GG' The minor allele is 'G' with a MAF = 0.00457
rs35874481 at Chr17:1537078 gave 'AG' The minor allele is 'A' with a MAF = 0.00731
rs11571365 at Chr17:6913855 gave 'CT' The minor allele is 'T' with a MAF = 0.00914
rs929223 at Chr17:43922897 gave 'AG' The minor allele is 'A' with a MAF = 0.00731
rs11664907 at Chr18:61234039 gave 'AG' The minor allele is 'G' with a MAF = 0.00400
rs2231943 at Chr19:41938222 gave 'CT' The minor allele is 'T' with a MAF = 0.00548
rs17003493 at Chr21:15908479 gave 'AG' The minor allele is 'A' with a MAF = 0.00777
rs8142181 at Chr22:25442817 gave 'CT' The minor allele is 'T' with a MAF = 0.00600
rs34842534 at Chr22:29191898 gave 'AG' The minor allele is 'A' with a MAF = 0.00090
rs11573531 at ChrX:25014016 gave 'CT' The minor allele is 'T' with a MAF = 0.00482
rs71980227 at ChrX:43514454 gave 'DI' The minor allele is 'D' with a MAF = 0.00999
rs4265330 at ChrX:55678960 gave 'GT' The minor allele is 'G' with a MAF = 0.00999

rs11574627 at ChrX:70327201 gave 'CT' The minor allele is 'T' with a MAF = 0.00241.

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I'd love to have help with knowing the best steps to help her be as healthy as possible. She's a fantastic girl, filled with creativity, and she deserves to feel as good as possible. I have tried to help her over the years to feel better, she's seen multiple doctors/naturopaths/healers and no one has ever been able to help her. That's why I ordered the 23andme test for her...hoping that if it's a genetic issue that causes her to feel unwell we can learn something and then take steps from there to help her. But, now I am overwhelmed from all I've read and I don't know how to proceed. Any suggestions/advise is greatly appreciated (I, too, suffer the same issues as her...the lyme causing the gut issues for me, but I want to focus on her health first).

Thanks!

Love,

GypsyA

 

[taniaaust1]

"HPylor"

I assume she's then already tried proper treatment for that?
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My gut ended up healing itself (after things like probotics and other things had failed to help). It only got better when I finally worked out all my different food intollerances and then completely avoided those things for a couple of years.

I nowdays can eat most of the things I previously couldnt (my system thou still cant cope with coffee or artifical sweeteners.. nor carbs but that is due to me also having a major issue with high insulin) but its great to be able to have things like dairy again which I couldnt before due to my food intollerence issues with it. (My GERD which I'd been on meds for, turned out to be due to my insulin issue and now completely gone due to having right diet).

The message Im trying to get across here is she may need to find out all her food intollerences, I found that the more I took of things which my body didnt like, the more intollerences it developed (some of these can be subtle and not obvious.. it took me many years to work out all mine)..

 

[AbbyDear]

Tania, that makes a lot of sense. Do you recall if any supplements were not tolerated ?

 

[Plum]

I can only talk from personal experience and I'm sorry I don't know anything about the genetic stuff so if what I mention is counter to that - apologies.

I have healed my gut several times with 50ml aloe vera before breakfast for about 1 month. I use one with no additives but they're hard to find.

I have also taken glutamine first thing - mixed with water.

I have made homemade bone broth from organic bones at home - I understand your daughter is a vege so this won't suit her but there is a lot of good info out there on bone broth - check out the GAPS diet. But glutamine may be enough on it's own.

I think smoking makes gut problems worse (?).

I understand the benefits of pot and I see it being beneficial for anxiety but not for depression. I would steer clear of it for that. Also quality of the pot - insecticide residues etc can make it really toxic. Just my thoughts of course. I think pot affects dopamine - again something you'd need to look into.

Stomach issues are made worse by food allergies. Hence, look into the GAPS diet. Even for a vege the principals make sense and may lead to a deeper understanding of current issues. Food allergies cause leaky gut. I have had to eliminate dairy, wheat, gluten, and all grains.

I still get some pain but most of it is cleared up this way.

H pylori needs to be treated. If you want to do it naturally it is possible. I think mastic gum is useful and maybe p73 oregano oil. Although the normal route is antibiotics.

Once gut is healed also look into digestive enzymes as we're often deficient.

Finally - probiotics. Need to take a good quality one every day, especially after any antibiotics.

IF gut issues are a constant problem then I would suggest being on aloe vera forever! It is very soothing. You would also need to eliminate all food allergies permanently - you mention gut issues being caused by Lyme. No junk food at all - I know it sounds really hard.

You say you've seen a number of specialists - unfortunately they don't know your body like you do, you have to try things and then stick to what works for you. It's really tough when your body breaks down but slowly you can make improvements. Good luck

 

[GypsyA]

Thanks for the responses. After reading even more, I'm now wondering if we should jump into supplements/diet to help work around the gene issues, and that in doing so it will allow her body to naturally fix the gut issues??

We have done and are doing many of the things suggested, it just seems like we are missing some key in truly helping her body heal and behave in a way that promotes health. :-/

Thanks, again!