The following question is about whether a specific symptom indicates celiac disease. Because the symptoms come and go under specific conditions, this question is very instructive.<\/p>\n
Linda<\/strong> asks:<\/p>\n How soon is the onset of diarrhea if your allergic to gluten and eat it?? I have a daughter’n’law who thinks all of her children have the celiac disease. I’m not convinced. As when they spend the nite or days here and I give them gluten I don’t see any diarrhea but when they go home the next day I get a call that one or all had diarrhea all nite. It happened again although this time I know I didn’t feed them gluten Can you help me?? <\/p>\n Note:<\/b> This is my opinion and is not to be taken as qualified medical advice.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n You ask an excellent question, Linda.<\/p>\n Specific symptoms, and the length of time that they appear can vary from one person to another. Further more, celiac<\/a>-like symptoms<\/a> do not guarantee celiac disease is the cause.<\/p>\n Here are just a few other things that can cause diarrhea:<\/p>\n See the list of links at the bottom of this article to find out more about celiac disease. If you suspect your grandchildren may celiac, then they must be tested by a doctor to find out for sure. There really is no other way that I know of, and I am not quick to suggest the mainstream medical solution for everything, far from it.<\/p>\n Now you can eliminate all gluten to see if that clears up symptoms, but this is easier said than done. Wheat<\/a> is in so many things, you might think you are cutting out all gluten by avoiding bread<\/a> and pasta, only to discover that you were getting it in your soup and potato chips!<\/p>\n Because celiac is a serious disease, you really do need to look in to it if<\/em> the symptoms (i.e. more than just diarrhea) suggest this might be the problem.<\/p>\n Also look into other allergies<\/a>, especially food and mold<\/a>.<\/p>\n I hope this helps!<\/p>\n Comments welcome if anyone has further advice or for elaboration.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\nThanks Linda <\/p>\nDoug’s Allergy Answer…<\/h2>\n
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