They were concerned about a nutritional deficiency but recently ruled that out based on blood results. His vitamin D is normal and he is not anaemic but his folate level is on the lower end of normal so it’s being monitored. More bloods being taken later today so perhaps that might shed some more light!! Thanks for everyone’s responses and comments, great to ...
He was diagnosed via blood antibody testing (twice) and gene testing. He was due to have the endoscopy with biopsy but he had croup at the time of the proposed biopsy so a general anaesthetic was deemed too risky. We didn’t want him consuming gluten for any longer than necessary so the doctors decided we could go down the blood and gene testing route as a...
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Our 20 month old son was recently diagnosed with coeliac disease after 3 weeks of continuous vomiting, weight loss and lethargy. During his initial hospital admission, we noticed he would not bear weight on his feet at all despite being a competent walker. After 2 weeks, we were discharged on a gluten free diet and noticed lots of improvement in...