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Is it common for Autistic kids to get sick a lot with only fever and sometimes cough. The fever lasts 3 or 4 days; Kianna is lethargic, clingy and tired, but doesn't always sleep just lay around. Complains head hurts if sits up. The cough if there is one lasts about a week or 2 after fever is gone. (It is different lengths each time.) Also as long as I can remember her stomach hurts, not always just a lot. (Sometimes it is hunger, gas or have to go potty; but a lot for no particular reason.) She… read more

January 4, 2018
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A MyAutismTeam Member

Yah another thing we have done to eliminate the problems with the ears is after my son finally stopped having the ear infections due to the ear infections and the wrong doctors he has officially lost all hearing in his right ear and has lost all pitches and tones of the left but does hear out of the left so we do have him on all of an allergy regimn he's allowed for his age so we took him in he has filtered ear plugs that keeps helps him with sensories as well as fluid build up and they won't put in tubes and doesn't recommend hearing aide so the last thing we know what to try is an allergy test we have it set up for him to go up to the allergy site hope that helps you

January 15, 2018
A MyAutismTeam Member

Ik with my son he is now 9 he is a very picky eater exstremely sensitive to anything that has a texture type to a food he will any kind or fruits veggies he's very picky with he doesn't eat meat of any sort he's gone from hot dogs to chicken nuggets with no textures to it he had several ear infection as a small child he to this day gets low grade temps with constipation and due to the foods he lacks he takes vitamins and as well as and iron supplement and protein drink to help replace what he lacks due to not enough iron my son acted the same way at that age and he eats more as he gets older he does try new things but doesn't eat anything still to this day with a texture due to sensories

January 6, 2018
A MyAutismTeam Member

Picky eaters is quite common lol the ear nose and throat specialist that my kid saw stated we can remove his tonsils I asked what good will that do will it help with his texture sensory where he can eat foods with textures he stated well no I said well he only had one case of strep which was 3years ago his tonsils are inflamed now he stated now there's no infection he stated no so I asked besides making money and costing my insurance company what good does it do and he said as for now nothing and I stated well until it's a necessary procedure then no reason putting him through it but I asked y is he continuously loosing hearing now loosing hearing in the right ear he can't give me an answer

January 10, 2018
A MyAutismTeam Member

We have picky eating. A couple of days ago I started him on Ensure. A few of those drinks increased his appetite. He was starting to eat only graham crackers. He also likes mango smoothie from Nature, and I will mix in a little green Nature juice so he gets some veggies (he seems to do better when I do that). I will sometimes put DHA/fish oil in it as well. I do have improving his diet on my To Do list

January 9, 2018
A MyAutismTeam Member

You can get culturelle from target, cvs, rite aid or Walgreens. @A MyAutismTeam Member and @A MyAutismTeam Member

January 6, 2018

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