Your new doc is right – tests are not fool-proof. So you’re off to a good start with him.

In your case, the best test is to take your son off all wheat and see if he improves. This may take weeks, even a couple of months for all symptoms to disappear, and the clock gets reset to zero if he eats so much as a crumb (or less).

I encourage you to put him on a gluten-free diet, and your doctor sounds very sensible, far more so than many of the other doctors that people describe and complain about on this website.

I have a son who is 6 yrs old that we think might by Gluten sensitive. He’s been dealing with stuffy noses, coughing, flem, sneezing every morning, complains of stomach aches at night. Our doctor thought is was seasonal allergies but it doesn’t seem to stop with seasons anymore. All the doc would do is tell us to buy Clariton or other allergy meds over the counter, which we didn’t give much because it’s a cover up not a fix. We just recently started him gluten free which is not easy since he loves bread!

Now to add to the mix he had what I would consider a asthma attack after running the bases in a baseball game. He got really scared, and so did we, because he couldn’t breath. No wheezing, but he couldn’t get enough air and it took him at least 20 minutes to catch his breath. Then he had a cookie that one of the moms brought for a snack and due to the excitement we forgot about the flour. We got home and he complained that his stomach hurt and we noticed a light rash on his shoulders and chest. Hmmmm.

I found this website last night after doing research on asthma and gluten. It comfirmed my thought that there could be a connection. I read Wheat Belly by Dr. Davis and remember reading about a connection of the the two.

We are taking him in to a new doctor now and going to get him tested. Our new doc said the test aren’t fool proof but my gut tells me wheat is the culprit.

Any thoughts???

Thanks!
Brandon