Can You Have Cd And Crohns?

[mart]

Before my 7 year old son was diagnosed with celiac disease about 6 weeks ago, he was in the hospital and a blood test showed a positive marker for Crohns. The two back up marker tests showed negative. He said, "he doesn't have Crohns for now." Then he called with the results for the endoscopy results, showing blunting of the villi. That's when he did a blood test for celiac disease, and that came back positive. I was thrilled that he was diagnosed with celiac disease and not Crohns, however, the doctor said that because of that positive marker, he may have Crohns when he's older. He says he does not know what that single positive marker for Crohns means. How horrible that would be! Has anyone ever heard of someone having celiac disease and Crohns?

Anyway, I'm pretty down, as I've noticed that the symptoms for Crohns were pretty much the same as for celiac disease. Although my son has been gluten-free for 6 weeks, he hasn't gained an ounce of weight and he still periodically complains of stomach pain. So now I'm afraid it could be Crohns. I think I can handle celiac disease, but Crohns and celiac disease? Lord help us!

[lbsteenwyk]

You can have both celiac disease and Crohn's Disease, but don't panic yet. Are you sure your son is completely gluten free? Any chance that he's getting cross-contaminated or "cheating" at school? Getting contaminated from art supplies, playdoh, etc? Have you checked his soap, shampoo, etc?