5 Yr. Old Daughter, Possible Diagnosis

[maryliz]

She had been having chronic diarrhea for a month...

At first I thought it was a bug, I gave her pepto (half of a chewable pill), then it would come and go, then the diarrhea came back full force, and the pepto no longer worked. Took her to the doctor, he said to try a gluten free diet for a week and come back...it has been 2 days, she is already better!

Now, I just have to learn about this new style of eating my duaghter is going to adapt to.

[tarnalberry]

Welcome to the board. Depending on your normal cooking style, a gluten-free diet may or may not be easy to jump into full force, but the celiac.com site has some great lists of safe/unsafe food. Even the most well prepared of us make mistakes at times too, so don't feel too bad when you make a slip. It's great that you've found something that will make her feel better!

[MySuicidalTurtle]

A week is not that long to try for especially since the beinging is filled with mistakes and learning! You'll get a hang of the diet. I hope your daughter starts feeling better soon.

[celiac3270]

It's definitely too soon. I tested positive for celiac disease and I've been on the diet for eight months and I'm still not better. Give it at least 2-3 months in my opinion. Kristina's right; it usually takes longer than a week to see any results.

[Guest barbara3675]

Here is a printout that you can use to shop at the grocery store. The people that put in on the internet do it just as a service because they care about celiac people. It was updated in September, I just copied it off today. It is 51 pages long and you have to have Adobe Reader to copy it but that is easy to do, you just have to go to Adobereader.com and download their free offering. It is well worth whatever you have to go through to get all of this free stuff. I use this list whenever I am wondering about a product at the store. I read labels too, of course, but in the beginning, this is very helpful. Also you can go to the health food store, they have mixes that make cakes and things that are pretty darn good that will help you fix things that are close to normal eating. I made corn spaghetti the other day with homemade spaghetti sauce....I liked it a lot. The printout is:

www.napervillegi.com/celiac/gffoodlist.pdf

Best of luck to you in your new adventure in eating, it can be done if you do it with a positive attitude.....Barbara