autism and gastric problems?

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I found this link and ds was 'borderline autistic' when he was under salt. He suffers a lot with gastric problems and is peg fed because of it.
Any other experiences?

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I think it is very common for children with Asd to have issues with their bowels, whether it is sensory or related to food who knows and it could be a mixture of both.

The GF/CF diet is used by many people. There are lots of books written about it. The Dr involved in the MMR stuff was doing work around leaky gut.

It is very interesting stuff.

Gluten free and?

My poor ds has suffered so much. We got his reflux under control and now his constipation is getting worseand is refluxing more again. Hes always constipated despite being on all the meds. His constipation startes after he had meningitis.
Where can I find more out about this?
Thanks

Caesin free sorry.

I would just google it, there is lots of info out there.

I know loads of children with Asd and they nearly all have issues with constipation and lots of them are regularly on medication for it.

Sorry to hear your little man is struggling

My dd1 was gf/cf free for years. It was the Sunderland diet when we started - think the research is now ESPA. Try googling ESPA autism gf/cf and t should come up.

Dd1 had horrendous bowel issues when she was little. We started gf/cf when she was 2, and it took about 5 years for her bowels to stabilise. She has had a relatively normal gut for about 2 years now (still very sensitive though, and she has supplements still to help with that). The Sunderland protocol was not 'just' gluten and casein free, but also all additives (preservatives, sweeteners, colourings and flavourings - even natural flavourings), which can take a bit of getting used to.

It helped dd1 enormously, and remains the single bed thig we have ever done for her. She is 9 now, and can have a near-normal diet, but the alleviation of her gut symptoms also helped with a lot of her autistic behaviours, which have her space to learn.

The books Gut and Psychology syndrome and Diet, Intervention and Autism are a good place to start reading too.

With ds its so hard to get him to eat anyway. When he was cows milk and soya frew diet he wouldnt eat the food he could have. I did bake from scratch and everything but still wouldnt eat. Hopefully we can get the referral through for the gastric who helped first timerround and see what he thinks.