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ARCHIVED Help With Oats
mlana replied to mlana's topic in Post Diagnosis, Recovery & Treatment of Celiac Disease
Thank you both, that actually confirms what I had already been reading - but needed some human imput to completely understand. -
ARCHIVED Help With Oats
mlana posted a topic in Post Diagnosis, Recovery & Treatment of Celiac Disease
My 7 yr. old is starting a gluten-free diet, and I am confused about the status of oats. Classic forbidden lists always include outs, but lots of medical studies seem to indicate that oats may be okay. Help!?! -
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mlana replied to mlana's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
Okay, so now how do I exactly go gluten-free? I have read a lot on-line and at this forum. Should I do a search within this forum for a gluten-free diet or just do more on-line research. (It isn't the obvious stuff that I am unsure of - like wheat products, I just read some things on the forum about soaps etc.???) Also, now that we are going to do a... -
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mlana replied to mlana's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
I appreciate the feed-back. Perhaps if I share more of my "thought process", you will be able to shed even more light on this subject. For at least a year, my son has complained (on and off) of digestive problems. He also had issues with intermitent dia. and gas. All of the tummy problems were so "here again gone again" that it never seemed problematic... -
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mlana replied to mlana's topic in Celiac Disease Pre-Diagnosis, Testing & Symptoms
Thank you for your responses. My son's symptoms are (to this point) entirely digestive in nature. I am having a Celiac panel done tomorrow, as well, as I have had lactose intolerance and IBS for years. We are hoping that it will shed more light on his problems. I have read that 7-10 % of celiacs don't have IgA antibodies, will the "regular" celiac panel... -
My son had a celiac panel done this week (he is 7) in which only the IgG came back as positive (60). We have a great doctor who really listens. He wants my son to go on a gluten free diet for a couple of weeks and then redo the panel, to see if any of the numbers change. I understand that this gluten-free challenge could make a latter biopsy less definitive...