3BoyMama

My son is truly IgA deficient. His IgA is 8 and was tested twice to confirm. He is 13 and it does make the standard blood test invalid. To be considered deficient, I think you need to be below 10. I don't think your kiddos numbers are really something considered low enough to make the test invalid. If it is weakly positive, there are a few other blood...

We heard from the doctor yesterday. Here are the results and the plan: I would be interested in what you all think. I am also so upset about the bone age x-ray being 2.5 years off with our first endocrinologist. That changes a lot of things and limits my son's time to grow! Bone Age x-ray- The latest doctor to read his bone age x-ray felt it was...

It is interesting you mentioned the Palouse! We lived in Moscow for almost 9 years. My middle son is being worked up for asymptomatic celiac disease as a reason for growth delay. I have to wonder if having our house surrounded by wheat fields (literally one in our back yard) could be a reason he could have this. He lived there from 8 weeks old to age...

When you say "IBS", do you mean irritable bowel syndrome or inflammatory bowel disease? If they found inflammation on your endoscopy and some villus flattening, I would ask for the pathology reports to be reviewed by a 2nd pathologist and seek a second opinion. Even though you should probably eat gluten free regardless, it would be important to know whether...

Hi Everyone, I am a newbie here. I will try to make this as brief as possible! We have been on quite a journey with our 13 year old who has had slowed growth, no weight gain in 2 years and delayed puberty. After ruling out a lot of endocrine issues, our endocrinologist sent us to a GI doctor. The blood test generally done for celiac disease was not...