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There is genetic testing available through www.EnteroLab.com. If your daughter aready tested positive that would mean that either you or the childs father would also have the gene. If it were me, and I was expecting a baby I would get tested as soon as possible and also have the baby's father tested also. I my own case I wished I had known when I was nursing...

Hi Nikky, What I suggest is to try a gluten free diet with your niece. With some help from a good health food store, I started a dairy free diet with my son to start then went gluten free about a month later. In days after going gluten-free I saw a huge difference and it was easy to see that a gluten-free diet was doing good things for him. It wasn...

Nikky, You might suggest your Aunt look into genetic testing through www.enteroLab.com. The test is a simple swabbing of the inside of the cheek, so it is easily done on a small child. My son is five and we had him tested with this lab, he tested positive for the gene for celiac. He had 5 different test done prior to this one. They all showed he did...

Rachel, Thanks thats good advice. Some time ago my son had issues with yeast, prior to going gluten-free/CF, so your thinking is probably correct. I've started giving him activated charcoal and will try the epson salts baths. I had stopped these some time ago because they seemed to contribute to a loose bowel problem we were having but maybe the combination...

I hope someone can speak to the topic of Oxalate withdrawl or symptoms of "dumping" oxalates. I'm in the process of switching my already gluten-free/CF/SF kids to a low oxalate diet. We are in week 2 and they have all kinds of strange things going on. Has anyone else had nausia, vomiting, headache, blotchy rash, urinary pain, irritabilty and crying. Wondering...