Mitochondrial Diseases Support Group
Mitochondrial diseases comprise those disorders that affect the function of the mitochondria and/or are due to mitochondrial DNA. The effects of mitochondrial disease can be quite varied. Since the distribution of defective DNA may vary from organ to organ within the body, the mutation that in one person may cause liver disease might in another person cause a brain...
I lost my baby boy to mito, But i never got the pin point of the mito diseases he had. For any other mommies who lost a baby to mito I just wan't to get a idea of the type of diseases your baby had? and what dose the future hold for you?
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I'm so sorry about your loss. I lost my little one this past April. She was one & 6 days and it hasn't gotten easier for me. We found out through genetic testing that she had mito after the fact and they let us know what kind she had. Before then it was always suspected but wasn't confirmed till June. It didn't change anything because as you know there is no treatment or cure for mito. Did you find out from genetic testing that you baby had mito? Did they not tell you/where they they not able to find out early which one it was?
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I went to the doctor a while ago to see about my allergies. He rubbed my arm and stuck things under the skin. Nothing. He poked and prodded, his phlebotomist drew so much blood people thought that we were dating. The tests all came back negative. Then one day I went back and I told him that I had found the cause of my allergy.It turns out, I am allergic to betrayal.
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This isn't really bipolar related but there is never anyone on the parenting groups, this is the most active group I've been in.My 6yr old son has really bad seasonal allergies and they're in full force right now. He gets a terrible cough; he coughs all day and all night, making it hard for him to sleep, and his nose runs.I've tried every allergy medicine, OTC and RX, and none of them affect his...