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Can we change the name of the 'Allergies' topic please?

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undecidedanduncertain · 28/01/2014 09:11

Can we change it to: 'Allergies and Autoimmune diseases'? Or at least 'Allergies and Intolerances'

Lots of people with DC with coeliac disease (including me) post here, and it is annoying to have the implicit suggestion that coeliac is an allergy - when I spend an awful lot of time in RL trying to explain to people that it isn't.

A lot of discussions under the topic are about dietary restrictions, from allergies and coeliac as well as other conditions. If it was called 'Allergies and Autoimmune diseases' that would cover coeliac and diabetes as well.

I know when my DS1 was first diagnosed, it took me ages to find a place on MN where knowledgeable people could advise me - because I didn't think of looking in 'Allergies'.

Thanks for considering this.

RowanMumsnet · 28/01/2014 13:38

Thanks for flagging this; we're going to sticky it for a bit in the Allergies topic to get a sense of what other Mners think.

KateSMumsnet · 30/01/2014 12:18

Hello everyone,

Thanks for all your feedback on this - so it looks fairly unanimous for 'Allergies, Intolerances and Coeliac Disease', is everyone happy with that?

We see what you mean about the Swine Flu things as well - we'll see what can be done.

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