kim26

my daughter is a diagnosed celiac. both my husband and myself were tested and were negative. i have all the typical gi symptoms and have started the diet with my dd. i feel MUCH better! my question is can you have a rash that's NOT DH but is still because of gluten? my sis has eczema(pompiholyx) on her hands, she gets these tiny bubbles that eventually...

hi! it sounds to me like they found duodenitis, this means the duodenum is inflamed. sometimes this is just plain ol irritation from GERD, or too many meds like IB profen or motrin. various other irritants. BUT, sometimes its an indication that something else is going on. i was diagnosed with it myself a few years ago after months of trips to the er with...

ravenwoodglass, i guess your right about the dietary response...i've just always been one of those people that wanted something concrete like test results to go on. guess its time to let that go...lol my mother was commenting last night that it would fit that im the one who gave it to my dd because i was a very colicky baby and always had tummy trouble...

i thought that the Delimex Taquitos were ok as long as they were the ones in corn tortillas, obviously.....but after my daughter started complaining of being nauseated i read the box and found out tonight that the beef and cheese kind are not ok. im sure this is old news to most everyone else on here but we are still fairly new to this. it was totally my...

jhow32000, you didn't offend me at all! i like straight forward answers! i DO feel better on the diet, but i find myself saying "oh i can cheat a little, my tests were negative". guess i just need to suck it up and do it! as for my husband, i seriously doubt he will go gluten-free without a diagnosis.....BUT he is amazing where my daughter and i are...

my dd wa diagnosed thru positive blood test, negative biopsy, and positive response to the diet(VERY POSITIVE), about 3 months ago.?? since then my husband and i have both been tested, and both were negative. im on the diet to support my dd and do in fact feel better in regards to my IBS and energy level and mood, my husband is not on the diet. neither of...

Hello to my fellow Texans!! lol After searching high and low at Whole foods, Albertsons, Wal-mart and Kroger....I FINALLY found it tonight at Target!!!!!!! I am in the Arlington/Mansfield area. Seems like it just took while to make it this direction for some reason. My daughter and i ALSO hugged the box!!! I have no shame! lol

Hello to my fellow Texans!! lol After searching high and low at Whole foods, Albertsons, Wal-mart and Kroger....I FINALLY found it tonight at Target!!!!!!! I am in the Arlington/Mansfield area. Seems like it just took while to make it this direction for some reason. My daughter and i ALSO hugged the box!!! I have no shame! lol

i thought so. I've read conflicting reports. my dd has been acting whiny and cranky, and says she's nauseated the past couple of days, i thought maybe it was because she just got a new retainer(following her braces being taken off), but since she started the gluten-free diet she only reacts this way to gluten...not every little stress in life the way she...

are quaker rice cakes ok?

thx nora_n! I've read some stuff that says it can indicate auto immune disorders, and other things that say it doesn't mean anything. so i dunno. they did not run any gliadin tests, i don't know why. he has an appt with his pediatrician on tuesday hopefully we'll know more then.

does anyone have any idea what an ELEVATED total IGA means?? this was the only thing out of range on my 4 year old sons tests. i know all about IgA deficiency, but im dealing with the opposite. should i be concerned????

ok i went and picked up my sons lab results and i had another question: EMA IgA-Negative tTG IgA - 1 (0-3 being negative) IgA serum(total IgA) 113- flagged as HIGH so i know tha low IgA can skew the tests, but i what in the world does a high overall IgA mean?!? if anything?

i am on the diet with my daughter, and my husband is suppose to have his tests done tomorrow, but im trying to convince him to go gluten-free regardless of the results. just as you predicted in one of my other posts Ursa Major, my "IBS" has mysteriously gotten much better on the diet! lol i think im going to have a sit down with the hubby and talk about making...

ursa major, thx for your quick response! if his tests are negative would it be worth it to do a scope? my dd's scope was negative, but the gi doc is so convinced that there's damage somewhere in there she's offered to do the pill cam. anyway, its just going to be much harder to explain to a 4 year old why he cant have the foods he's used to, my daughter...