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Daughter told to go gluten free

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Hi

my 15 year old daughter has been seeing a gastro specialist for the last year due to having pain in her throat when swallowing food.  She had an endoscopy in September last year and they didn’t find anything wrong in her throat but found her to be slightly anemic and found a small abrasion on her stomach lining (still waiting for an ultrasound on this). She was asked to do a number of blood tests last month including celiac.  We have had the results back and she was found to be slightly low on iron and folic acid and her celiac results were positive.  The only symptons of celiac disease she has is the low iron and folic acid.  The gastro specialist has recommended she do a gluten free diet for 3 months …. I’m just wondering as I have read a lot of positives can be false for people under 18. She has not other symptoms or stomach problems so I’m just wondering why she has been recommended to so this ?  Any comments on this would be grateful 

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Welcome to the forum, Stacey grint!

Can you post the results of the specific blood test or tests done for celiac disease on your daughter? Please include the ranges for positive vs. negative as each lab uses their own scale.

When they did the endoscopy on your daughter did they biopsy the lining of her small bowel to check for damage to the villi that is normally a characteristic of celiac disease? The biopsies are sent to a lab for microscopic analysis. Many celiacs are "silent" and do not evidence GI distress or very little. I was one of them. If a biopsy was not done to check for damaged villi in the small bowel then it should be and that would require your daughter to be eating regular amounts of gluten for 6-8 weeks leading up to the procedure. The blood antibody tests is the first stage of testing for celiac disease and normally, if there are positive antibody tests, then an endoscopy with biopsy is done to confirm celiac disease. However, in the UK, if the antibody test scores were 10x normal the physicians will often forego the endoscopy/biopsy.

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Did the doctor ever mention Eosinophilic Esophagitis as a potential reason for the throat pain? It's another autoimmune condition and not uncommon for someone to have both conditions. 

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@Stacey grint,

Iron deficiency is a common symptom of Celiac Disease, especially in the early stages.  

I'm so glad doctors are recognising the connection now. 

Here's a science-y article about it...

Anemia in Celiac Disease: Prevalence, Associated Clinical and Laboratory Features, and Persistence after Gluten-Free Diet

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9604793/?report=reader

 

Difficulty swallowing can be a early symptom of deficiency in Thiamine Vitamin B 1. 

I had difficulty swallowing which only improved when I supplemented with Thiamine, B Complex, and magnesium glycinate.  I supplement Thiamine in the form Tetrahydrofurfuryl disulfide (TTFD), Benfotiamine, which has been shown to improve gastrointestinal health.  

Malabsorption in Celiac Disease causes vitamin and mineral deficiencies.  Getting checked for vitamin and mineral deficiencies is part of proper follow up care for Celiac people.  Discuss with the doctor the benefits of supplementing while healing.  

Keep us posted on your progress! 

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