<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Thank you for all of you that answered my post it was very informative. I found that even though a child does not have the symptoms of diarrea or weight loss there are many other signs and even cases where there were no symptoms at all, and yet children had celiac. Some of you posted that the blood test is not very accurate on children under 7 years of age. Since I posted we have recently finally received our insurance. Kayla is to go in on Wed. for an EEG to check for seizures which we think she has. Her rash on her stomach has also changed. At first it was centered only in a small circular area about the size of a penny above her belly button. The first doctor we took her to said it was eczema. The next day we took her to her regular doctor and she said it was shingles. Kayla had chicken pox at about a month old. This was about a month ago. WE gave her the medicine for it but it did not clear it up. Shortly after we took her to the doctor she started getting singular red spots that were in a group but scattered on the right side of her stomach. Then she got a few on her back on the left side and later on her face mostly on the left side under her eye and a couple on the right side of the face. The ones on her stomach are gone except the large one which seems to be gradually fading. The ones one her back are also gone. The ones on her face go but new ones keep croping up and sometimes on her stomach. I asked about the ones on her face and the doctor said they were clogged pores but they look just like the others. Has anyone had shingles before and does this sound like what they had or is there any other kinds of skin conditions associated with celiac that resemble this kind of rash. We also wondered if it might an allergy to something she is eating. I know I have very sensitive skin. I get a rash if I handle many types of materials, the backing of carpet, and seem to have problems with shampoos with wheat or Vit. E. Is this part of the celiac, DH, or an allergy to wheat. Does anyone know how reliable the blood tests are for children over 7 and how accurate they are for children under 7? Thanks for the info. Diana at [log in to unmask]