Wheat intolerance - advice needed please

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Hi

My LO is 20 months old she has been diagnosed lactose intolerant and we have that under control.

Now we are being tested for a wheat allergy / intolerance via blood test as she bloats really badly after meals and has stomach cramps

Just wonderered if anyone has experience of this and have your LO's grown out if it ??

Thanks

not with a LO - but lactose intolerance can be secondary to a problem with gluten. So if she does have a problem with gluten and it (not just wheat) is removed from her diet she may in time be able to tolerate lactose. Lactose intolerance can also be secondary after infection and again may improve. I have experience of that but "temporary" was a long time.

It's important to stay on plenty of gluten until after the blood test. However then it's worth excluding gluten as a trial even if the test is negative.

everything as tatt says as i have two coeliac children and both of them had probs with dairy as little ones - coeliacs is obviously now treated so the problem has gone away - very very important to keep eating the offending stuff before the test.

Good luck

Thanks for your advice

Dietician told me yesterday to keep giving her gluten and wheat till i next see her by which time we should have test results back.

Tatt - didn't realise lactose intolerance could be secondary to gluten intolerance.

Also does anyone know if coeliac hereditary ?

Dietician said it was but no family history that we know of

there is a genetic component to coeliac, so if someone is confirmed other family members are advised to have tests.

If you are coeliac then I think the ends of villi in the intestine get damaged, lactase is produced by the tips hence lactose intolerance. If spotted in childhood the damage is usually reversible once gluten is excluded. It's well known, the dietician might mention it later. Pictures here villi

Thanks for that info Tatt very useful, I'm thinking she may just be intolerant as her symptoms fit with coeliac.

Dietician also said she looks too well, her weight gain is ok too 24lb @20 months and she has endless energy

Guess we'll have to wait for the tests

sorry

Thanks for that info Tatt very useful, I'm thinking she may just be intolerant as her symptoms don't fit with coeliac.

Not everyone with coeliac disease is underweight, and you don't have to have a family history. No one else in my family has it, but there are lots of other autoimmune diseases.

thanks for that CMOTdibbler, i have had the same debate re diabeties (sp?) some say its heriditary, some say not

if there is a genetic component it doesn't mean everyone inherits it, or that it is the only cause. however it does mean that siblings/other family memebers are more likely to have it.

Coeliacs aren't all underweight, although it can mean they aren't diagnosed as quickly as it's a common misconception. Have a look at the coeliac society website.

Two types of diabetes so that debate is more complex .

Thanks i'll take a look now

yeah as i have found out my mum and dad have type 2 diabetes and my gran had type 1 depending on who you talk to i may or may not get it - v complicated