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Is Celiac A Possibility?

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mckenzie Newbie
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<_< MMM, Right where do I begin, My son is 5 months old now and after diarrea and really restless for 8 weeks my doctor advised milk intollerance or milk allergy as a maybe, and put him on soya milk. He is now on soya milk and things seemed to be looking up, until 8 days ago where the diarrea started all over again, and boy is it smelly ( sorry guys but all effects need to be listed) its smells sour.

He has had nothing else, just his soya milk.

I read that celiac usually begins when gluten is introduced into the diet, and when he was about 10 weeks I put some rusk in his bottle at bed time ( I listened to my mum) I know that you shouldn't do this but after no sleep I was desperate!!! then thats when the diarrea started.

My main question is, if it was celiac, would diarrea still be happening when he is on soya milk and nothing else.

Thanks, and look forward to some responses.

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KaitiUSA Enthusiast
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Symptoms are broad with celiac. Some people get them and others do not.

When someone has symptoms and goes gluten free it does take time for the symptoms to go away. At 16 years of age when I was diagnosed it took me 8 months to get back to normal. It depends on age-usually the younger you are the quicker you heal because over years the damage usually accumulates and that is why it takes longer.

Also testing in kids under 2 for celiac can be inaccurate so the diet is the best way to go for kids younger.

Is he off of milk or gluten or both and if so for how long? Gluten is hidden in so many things and you have to make sure he is 100% gluten free.

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Kaiti, Thanks for that, his soya milk is gluton, milk protein and lactose free, the last time he had anything different was 3 weeks ago, within 2 days of being on the soya milk, he was more settled & the diarrea stopped, it has been the last 8 days that it has all started again.

I believe my 5 year old might have had something to do with it, she decided that he would like to try some strawberry milkshake 2 days before it all started again, she did not give him a lot (he was wearing most of it). and he has not been right since, could such a small amount of milk trigger it all off again.

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