Could this be connected in someway

[alfiemama]

My ds is not a fantastic eater, but if he doesnt eat anything, or much at night, he is sick in the night and morning, just clear, fluid, we then have to starve him of water and food and then he is right by lunch time.

We have taken him to the gp, who said he thought it was childhood reflux, didnt prescribe anything for him.

Son goes in on himself which is horrible as normally so chatty, wont even speak to us.

Has anyone else heard of this, as no one I have spoken to ever has, and could it be linked to asd/aspergers, when we finally get the community paed appointment do you think we should mention this aswell or is this another pead (again)

Well think I have answered my own question

just found this
Description
Some people with autism spectrum disorders are reported to suffer from gastro-intestinal (GI) problems. Symptoms may include one or more of the following:

Constipation
Stomach pains
Indigestion
Diarohhea
Gaseousness or bloating
Discoloured, watery stools
Reflux or vomiting
Night time wakening
Unexplained irritability

DS1 (severe ASD) did that a lot when younger. If he didn't eat/or got over-excited he would spend the next 3 days throwing up/unable to keep anything down.

In the end I figured it was cyclic vomiting/abdominal migraine triggered by low blood sugars.

Found something about it in a hippy alternative medicine type book which suggested giving herbal teas with sugars in. (I tend to give water with dissolved sugars). keep on with tiny sip until they're tolerated then add food.

DS1 doesn't vomit but does get terrible stomach pains a lot- we put it down to anxiety: looking at your link it may not be (but then maybe that's Alfies issue too?)

OTOH a different aspect- I had hyperemesis when pg (severe pregnancy vomiting) and certainly the less you can eat, the more you are likely to be sick again: blood sugars probably, also general mineral balances I was told.

So it could be either really- low blood suagr or Asd. Will e eat honey? fst way to bring sugars up I believe

yes mention it to Paed, definitely.

Ooh peachy I also had hyperemesis, ended up in hospital on a drip, could be blood sugars, but there is no way he would touch honey, he has real issues with food.

Thanks Jims I will look into this, again wish I could get the herb teas down him, he has never drunk anything but water for years, used to have milk when he was a baby but thats it, wont even touch that now.

Ive just got him to eat a slice of bread and he has finally kept him down, always seems to pass by lunchtime, he has been a bit tense lately, which I was putting down to xmas and all the change in routines at school.

I will defo mention it, just seems to much of a coincidence now, thanks

Yep I had the drip too. I know several people who did and went on to have ASD kids actually, I suppose a problematic PG always places the child under greater risk.

Is there any rinks he likes you could sneak sugar into? Orange juice etc all count as well. I know its ahrd with ASD diets (we have been blessed on that ront with our boys, as long as we seat them in the right places / use the right divided lates etc) but I know those issues are insurmountable in the short term really.

interesting, I knew that there was a link with difficult births but didnt think of this one, there seems to be a lot of links, its quite scary when you look into it.

No unfortunately Alfie will only drink water, and watches me fill it up from the tap. We tried to sneak things in but this coursed massive melt downs, hence him now staring at us as we fill it up

It's not a roven link- just my guess! Also know of someone who does study a ltot of this stuff and believes there is a link between the HG and the eclampsia that almost killed us both.

My thoughts are that the more you have to contend with physically the likelihood of repercussions regaring health.

Hmm, I know what you mean Peachy, I put ours down to the Clomid I had to take to have Alfie, its just my way of dealing with it, as without this he wouldnt be here.

DS1 and DS3 both have milk problems; I am certain that this is at least a part of their issues and i strongly suspect the lactose free bt nt casein free formula s3 was prescribed enhanced ds3's issues seriously