Questions On Celiac/gluten Intolerence

[lillianh]

Hi I do not know if my daughter is celiac or gluten intolerence. I thought this my be the best place to ask some questions. My daughter has tics. She has digestive problems. She gets nausea all the time and she belches. She is also constapaited all the time. This is a post I did on another forum I was wandering if maby you can anser some questions.

Hi , I'm looking over my daughers comprehensive stool test and digestion and absorption is in normal range. My doctor told me to observe what my daughter 's is eating. Yesterday she came home form school, she had small package of organic cookies (gluten), then she had whole wheat goldfish, then for dinner we had ravioli's(no sauce).

She had all Carb's, 5 minutes after the ravioli's she doing the Huh sound for about 15 minutes.

Then she gets nauseas, then half hour later belches and she feel fine.

Shes says she gets that all the time when she eats to much. I always noticed that too. Never really pin pointed it to carbs. Her digestion and absorption came out fine. My question is celiacs have malabsorbtion, so does that rule out celiac? What's the difference between celiac and gluten intolerence?I don't know if you read my previous post on her SigA results which is means : Secretary igA is secreated by mucosal-associated lymphoid tissue and represents the first line of defense of the GI mucosa and is central to the normal function of the GI as immune barier. Elvated levels of sigA have been asssocited with an upreglated immune responce. normal range 51-204 mg/dl she got 446. I started researching celiac because of these ranges but then she normal on the digestion so, im confused. Do you think she could be celiac/gluten intolerence?

Like always thanks for your help! Maryann

PS> She also started the probiotics yesterday morning. I thought of that being something different but it was right after she ate so I don't know. I can't wait to speak to her doctor , I want the IGG test this is to hard to figure out. Thanks again

[fedora]

HI,

Her absorption is normal now that does not mean it will stay that way. If she is gluten intolerant then enough damage may not have occured yet. I would not wait untill it does. There is celiac blood tests. It doesn't sound like she has this yet. Drs. will run it if you insist.

anti-glidian IgA and IgG

anti-transglutiminase IgA

anti-EMA IgA

total IgA

If these are negative or you don't want to do blood work, you can try the independent lab Enterolab stool test. Or you can try the diet.

A family I know have a little girl who started having tics. They included sound, movements, and eye movements. She is 6.5 yrs old. She was diagnosed with Tourette's. A month later her family took her off gluten. She had no blood work, no biopsy, just had muscle testing done with a experienced(30 years) muscle tester and homeopathic practioner. In one week off gluten, her Tourette's symptoms had decreased by 95%. It has been a couple of months now. They are totally commited based on results alone.

You can be gluten intolerant without being celiac. Good luck