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Dear fellow parents, 
My 6 year old son was diagnosed last August with celiac disease, and since the start of September we are on a strict gluten free diet. Somehow he did not react to it as fast/as much than I hoped. He still is not growing much, gained hardly any weight, and in the middle of december got a rash which looked like dermatitis herpetiformis. Since three weeks I changed the diet again to exclude all grains and starches (Specific carbohydrate diet), and his stool now at least looks very normally formed, he eats quite well, skin symptoms almost disappeared, but still is not gaining weight. We will have a blood check the beginning of March, I hope that at least his celiac markers have gone down. But I am worried that it takes so long for the diet to take hold. 
I would be very appreciative if you could share your experience with me. 
Thanks so much, Christine



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