Have I Given It To Her?

[Krystens mummy]

Hi all I hope you can help me piece the puzzle together. My daughter is 14 months old and has been gluten intollerant most of her short life. Through an elimination diet we found out really quickly. Since then however we have been trying to find out where in the genes she has inherited it. At first thought we thought it was mt husbands mother who has been plagued by unusual skin rashes since going through the menopause. She was tested however and the result was negative and so was the gene test. Here is the interesting part. My mother has just emailed from overseas. I asked her about my development when I was a child. She told me that the doctors were worried because I wasn't growing as well as they would have liked. I am 5ft tall 152cm. She said that she ignored them because I seemed to be healthy other than that. The only other symptom that I may have is that my poop smells like amonia. The only reason I say this is so does my daughters when she has an attack and my sons poop never smelt like that. I appreciate your imput. Thanks

[ravenwoodglass]

I wouldn't be overly concerned about which side of the family she got it from. For one thing she most likely has people on both sides that carry the genes, there are now 9 known to cause some variety or another of gluten intolerance. By the way the person who has the rashes and had a negative blood test should try the diet anyway. Up to 30% of us show negative in blood screening. Everyone on both sides should be blood screened at the very least and those having any symptoms should try the diet regardless of the test results.