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Gluten Free Before Having An Endoscopy


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My 5 year old daughter has a lot of symptoms of wheat intolerance which has suddenly become a lot worse. I started taking her off of wheat products but haven't completely eliminated gluten. It's been 3 weeks and I've definitely noticed and improvement although she does have a lot of off days. She can't get an endoscopy for 6 weeks and I know you're not supposed to change your diet before a test but she was in so much pain I really had no choice but to try. I've been thinking about adding small amounts of wheat back in before her endoscopy. Does anyone know how soon before the test I should reintroduce wheat? How long does it take for damage to show in your small intestine?

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My 5 year old daughter has a lot of symptoms of wheat intolerance which has suddenly become a lot worse. I started taking her off of wheat products but haven't completely eliminated gluten. It's been 3 weeks and I've definitely noticed and improvement although she does have a lot of off days. She can't get an endoscopy for 6 weeks and I know you're not supposed to change your diet before a test but she was in so much pain I really had no choice but to try. I've been thinking about adding small amounts of wheat back in before her endoscopy. Does anyone know how soon before the test I should reintroduce wheat? How long does it take for damage to show in your small intestine?

You're really supposed to continue eating gluten normally straight up until the endoscopy. Meaning, 3 or so slices of bread a day.

Even then damage doesn't necessarily show up, the biopsy isn't completely accurate. Damage is patchy, they may not catch it.

If you think gluten is the problem, you might just pass the endoscopy all together and put her on the gluten-free diet. If she's feeling better without gluten, I wouldn't want to make her more sick just for an official diagnosis. If you find that gluten is the problem, that's all the diagnosis you really need, IMO.

In the meantime, try and get a bloodtest done. They aren't totally accurate either, but if it shows up positive, you know gluten is the issue.

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