2 Year Old Needs Help

[cnh]

I have a 2 year old son who weighs 20 lbs. and is an very poor eater. Finally a physician ordered labs on him with the following results:

Antigliadin Abs, IgA 6 units (norm 0-19)

Antigliadin Abs, IgG 87 units (norm 0-19)

tTG IgA 2 units (norm 0-19)

IgF is still pending. Other labs are WNL. No neuro deficits or other S/S. I cannot find anyone familiar with this enough to give a differential diagnosis. Can anyone help??

[CarolynM]

Sounds similar to my daughter's test results, what are other symptoms aside from poor eating and small? Mine had loose stools, poor sleep habits, irritability and hair loss. If digestive issues, try keeping a food journal to find connection -- possibly gluten intolerance if not Celiac. I saw a connection when my daughter ate pasta.

[tarnalberry]

was a total IgA test done? with those results, your child could well be IgA deficient, in which case those specific IgA test results wouldn't help you pin down a celiac diagnosis.

[3boyzmom]

Well, what you should understand is that the elevated IgG alone means that your child is gluten intolerant and should stop eating gluten immediately.

The IgA would be more specific to Celiac's disease in which the villi were damaged... children are naturally IgA deficient from birth to about 4 years old... and some people are IgA deficeint their whole lives.

I feel that an elevated IgG alone means that you are pre-auto immune disease.

Do what you think is right and don't wait for the doctors to figure it out... many of them never do.