How can you find out if YOUR child should be tested for celiac disease?
WebMD Health News recently published a questionnaire that you can use to find out if your child has celiac disease and needs to be put on a gluten-free diet. According to the article, at least half of children with celiac disease NEVER get diagnosed, leaving them suffering from the painful physical and mental symptoms of the disease.
Instead of indiscriminately administering a blood test to kids, now we can narrow down the children who need to be tested by asking them five questions:
1. Has your child ever suffered from abdominal pain more than twice during the last three months?
2. Has your child ever had diarrhea lasting more than two weeks?
3. Does your child have a tendency to firm and hard stools?
4. Does your child gain enough weight?
5. Does your child gain enough height?
Check out the link below!
Article Courtesy: Tina Turbin
Yeffany says
I know all of you are trying to do the right thing .but the geltun part of it doesn't have to be the enemy .I have Crohn's disease and now consider myself cured. I just eat REAL food .not preservatives, no additvies, basically no packaged or canned food, all organic, absolutely no milk because it's meant for a baby cow ( look at john mcdougall on the perils of dairy for starters) and no meat because that is meant for carnivores with short digestive tracts short and sweet but it helps!