Guest guest Posted February 18, 2010 Report Share Posted February 18, 2010 Hi. I have an odd question. My husband and I both have Celiac. Two of our three kids definitely react VERY poorly to gluten, so they're on gluten-free diets. Kid #3 is just 1 year old, and I'm not about to give him gluten, as our house is completely gluten free. Anyway, he's having some eating and feeding issues, and the nutritionist we're seeing is pushing hard to have him tested for Celiac. As far as I know, one has to be eating a lot of gluten prior to the test for it to even be possible to get a positive test. And furthermore, the tests aren't all that accurate on little ones. When I told her that, she said that was the old test and that there's a new one that is more accurate and doesn't require one to eat gluten. Do any of you know anything about this? It sounds like b.s. to me. But I'm not a professional in the field. Shannon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2010 Report Share Posted February 19, 2010 The Enterolab poo testing doesn't require that you be eating gluten. I was gf when I did it. Sent from my iPhone On Feb 18, 2010, at 2:49 PM, " Shannon West " <shanwest wrote: > Hi. I have an odd question. My husband and I both have Celiac. Two > of our three kids definitely react VERY poorly to gluten, so they're > on gluten-free diets. Kid #3 is just 1 year old, and I'm not about > to give him gluten, as our house is completely gluten free. Anyway, > he's having some eating and feeding issues, and the nutritionist > we're seeing is pushing hard to have him tested for Celiac. As far > as I know, one has to be eating a lot of gluten prior to the test > for it to even be possible to get a positive test. And furthermore, > the tests aren't all that accurate on little ones. When I told her > that, she said that was the old test and that there's a new one that > is more accurate and doesn't require one to eat gluten. Do any of > you know anything about this? It sounds like b.s. to me. But I'm not > a professional in the field. > Shannon > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2010 Report Share Posted February 19, 2010 Thanks for posting this. I just ordered the full panel. On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 8:06 PM, Sally Parrott Ashbrook < sally.parrott wrote: > > > The Enterolab poo testing doesn't require that you be eating gluten. I > was gf when I did it. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Feb 18, 2010, at 2:49 PM, " Shannon West " <shanwest<shanwest%40shaw.ca>> > wrote: > > > Hi. I have an odd question. My husband and I both have Celiac. Two > > of our three kids definitely react VERY poorly to gluten, so they're > > on gluten-free diets. Kid #3 is just 1 year old, and I'm not about > > to give him gluten, as our house is completely gluten free. Anyway, > > he's having some eating and feeding issues, and the nutritionist > > we're seeing is pushing hard to have him tested for Celiac. As far > > as I know, one has to be eating a lot of gluten prior to the test > > for it to even be possible to get a positive test. And furthermore, > > the tests aren't all that accurate on little ones. When I told her > > that, she said that was the old test and that there's a new one that > > is more accurate and doesn't require one to eat gluten. Do any of > > you know anything about this? It sounds like b.s. to me. But I'm not > > a professional in the field. > > Shannon > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2010 Report Share Posted February 19, 2010 But it does require that you are producing antigliadan antibodies, having been exposed to gluten sometime in the last year or two. If the baby has not been exposed to gluten that won't work either. Pam On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 6:06 PM, Sally Parrott Ashbrook < sally.parrott wrote: > > > The Enterolab poo testing doesn't require that you be eating gluten. I > was gf when I did it. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Feb 18, 2010, at 2:49 PM, " Shannon West " <shanwest<shanwest%40shaw.ca>> > wrote: > > > Hi. I have an odd question. My husband and I both have Celiac. Two > > of our three kids definitely react VERY poorly to gluten, so they're > > on gluten-free diets. Kid #3 is just 1 year old, and I'm not about > > to give him gluten, as our house is completely gluten free. Anyway, > > he's having some eating and feeding issues, and the nutritionist > > we're seeing is pushing hard to have him tested for Celiac. As far > > as I know, one has to be eating a lot of gluten prior to the test > > for it to even be possible to get a positive test. And furthermore, > > the tests aren't all that accurate on little ones. When I told her > > that, she said that was the old test and that there's a new one that > > is more accurate and doesn't require one to eat gluten. Do any of > > you know anything about this? It sounds like b.s. to me. But I'm not > > a professional in the field. > > Shannon > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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