Hi! My 15 mo daughter was recently diagnosed. She has constant diarehha and we saw a pediatric GI who did a RAST as well as blood and stool tests. We have removed Gluten, dairy, soy, eggs, wheat fish and nuts from her diet and she is drinking a nutritional supplement called Peptamen JR. She is also breastfed but my BM doesnt seem to irritate her only the direct consumption of the foods.
We are going back in April for a biopsy of her small intestine. I was told from her blood test that normal for her is under 25 and she was way over 75...but I dont know exactly what that means.
So I will be lurking for a while and posting questions as they arise. This sounds like a great place to start!
Hi! My 15-month-old grandson, Logan, was just told by his Gastroenterologist that he is allergic to milk protein, soy and Gluten. He has had diarhea his entire life, looks like he's going to die of starvation any minute, has me worried to death, is very underweight at 19.5 pounds, and has lots of trouble sleeping due to tummy troubles. He desperately needs protein. Since he is my grandson, I don't have the ability to talk with his doctors. Only his mom does that, so I have no clue what info the doc has given his mom. She's only 21 and I don't know how much of what he says she truly absorbs. Anyway, it's been about a week now of a gluten free diet, we think, and he's still having terrible bouts of diarhea, large amounts, and usually has undigested foods in it. I'm scared for him.
Newly Diagnosed 15 Mo
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Hi! My 15-month-old grandson, Logan, was just told by his Gastroenterologist that he is allergic to milk protein, soy and Gluten. He has had diarhea his entire life, looks like he's going to die of starvation any minute, has me worried to death, is very underweight at 19.5 pounds, and has lots of trouble sleeping due to tummy troubles. He desperately needs protein. Since he is my grandson, I don't have the ability to talk with his doctors. Only his mom does that, so I have no clue what info the doc has given his mom. She's only 21 and I don't know how much of what he says she truly absorbs. Anyway, it's been about a week now of a gluten free diet, we think, and he's still having terrible bouts of diarhea, large amounts, and usually has undigested foods in it. I'm scared for him.
Please help us!