Should You Put Your Child On A Gluten-Free Diet?

I am a 4th decade of life diagnosis and my earliest symptoms besides constipation was IC bladder issues present age 5. I remember begging my mom to take me to the doctor , nothing showed up, I cried as the symptoms continued. I truly didn't know what it was, but I knew something was wrong. It was a maddening bladder spasm that would not go away, my bladder was empty, and I could not stop the discomfort. My mom I know then believed me, but it showed nothing on tests what was it? I remember the mixture of concern and perplex on her face she very rarely shows in life. In time I learned to stop complaining, sit certain ways to create pressure that would reduce the spasm and discomfort. I learned to use the bathroom often to ensure my bladder was empty and would mind over matter the incessant spasm symptoms best I could. Since there was no explanation it was inferred I was an anxious child who was anxious about using the rest room. Fast forward more decades more symptoms piled on (including GI through accumulating into ones that would send me to Dr. & Hospital. I was diagnosed IBS in my early 20s. My husband was the first person to suggest bread was bad for me not a Dr., as for myself well you're told it's just you as a child and the programming self plays a lifetime so my self talk said the same. As my health declined I had testing in my 40s, awaiting my scope appointment months away,I did ask my children's Dr for a blood test celiac panel for each . She said no since I had not been diagnosed officially. Following my incomplete challenge (yes I went gluten-free once to see if it would help and it did I did not want to challenge). A bad error at a restaurant had me back at a Dr for official testing as arthritis now joined the club of my many celiac symptoms. We had to remove gluten from the home entirely now due to my very bad symptoms with cc after my challenge. When that was done my kids became gluten light my son quickly manifested my early symptoms when he had gluten, corn, and milk. My son knew, my husband the empirist, pointed out the news to me. Free of the offenders my son felt better, his skin, GI, and bladder improved. He had seen his mom attempt the gluten challenge and said no mom I don't want to do that when I offered to take him to a different Dr. He said mom why would I eat something that makes me sick to find damage? We know we what it is , I eat like you now. I do regret not knowing sooner for myself or my son. So many missed opportunities. He is 10 so I have read he has a higher prevalence of AI issues approximately 20 percent or so. He does very well with the diet and surprisingly has a discipline I would not expect a boy his age to have. I do wish I had known sooner for he and myself. I do worry about our daughter who says no I have no problems mom. We are entirely gluten-free free house and she knows my concerns for her should she find consuming gluten outside our home becomes a problem. My husband as the non gluten intolerant parent is completely supportive of the issue and does not force my son to have a regular diet. He feels our daughter is much better off being limited to a Whole Foods diet and not a typical SAD one. I'll never know what life would be like if diagnosed earlier nor do I know what awaits me on this journey having gone so long eating gluten. I have concerns that testing is below where it should be from technology and screening for the population and especially youth, but more parents seem aware about food allergies then decades before. I don't think celiac knowledge and awareness is where it should be yet. The SAD diet prevails, but more schools are supporting the Whole Foods treats and none or limited vending machines. Public health and time will show if this is larger than 1 percent and if not better and earlier screening at the minimum will come on the scene. I do hope children with this problem are detected earlier than myself and my son.

Why everyone keeps saying that gluten-free diet is bad? Do you want just to keep in trend with others? Are you sure modern Gluten is good? Are you sure limiting Gluten in food is bad and will not prevent (delay) Celiac? Obviously you don't know. So just explain how to replace Gluten in our diet. If you want to help people, explain them that only missing thing with gluten-free are polysaccharides. Without them human microbiota becomes poor. So explain others where to get polysaccharides from food (for example chicory). That article would have some value. And please don't start about FOMAP's. That stuff people will get enough.