Hi
It is indeed possible an allergic reaction to gluten. The body can
sometimes build up a tolerance for something and then all of a sudden loose
it and react. I believe what your daughter could be reacting from is
*colic*.
I have a lot of food intolerances and suffer from *colic*. (I don't know
what else to call it). Only most of the time, after an episode of extreme
pain, my bowel will empty with a massive explosion.
I am intolerant to all dairy, wheat, oats barley rye buckwheat potatoes
tomatoes. My 3 children all suffer as well, with my 3yo also reacting to
eggs and chicken and millet.
I would query a gluten intolerance, being aware that gluten covers wheat,
oats, barley, rye, millet (altho millet has only a very small amount of
gluten, so much so that it is considered gluten-free.
Hope this helps
Julie
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jill A Sobel <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Saturday, 9 October 1999 04:37
Subject: Abdominal pain in three year old - need help - ideas?
>My daughter has had nightwaking abdominal pain now for about 2 years, at
>first we thought it was linked to her dairy allergies, but now that she
>has been off dairy for a year, it is still continuing. She wakes up about
>2 hours after sleeping with horrible pains in her stomach. I hold my hand
>on it for comfort and feel alot of rumbling going on. It takes about
>30-45 minutes for the pain to subside. She is not having gas with it nor
>is she having problems with contipation, we are just at our wits end. We
>have taken her on countless doctor visits without much help. It seems
>like she is not digesting her food, but it doesn't happen on any
>regularity or predictability. I have logged countless sheets of paper, and
>seen allergists repeatedly who always send me away saying these are not
>typical allergy symptoms. They always happen at night!
>
>Her food allergies, seem to be under control. She is three
>years old and otherwise has been very healthy.
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>Jill
>
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