Celiac Disease Support Group
Celiac disease is an auto-immune disorder of the digestive system that occurs in genetically-predisposed individuals. It is characterised by damage or flattening to all or part of the villi lining the small intestine, which interferes with the absorption of nutrients. This damage is caused by eating anything with gluten (gliadin), a protein found in wheat, rye, and barley...
My 12 year old daughter started to get boils and skin rashes last year. Then the diarrhea/vomiting started. It would not stop and I want her to get scoped/colonoscopy. Both came back clean. Dr said well she has IBS, not related to diet she can eat anything. But she continued to be sick and lost about 10 lbs. Through my own research I found that removing gluten from her diet stabilized her. Her boils have subsided but not totally, but much better.
I also have a 14 year old son who has been having intermittent diarrhea/constipation for over a year. I try to get him to eat GF but he is very stubborn and loves his bagels and pizza. I do see a pattern of his illness after he eats the wrong foods.
He has had celiac blood test, neg,, endoscopy was neg. I had him tested for the celiac gene and he does have 1. He is so sick and his Dr also tells me he has IBS. It is the most difficult thing as a mother to watch him suffer.
I think he is finally getting tired of suffering and is being more onboard with eating gluten free. Just on here looking for some advice, support, or whatever from other people.
My daughter has been gf for 1 year now. She is a real trooper. She has had a couple of mistakes and had stomach aches/diarrhea along the way.
Thanks for reading.
Laura
I also have a 14 year old son who has been having intermittent diarrhea/constipation for over a year. I try to get him to eat GF but he is very stubborn and loves his bagels and pizza. I do see a pattern of his illness after he eats the wrong foods.
He has had celiac blood test, neg,, endoscopy was neg. I had him tested for the celiac gene and he does have 1. He is so sick and his Dr also tells me he has IBS. It is the most difficult thing as a mother to watch him suffer.
I think he is finally getting tired of suffering and is being more onboard with eating gluten free. Just on here looking for some advice, support, or whatever from other people.
My daughter has been gf for 1 year now. She is a real trooper. She has had a couple of mistakes and had stomach aches/diarrhea along the way.
Thanks for reading.
Laura
If your son carries the gene for celiac he has celiac. I also carry the gene, that is what my GI told me. It can be an inherited disease. Both my sons were then tested and both have celiac. He needs to get off gluten in order to avoid getting an autoimmune disease.
Welcome to our group. Their is a lot of good people here that will support you with this. I'm glad your daughter is doing better. We have a support group that shares recipes, rates gf products, gives out good websites, etc. feel free to check us out at:
Www.dailystrenght.org/groups/sharing-our-gluten-free-recipes
There are a number of good frozen gf pizzas out there. Udi's makes good single serve pizzas. You can also make your own. Just look at our site. People have shared their favorite pizza dough and toppings. Udi's also makes a decent bagel, but it isn't like the real thing unfortunately.
I'll let Nanny talk about the testing, she knows the most about that.
Good luck with both your children.
Just a suggestion--Try making gluten-free "fun." In other words, make lots of new things for the entire family, and let your son (& daughter) be the official taste-testers. (I don't know many young teens who aren't willing to eat.) You might even create a make-shift scoring sheet that they could use to grade your latest food creation. If you don't have a Pinterest account, I would suggest creating one. It's free, and I found more than 2,000 recipes for GF goodies, in addition to breads, main dishes, soups, etc.
Regarding pizza, there are several options. As Lynn mentioned, Udi's has pre-made pizza crusts (2 per pack). Bob's Red Mill has a GF pizza mix that makes a good-sized pizza. Recently Pillsbury started to offer pizza dough, which makes one 10-inch pizza crust. And there are several home-made pizza crust recipes online, using many different ingredients such as cauliflower, cheese, GF flour, sweet potatoes, zucchini, etc. So there are options. Try to find one to the liking of your children. There is "life without gluten." Your son just needs to become convinced of this fact on his own. It will take time, but once he realizes how sick gluten makes him, he will be more cooperative.
http://urbanposer.blogspot.com/2012/12/sourdough-mini-bagels.html