DS1 has been gluten free since about a year old. We realised after weaning him that something wasn't right, and eventually pinned it down to gluten. He did have an ELISA screen for gluten allergy/intolerance?, but it came back negative. However, he'd been gluten free for six months or so by then.
We've tried reintroducing a couple of times since then, but he's reacted to pure oat cakes (so wheat free), and we stopped. Now our consultant has said that we need to do three months on a gluten diet, to have him tested again to determine if there is a problem or not.
We started last Saturday, so nearly a week ago, and since then he's been having a couple of slices of bread and/or oatibix each day. The first few days were OK. He's been waking up earlier than normal, but only an hour or so. However, for the last couple of days, he's been saying that his tummy hurts (only when asked if he has a pain anywhere, not mentioning it otherwise), and his poo has gone very smelly again, and a lot more loose than normal. He's also got quite bad smelly wind.
I'm going to try and persevere with it for a while, so that we can get the test done, and get a definite result one way or the other. Does it definitely have to be three months? I suppose it will be OK, if it doesn't get any worse than this, but I hate the thought of putting him through discomfort purposely (although neccesary long term).
Has anyone else been through this? What sort of symptoms did their DC develop?
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Reintroduced gluten to ds1's diet. The story so far....
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Laura032004 · 16/03/2007 19:52
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