Is Celiac Disease Misdiagnosed As Autism?
Written by Staff on August 7th, 2009 in Autism Beat, Diet and Nutrition, Videos.
The mystery between Autism and Celiac disease is unraveling more each day.
Some parents have reported their autistic children improve after switching to a gluten-free diet, something which individuals who suffer from Celiac must do.
Now, a Canadian boy’s story of being “cured” from autism after treating his Celiac disease has been brought to media attention.
In the boy’s case, he never had autism to begin with.
Can more cases of “autism” be cured by aggressively diagnosing and treating Celiac disease? Should Celiac screening be recommending in families with histories of autism?
Watch the two video clips above to learn more about the link between Celiac disease and autism symptoms.
via Philadelphia Gluten-Free Examiner
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August 21st, 2009 at 9:43 am
Last year a study came out showing that autoimmune disease (celiac disease, inflammatory bowel disease, or rheumatoid arthritis) in the family increases the risk of autism with language regression. This could explain why some children with autism respond so well to a gluten-free diet. For more details, see my blog at: http://www.metametrixinstitute.org/post/2009/08/18/Autoimmunity-in-Autism-Spectrum-Disorders.aspx