Allergies, unexplained diarrhea...

[Guest guest]

I know that many of you have put your children on gluten/casein free

diets, but I was wondering if any of you actually saw an issue prior

to this. I ask bc my son had unexplained diarrhea (loose stools, not

frequent) for months at about 18 mos - 2.5. We even had him tested

for parasites. Now he drinks lactaid and we haven't seen the problem

at all since...

I've been reading about " leaky gut " and was wondering if this could

be tied in somehow. Wanted to ask anecdotally if anyone had any

thoughts...

Thanks - Marina

[Guest guest]

Marina,

My son gets loose stools because of food allergies. When the

offending foods are not given the stools are fine. Ingesting foods

the child is allergic too on a regular basis can lead to leaky gut.

nne

> I know that many of you have put your children on gluten/casein

free

> diets, but I was wondering if any of you actually saw an issue

prior

> to this. I ask bc my son had unexplained diarrhea (loose stools,

not

> frequent) for months at about 18 mos - 2.5. We even had him tested

> for parasites. Now he drinks lactaid and we haven't seen the

problem

> at all since...

>

> I've been reading about " leaky gut " and was wondering if this could

> be tied in somehow. Wanted to ask anecdotally if anyone had any

> thoughts...

>

> Thanks - Marina

[Guest guest]

Marina,

It sounds like a possibility. There are blood and urine tests to check. These

supposedly are not always reliable. My son really didn't have any symptoms, but

the urine test showed an abnormal amount of casein. When we took milk out of

his diet, we did see immediate changes- and when we slipped-up a few times, his

bowels showed it!

Maybe you could keep a journal of food your child eats and see if you can find

any correlations.

Do you have a good dr. to discuss it with? Our dev. pediatrician has advised

us on the diet and nutritional supplements.

Just some thoughts,

amy

[ ] Allergies, unexplained diarrhea...

I know that many of you have put your children on gluten/casein free

diets, but I was wondering if any of you actually saw an issue prior

to this. I ask bc my son had unexplained diarrhea (loose stools, not

frequent) for months at about 18 mos - 2.5. We even had him tested

for parasites. Now he drinks lactaid and we haven't seen the problem

at all since...

I've been reading about " leaky gut " and was wondering if this could

be tied in somehow. Wanted to ask anecdotally if anyone had any

thoughts...

Thanks - Marina