Heat

My son took about 2 months to get back to normal. Until then he was on a special diet because GERD was one of his symptoms. No dairy, fatty foods, tomatoes, carbonated drinks, berries, citrus, chocolate, Those things all make GERD worse. Also lots of celiacs are lactose intolerant at first. He was able to add things gradually as he improved. BioK made a big difference. It we forgot to have it one day we could really tell, he would get so much sicker again. Get the dairy one though, the non dairy one is horrible and the lactose is digested by the probiotics. Gentle tummy rubbing is soothing.

One big problem we had at first was that some "gluten free" foods were making him sick. Watch for labels that state "processed in a facility that also processes wheat". You might want to try these after healing, but stay on the safe side for now. I try to add new foods one at a time so if there is a problem, I can know what caused it. He tends to say that he isn't sick when it is clear to me that he is. Stoic, I guess, but it makes it harder to watch his diet.

It is a process, Don't beat yourself up when you make mistakes.

Thanks very much for your reply, can you please tell me what is BioK?

Unfortunately Celiac can be very complicated in the beginning. Not only do you need to be cautious with food, but cross contaminations is a very real issue.

Shared toasters, scratched pots and pans, meds, vitamins, lotions all need to be free of gluten.

Thanks momma goose for all the infomation will come in handy, never knew so many other people were dealing with this.

For children, it can take anywhere from a couple of weeks to a couple of months to recover. It can take longer, but often that is in adults who have had undiagnosed Celiac for a long time.

The villi damage will need to heal, and her body will need to start properly absorbing nutrients again, as well. Its a slow but steady process, with bumps along the way, but overall should be a positive, upward trend. Unfortunately it isn't ask simple as taking out gluten and magically being 'all better' - if only!!

Do you have a helpful doctor? Has he provided you with any guidance, and do you have a follow up appointment scheduled?

The links Lisa provided are helpful, as well as www.celiacdiseasecenter.columbia and www.celiacdisease.net.

Yes we do have a helpful doctor, just waiting on the final results of the tests, should know the results within a few days. Thanks for the websites

Heat,

Welcome to the board. I'm sorry to hear your daughter has Celiac but I'm happy she has been properly diagnosed. How long has she been gluten free? It can take awhile for the body to properly heal after taking gluten out of her diet. There isn't a cure for the symptoms that come along with Celiac, other than the gluten free diet/healing the Celiac induced damage. However, she may get some symptomatic relief using easy foods like Lisa mentioned, or OTC meds like pepto bismol, immodium, pepcid, or other similar OTC meds for stomach upset/problems.

Let us know what else we can do to help!!

Thanks for taking time to reply, she has been gluten free for about 2 weeks now, how long will it take for her body to heal?

Hi There,

My Daughter who is 9 years old has just been diagnosed with Celiac, we have started her on a Gluten Free diet, which seems to be working because she dose'nt get the pains in her tummy as often as she was? But she get's the pain back every now and then. Can anyone tell what's the best way to deal with the stomach pain? Is there anything I can give her? Anything I can do? It rips me to sheards seeing my daughter in pain like that and there's noyhing I can do? Please any suggestions would be much appreciated.

Cheers TJ.