Guest guest Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 , give me a call and I'll talk to you about it. n 216-663-1453 / or 216-310-9692 In a message dated 9/25/07 12:33:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time, hrnovak@... writes: Is there a way to find out of my son does indeed have an intolerance to gluton or dairy?? and if so what physician do i need to see? has his 8 year apt coming up and I was hoping to go over some things with the doctor - but I want to know what I am talking about first..lolParma Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 -- When we suspected our son had a problem with gluten, we removed it from his diet, and saw many improvements. When we added it back, we instantly saw trouble (low grade fever, belly pain, screaming, horrible mood, etc). We talked to our pediatrician about it, and she ordered some blood tests, but we had to put our son back on gluten for a month and a half. So, I'd suggest testing first, then removal. Blood tests were done which suggested Celiac Disease. So, we went to an allergist, had a RAST blood test done. He didn't come out with any allergies to wheat or dairy, but the allergist explained that these only test for allergies, not intolerance. Intolerance is different than allergy, but can still cause tons of problems. His advice was to keep our son off gluten. So, maybe either your regular pediatrician or an allergist can order the tests. Celiac is sticky, because they may say your child needs to see a GI specialist and have a procedure done to definitely test positive for it (I'm not sure I believe that, but that's a whole different post!). Well, we passed on that at the time, because we knew there was a huge difference when we took away gluten. So, that would be up to you to decide. --Suzanne > > Is there a way to find out of my son does indeed have an intolerance to > gluton or dairy?? and if so what physician do i need to see? has > his 8 year apt coming up and I was hoping to go over some things with > the doctor - but I want to know what I am talking about first..lol > > > Parma > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 , A really easy test is the urinary peptide test that you can do through a regular pediatrician, if your is willing to do it. The one we had didn't want us to have to go on a special diet. So we did the diet anyway, and we've been on it for 3 years now...it really helps our son! But Suzanne is correct...you have to do the testing before taking your son off gluten and casein...and testing for celiac disease is very important too, especially if the peptide test comes up positive. The peptide tests shows that there are too many peptides in the urine, which create an opiate effect in the bloodstream and in the brain. Blessings to you! Christie spshaft05 wrote: -- When we suspected our son had a problem with gluten, we removed it from his diet, and saw many improvements. When we added it back, we instantly saw trouble (low grade fever, belly pain, screaming, horrible mood, etc). We talked to our pediatrician about it, and she ordered some blood tests, but we had to put our son back on gluten for a month and a half. So, I'd suggest testing first, then removal. Blood tests were done which suggested Celiac Disease. So, we went to an allergist, had a RAST blood test done. He didn't come out with any allergies to wheat or dairy, but the allergist explained that these only test for allergies, not intolerance. Intolerance is different than allergy, but can still cause tons of problems. His advice was to keep our son off gluten. So, maybe either your regular pediatrician or an allergist can order the tests. Celiac is sticky, because they may say your child needs to see a GI specialist and have a procedure done to definitely test positive for it (I'm not sure I believe that, but that's a whole different post!). Well, we passed on that at the time, because we knew there was a huge difference when we took away gluten. So, that would be up to you to decide. --Suzanne > > Is there a way to find out of my son does indeed have an intolerance to > gluton or dairy?? and if so what physician do i need to see? has > his 8 year apt coming up and I was hoping to go over some things with > the doctor - but I want to know what I am talking about first..lol > > > Parma > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 ~ I forgot to mention that the excess peptides are in the urine because many people cannot digest gluten and casein. So the undigested gluten and casein comes out in the urine undigested, as peptides...then they travel to the bloodstream...then the brain...then we get unusual behaviors. I hope this helps. The rest of us have been at the place where you are, , trying to determine what's going on with our kids too. So be encouraged that you're not alone in this...and let me know if you have any other questions. I hope I made sense. There's a wealth of information, that you've probably tapped into on the internet, too. You might want to look up the tests that a couple of us have mentioned to you, so you can better choose what you'd like to do. Sincerely, Christie spshaft05 wrote: > > -- > > When we suspected our son had a problem with gluten, we removed it from > his diet, and saw many improvements. When we added it back, we > instantly saw trouble (low grade fever, belly pain, screaming, horrible > mood, etc). We talked to our pediatrician about it, and she ordered > some blood tests, but we had to put our son back on gluten for a month > and a half. So, I'd suggest testing first, then removal. Blood tests > were done which suggested Celiac Disease. So, we went to an allergist, > had a RAST blood test done. He didn't come out with any allergies to > wheat or dairy, but the allergist explained that these only test for > allergies, not intolerance. Intolerance is different than allergy, but > can still cause tons of problems. His advice was to keep our son off > gluten. So, maybe either your regular pediatrician or an allergist can > order the tests. Celiac is sticky, because they may say your child > needs to see a GI specialist and have a procedure done to definitely > test positive for it (I'm not sure I believe that, but that's a whole > different post!). Well, we passed on that at the time, because we knew > there was a huge difference when we took away gluten. So, that would > be up to you to decide. > > --Suzanne > > > > > > Is there a way to find out of my son does indeed have an intolerance > to > > gluton or dairy?? and if so what physician do i need to see? > has > > his 8 year apt coming up and I was hoping to go over some things with > > the doctor - but I want to know what I am talking about first..lol > > > > > > Parma > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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