DT1 (4) was diagnosed with coeliac disease 2 months ago (DD1 was diagnosed 3 years ago, DT2 diagnosed after DT1). Neither of the DTs had an endoscopy as the consultant agreed that it was unnecessary to put them through the procedure complete with general anaesthetic given our family history.
Since diagnosis and going gluten free 2 months ago, DT1 has been suffering increasingly bad stomach pain. She has had antibiotics for a chest infection, which cleared up but the tummy pain remained. It was so bad one afternoon we ended up at A&E only to be told by the triage doctor that it was acid indigestion brought on by the remains of the inflammation from the coeliac disease and we were told to give her infant gaviscon. This didn't work, so we went back to the GP and got Ranitidine, which has seemed to help a little. It's clear that she sometimes uses the tummy pain as a diversionary tactic when faced with something she'd rather not do, but at other times, she's crying with pain so it's obviously real.
On the basis that you take infants with reflux to a cranial osteopath, I took her to my osteo last week and then again today after she suffered really badly yesterday. He had a few thoughts - that it could be fructose intolerance, dairy/lactose intolerance or helicobacter Pylori (type of ulcer caused by stomach bacteria).
Does anyone have any experience of any of these? Or any alternative ideas?