6 year old farting in school - teacher opinions

[Sunnydaysarethebestdays]

My 6 year old is really struggling with school at the moment. She gets really upset every morning and is difficult to get into class, and says she feels sick.
It transpires after chatting to her this afternoon that she farts a lot when they are sat on the carpet in class and everyone looks at her.
She thinks her teacher is cross with her about it too.
She has started asking to go to the toilet when she feels she needs to fart but her teacher refuses to let her go after so many times which makes it worse.
I can’t help thinking that it’s quite common at their age for this to happen but also asking for any advice at all as is becoming quite an issue for her.

If you want to cut out gluten at home she can still have porridge for her breakfast you just have to get gluten free oats. They're obviously exactly the same but from a factory where there's no chance of cross contamination.

It's a good sign her bowel movements are normal though as they normally aren't if you have food intolerances and continue to eat that food.

I used to get awful wind when anxious. Which made me more anxious. A vicious circle! I'd fart much more at school than at any other time, and it'd be smelly as well. As an adult I do have IBS, which is made much worse by anxiety.

@Stroopwaffle5000

Yes, apologies for not mentioning coeliac disease being a serious autoimmune condition, what I was saying was that in terms of gluten intolerance (which is an antibody response to gluten), coeliac is an extremely serious gluten intolerance (numerous antibodies involved, autoimmunity, incurable except by zero consumption of gluten ever). So.. you see my point. It IS gluten intolerance on the highest scale... if you have coeliac disease and consume it at all it causes gut atrophy and serous autoimmune disease. Apologies; I wasn't trying to downplay coeliac disease in any way, just wanted to separate it from a more "normal" gluten intolerance which can still cause numerous symptoms but not gut atrophy /autoimmune disease! As sometimes a standard gluten intolerance gets lumped in with coeliac... in short, I'm saying coeliac is WAY more serious than that, that's why I think that if it becomes obvious that wheat is a problem, a proper coeliac test is the way to go and I would always advise it.

It seems weird that the carpet is the trigger, I’m assuming that it’s in the morning.

So porridge - lactose and gluten potentially.!

I’m lactose intolerant and coeliac. Bowels normal, no tummy ache, perfectly fine.
It was only when I had blood tests for literally everything that it actually flagged up.
After removing lactose and gluten I noticed a change (more energy mainly) but if I do accidentally have one or the other I’m in agony and have diarrhoea. If she’s been intolerant to something for a while she won’t actually feel the effects of it other than a bit of wind.

Try gluten free porridge with lactose free milk, tell her it will help stop the farting (even placebo effect might help) and see how she does for a week. If there’s an improvement she will have to eat normally to be tested but if not you at least know it’s not likely to be that

It does happen especially on Friday when they have had beans for lunch! She does need to go to the toilet if needed and that I would definitely be asking the teacher for. We sit on the carpet after lunch too so it would be helpful to know the time of day it is happening.

When it gets lethal we open the door and windows and I turn on my citrus oil diffuser!

Why are so many people blaming school lunches? Nowhere does the OP say it's only a problem in the afternoon, and actually they probably spend a lot more time on the carpet in the morning than the afternoon.

[quote SukiPook]@Stroopwaffle5000

Yes, apologies for not mentioning coeliac disease being a serious autoimmune condition, what I was saying was that in terms of gluten intolerance (which is an antibody response to gluten), coeliac is an extremely serious gluten intolerance (numerous antibodies involved, autoimmunity, incurable except by zero consumption of gluten ever). So.. you see my point. It IS gluten intolerance on the highest scale... if you have coeliac disease and consume it at all it causes gut atrophy and serous autoimmune disease. Apologies; I wasn't trying to downplay coeliac disease in any way, just wanted to separate it from a more "normal" gluten intolerance which can still cause numerous symptoms but not gut atrophy /autoimmune disease! As sometimes a standard gluten intolerance gets lumped in with coeliac... in short, I'm saying coeliac is WAY more serious than that, that's why I think that if it becomes obvious that wheat is a problem, a proper coeliac test is the way to go and I would always advise it.[/quote]
Gluten intolerance is a sensitivity to gluten. Coeliacs Disease is not a sensitivity to gluten, they are two totally different things.

Non-coeliac gluten sensitivity, has similar symptoms to Coeliac disease. Although both conditions cause the body to have a negative response to gluten, the two types of responses do not have the same longevity or consequence. When a Coeliac person ingests gluten, his or her immune system will attack against its own body’s tissue. Whereas, if a person is gluten intolerant, the consumption of gluten will cause short-term bloating and belly pain. Unlike Coeliac disease, gluten intolerance doesn’t usually cause long-term harm to the body. But then I'm sure you know all this.

People thinking that Coeliacs are just sensitive to gluten, even highly sensitive, is very misleading and dangerous. If someone who is preparing food for DD thinks that she's just sensitive to gluten, they may not realise the danger of cross contamination, which had happened to us in the past. They didn't know that using utensils that had touched a food containing gluten was a big no-no and this resulted in 3 weeks of stomach pain and missed school. It also leads people to believe that just a little bit of gluten every now and then is ok if you don't mind the stomach ache.

DD is just getting over being glutened 3 weeks ago which has meant that she had missed loads of school, 2 birthday parties, a weekend away and lots of gymnastics training, for which she has a big competition this weekend, and is now really worried about because physically, she is still really weak and could injure herself if she has a fall.

OP Sorry for derailing the thread, I just get very passionate about Coeliacs 😳 I'll shush now 🤐

@Stroopwaffle5000

Thank you for sticking up for us coeliacs! A lot of people think it’s just a tummy ache or intolerance and don’t understand the words autoimmune disease

I think it’s probably a psychological thing. It happened to me in primary school. I farted loudly in assembly and everyone laughed and pointed. After that I was sure I would fat in assembly and I got so anxious about it that I inevitably did. I’m sure the teachers thought I was doing it on purpose to make everyone laugh. But it was more like… if you tell yourself you can’t cough, you then feel like you need to.

[quote Chichimcgee]@Stroopwaffle5000

Thank you for sticking up for us coeliacs! A lot of people think it’s just a tummy ache or intolerance and don’t understand the words autoimmune disease[/quote]
Particularly quacks those who make a living out of pseudoscience who, when told specifically that celiac isn't an intolerance, it's an autoimmune disease reply 'yes, it's a serious intolerance, I'm clever and know these things'.

There's a reason why certain jobs don't exist in the NHS. Because they aren't backed up by medical qualifications even if they obliquely hint that they might be medical with references to 'diagnosing' conditions.