MAY 27~CELIAC DISEASE AWARENESS

In Children. The symptoms of celiac disease in children typically become apparent three to five months after first consuming gluten- containing foods although for some few cases, the interval may be as short as one month. Several of the experts on infant feeding advise that solid foods should not be introduced to a baby’s diet until nearly five months old and that gluten-containing cereal should be avoided for the first six months of life. The celiac, but otherwise normal baby, thrives until gluten is introduced into the diet and then begins to refuse feedings and fails to gain weight. The child may gradually become irritable or listless and develop a large abdomen. The stools will typically become abnormal, perhaps large, pale and offensive, or representative of a loose-like diarrhea. Stools generally float because of the high content of air and fat. The child may also vomit from time-to-time or in some cases exhibit forceful projectile vomiting with the consumption of selected gluten-containing foods. Many children lose weight or have a failure to gain weight and the buttocks become flattened. Some few children may become quite ill with acute diarrhea and dehydration. Symptoms vary and are different from one celiac child to the next with no two being alike in how the condition “acts out” for them and in their bodies.

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