wvasweetness
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Yes, this is our greatest fear.... that he will be severely sick for a month, have the test done and it comes back negative. They are only willing to scope him after a MINIMUM of 4 weeks on a gluten diet. We say the same - the end result is the same: if it's negative, he won't have gluten... if it's positive, he won't have gluten. Yes, we...
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Thanks, everyone. We already drive more than 2 hours to a "good" specialist, which is why we even considered this in the first place. But even being new to the whole celiac world, my husband and I knew that this couldn't be the only option for diagnosis.
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I didn't even know this was possible - to be too young to produce the antibodies necessary to get a positive diagnosis through antibodies.
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We have discussed potential testing for our 16 month old son for several months. However, his very severe symptoms when he is exposed - even CC exposure - are preventing us from moving forward. Our pediatric gastro recommends he be on a diet with gluten for a minimum of 4 weeks prior to testing. Both she and our pediatrician agree that exposure for 4...
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ARCHIVED Pediatric Gi In Pittsburgh (Or Anywhere In Wv, Pa, Va)
wvasweetness posted a topic in Doctors
I'm looking for a second opinion since our pedi GI will only further discuss Celiac and way ahead if we agree to biopsy testing. We're in WV, but currently travel to Pittsburgh and are willing to travel to see a good pediatric GI who may give us more options. Thanks! -
ARCHIVED 15 Month Old - Testing Options?
wvasweetness posted a topic in Parents, Friends and Loved Ones of Celiacs
Short back story: Our now 15 month old starting having "virus like" symptoms at 6 months old (coincidentally at the same time we started feeding him cereal in his baby food). 40 doctors appts and 4 weeks of screaming 20 hours/day later I did some "Google research" and saw that pretty much all of his symptoms mapped to Celiac/gluten intolerance. Our pediatrician...