Sick Again

[kirst4588]

My son Justin turned four in July and has been gluten-free for two years. Besides an occassional accidental exposure, he has been health ever since avoiding gluten consumption.

But for the last few weeks, he's been sick again. His behaivor is just like the old-uncontrollable days, and he can't even get to the bathroom in time before he goes in his pants. It is fowl and loose -- you all know the drill.

The last couple of times he had an "accident" at home, he was so disappointed in himself he tried to hide it. He told me that it just fell out and he couldn't get to the bathroom fast enough!

I feel so horrible for him.

The only changes in his diet have been replacing Pedia Sure with Ovaltine (as it is so much cheaper) - I'm using the Rich Chocolate flavor, as I'm told it's gluten-free. (but is it processed on the same lines?)

And his "gluten free" Wellshire farms nuggets seemed a bit different in the last load.

But that's it.

School starts in approx 1 week and I'm not sure if he'll make it without having an accident.

[Nantzie]

Poor kid... Yea, it sounds like gluten to me. That "falling out" was exactly what used to happen to me. 10 second warning to get to the bathroom. I used to have to run and push my kids out of the way in order to get to the bathroom, which is only 10 feet away from where I usually sit. Sometimes I wouldn't even make it, even being that close.

I would cut out all the new things, and try them again maybe on a weekend, one at a time, to identify the culprit.

Cross contamination is always a risk, so that might be it, even on things that are supposed to be gluten free. A lot of us have gotten sick on Amy's meals lately. I got glutened on an Amy's meal the worst I've been glutened since I went gluten-free. So it's always a possibility even on items that are declared or actually labeled gluten-free.

Nancy

Edited to add:

Thought I'd see if I could find info on the products you mentioned, and bingo!

It's probably the Ovaltine. It sounds like it has barley (malt) in it. Not sure if Rich Chocolate would be any different because it sounds like the barley malt is their "thing". If it doesn't have it in the ingredients, it's probably cross-contaminated.

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You'd think the bastards could at least leave our chocolate alone... Ugh.

Hope your little guy starts feeling better.

I wonder if Nestle Quick or Hershey's is gluten-free? Hopefully someone will post and have that info.

Nancy

[penguin]

Those are the UK sites, in the US, the rich chocolate flavor is gluten-free. I called on it in March or April. I drink it and have had no problems, but who knows from batch to batch if there is contamination. That would probably be my first thing to eliminate in this case.

Also, that about site has a lot of misinformation, it says that millet, kamut, quinoa, and others contain gluten and they don't.

[Nantzie]

Oops, you're right. I didn't notice that. I was just scanning for the Ovaltine.

Nancy