What is celiac disease or leaky gut?
My son has autism and I want to know more about this disease, such as the symptoms and what I can do to get him tested. He is always constipated. I want to start him on nystatin, as well, but I have to get him tested for celiac disease first, but I want to be sure I know what I am talking about when I get to the doctor’s office so it isn’t yet another wasted visit…
Celiac is a genetic based autoimmune disease that is triggered by the ingestion of gluten (the sticky protein that is in wheat, barley, rye, spelt, durhum, etc.). Go here for more information:
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/celiac/index.htm
Leaky gut is a totally different thing, and be prepared for the doctor to “roll his/her eyes” when you talk about it. It isn’t a “proven” disease.
“Leaky gut syndrome is a diagnosis prevalent in various branches of alternative medicine. Its proponents hypothesize that damage to the bowel lining, caused by antibiotics, toxins, poor diet, parasites or infection (e.g. with the yeast Candida albicans) [1] can lead to increased permeability of the gut wall to toxins, microbes, undigested food, waste or larger than normal macromolecules.[2] Some versions posit that these substances affect the body directly, while others postulate an immune reaction to these substances.[3]
While many practitioners maintain that leaky gut syndrome is a bona fide medical condition, the area of “gut problems” lies between conventional and alternative medicine, and includes other diagnoses such as small bowel bacterial overgrowth syndrome or small intestine bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), and yeast syndrome or systemic candidiasis, and remains controversial and scientifically unsettled”
A 2008 study found that children with autism had no more peptides in their urine than typical children, casting doubt on the proposed mechanism underlying the leaky-gut theory and autism.[6]
In other words it is not an official disease or condition that a medical doctor is going to diagnose your child with. On a personal note, I do not buy the whole leaky gut thing, but I do think that people with intestinal damage are going to be more sensitive to things, that is just common sense.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaky_gut_syndrome
Autism and Magnesium – Mark Sircus, Ac., OMD
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