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Nephew Has Suspicious Symptoms

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Our son has celiac. We did the cheek swab genetic test with Enterolab and he has the HLA DQ 2 celiac gene and also a gluten sensitive gene. He's been gluten free as best as we can control for a year and he's doing much better with his mood and energy level.

My husband and I did the genetic test after finding this out. My husband's side is the one who has the celiac gene. My side does not (I don't have the gene at least). Our nephew (from my husband's side) is showing what I think are suspicious symptoms for potential celiac disease. He's 4 years old and is growing just fine. But he has really bad yellow teeth, so bad that they had to get them capped. He also broke his arm a couple of weeks ago after falling a very short distance (he fell forward off a very low couch)... it really was a minor fall that kids do all the time. It's just weird that he broke his arm so easily. We are wondering if he has celiac disease.

Is it possible that if he has celiac disease that his bones are weak?

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Yes, one of the symptoms is poor vitamin and mineral absorbtion which can cause osteoperosis. Also tooth enamel defects.

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