and Gluten Sensitivity

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Dear Friends in the group (PART 1)

My name is Ryder . I have consulted with Fran Bulone, the

moderator of this group before posting this letter.

I have an eight (almost nine)year old son who was diagnose with

at the age of four. His symptoms included the fevers - every 16 to 23

days, apthous stomatitis, and severe nausea and vomiting. We have

been seeing an Infectious Disease physician for three and a half

years. We have tried cimetidine and singulair. Nothing worked. This

past February, due to a variety of reasons, primarily irritable bowel

syndrome, I started my husband on a gluten free diet. Within four

days, most of his irritable bowel symptoms had disappeared. I bought

a book from our local natural foods store by Shari Lieberman called

" The Gluten Connection " in which she notes one (1) time that apthous

stomatitis is frequently related to gluten sensitivity. Well, we had

nothing to lose and started our son on a gluten free diet. HE HAS NOT

HAD A FEVER SINCE WE STARTED THE GLUTEN FREE DIET.

To back up our assumption that gluten sensitivity was the cause of his

problems, we had a stool sample and genetic testing done by a lab in

Plano, Texas called Enterolab. The genetic testing showed that he had

two copies (one from both of us) of one of the genes (HLA-DQB1*302)

that predisposes people to have celiac disease (gluten sensitivity).

(Continued in Part 2)