dotandevan

Thanks for your thoughts. Maybe I'll let him get poked another time and see if they can get any blood. Is the stool test covered by insurance? I'll have to ask his doc about it. I guess it would be much easier to have a simple test done now than have to feed him gluten later on or do a biopsy. thanks -Dorothy

Hi, I have an 11 month old who would get diarrhea after eating wheat, barley, oats. I mentioned this to his dr. and she suggested blood tests (but did not mention he had to be eating gluten for blood tests to be diagnostic). The phlebotomists weren't able to draw blood on him. now I'm wondering what's the point? I'm reading about many people trying various...

RaeAnn, Thanks for the advice on communicating with relatives. I am thankful it only took me a few months to figure out that gluten was giving him problems. And all that junk food and processed food he won't be eating! maybe it's a blessing in disguise and we should all go gluten free. -Dorothy

This is in response to Sarah's posting regarding grandparent compliance without diagnosis. I have a very similar problem. My 11 month old son gets horrible diarrhea from gluten and is doing fine now that I don't feed him gluten ( Not too hard since I am generally the one feeding him). I just mentioned this problem to his doctor and she rec. gliadin IgG and...

HI, my name is dorothy and I have an 11 month old son named Evan. As I started him on solids he would occasionally get diarrhea and I thought it was just from trying new foods. the diarrhea would always clear up once I put him back on formula and rice for a few days. then I noticed the diarrhea usually coincided with relatives visiting, when for some reason...