For those of you who have asthma or have kids with asthma

My son had fifteen medical problems including anemia, different allergies and asthma. Problems all got cured or improved when he got off gluten. Gluten is the offending protein in wheat, rye and barley (and oats are avoided, too, unless certified gluten-free) that causes malabsorption of vitamins and nutrients and can affect any organ of the body adversely, including the lungs, if you have gluten intolerance or celiac disease. Celiac disease is the exacerbated form of gluten intolerance. Go to www.celiac.com and look up your child's symptoms.

I took my son to an allergist first and even though he came up positive for wheat, the dr. said we shouldn't worry about it!! Wrong! That was the main problem. He finally got diagnosed by a gastroenterologist. He didn't need the albuterol or the air filtration or any of that after a few months off gluten. The funny thing is that all the tests that the gastroenterologist gave him came up negative for celiac disease--but I insisted we try the gluten-free diet, and the doc agreed, and three months later his anemia was better and he was growing, and a few months later, the allergies and asthma were much better, too. He is 19 now and doesn't have any of the problems that were bringing him down when he was younger.

Ask the dr. for a celiac test

Look up asthma groups on Gather

Many doctors aren't up-to-date on gluten intolerance and celiac disease and how common they are, let alone their connection to other autoimmune diseases.

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