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Hello- My daughter is newly diagnosed (March) and only had sporadic reactions to gluten before her diagnosis. She's currently suffering pretty severe nausea (but no vomiting) and stomach pain, a headache, and body aches, but the only gluten we can think she might have been exposed to was at a pizza place 36 hours ago. Is it possible that the reaction...
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ARCHIVED How to tell 11-year-old daughter she has Celiac?
aballard replied to aballard's topic in Parents, Friends and Loved Ones of Celiacs
I want to thank everybody for their great advice. We took it all to heart. We are on week three of gluten free, and so far it has been okay with only a few ups and downs, mainly related to school parties and dining out. Because she doesn't experience symptoms, I worry that she is still getting gluten in her diet...I never know if something has been cross... -
ARCHIVED How to tell 11-year-old daughter she has Celiac?
aballard replied to aballard's topic in Parents, Friends and Loved Ones of Celiacs
Thank you so much! This is helpful and a good way to look at it. Part of what makes this hard is that she has no symptoms the majority of the time, only a few days of stomach aches every few months or so. The rest of the time she is symptom free, even though her TTGa numbers keep rising (up 20 points in 2 weeks). But thank you. All of this information and... -
ARCHIVED How to tell 11-year-old daughter she has Celiac?
aballard replied to aballard's topic in Parents, Friends and Loved Ones of Celiacs
Thank you so much for all of this information. It is so helpful! -
ARCHIVED How to tell 11-year-old daughter she has Celiac?
aballard posted a topic in Parents, Friends and Loved Ones of Celiacs
Hi everybody! We learned a few weeks ago that our daughter, 11, most likely has celiac. We are awaiting our endoscopy to confirm the diagnosis, but based on her blood test numbers her GI is 95% sure she has it. Any tips on how to tell her? She tends to have anxiety and so we are planning on downplaying it, but any tips or talking points that worked for...
