Tuesday, April 4. 2006
Is there a wheat allergy connection to petit mal (epileptic absences) in children?
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Just a thought that may or may not have any relevance to your situation.
I've just had my 10 year old daughter tested for absences as she banged her head when she was 3 and had absences for a few years. The EEG showed nothing. I was pursuing that line because her reading was behind, she never seemed to know what was going on at school, yet her maths, spelling and writing were ok. I've since found out that she, my 18 yr old daughter and I have Irlen Syndrome. It's easy to find in a search engine. I can't explain it in English but coloured lenses are apparently going to help and we've already discovered coloured overlays help us read easily and we didn't know print was supposed to look any different. I gave up learning the piano at about age 10 because the notes were jumping all over the page! If only they'd known in those days...but it was only discovered in the 1980s.
Anyway, in reading the research I saw that those with it can be prone to wheat, dairy intolerances, CFS, immune system challenged, irritable bowel syndrome among other things, all of which I have or have had, and some of which my older daughter has. I'm about to embark on eliminating dairy from my 10 year old's diet (lasted almost 1 day!) and then try her joining the other daughter and me as we are both wheat free.
Apparently 1 in 8 people are affected by it and most don't know.
Anyway...maybe this sheds some light on your son's wheat and dairy intolerance. Who knows?
I've just had my 10 year old daughter tested for absences as she banged her head when she was 3 and had absences for a few years. The EEG showed nothing. I was pursuing that line because her reading was behind, she never seemed to know what was going on at school, yet her maths, spelling and writing were ok. I've since found out that she, my 18 yr old daughter and I have Irlen Syndrome. It's easy to find in a search engine. I can't explain it in English but coloured lenses are apparently going to help and we've already discovered coloured overlays help us read easily and we didn't know print was supposed to look any different. I gave up learning the piano at about age 10 because the notes were jumping all over the page! If only they'd known in those days...but it was only discovered in the 1980s.
Anyway, in reading the research I saw that those with it can be prone to wheat, dairy intolerances, CFS, immune system challenged, irritable bowel syndrome among other things, all of which I have or have had, and some of which my older daughter has. I'm about to embark on eliminating dairy from my 10 year old's diet (lasted almost 1 day!) and then try her joining the other daughter and me as we are both wheat free.
Apparently 1 in 8 people are affected by it and most don't know.
Anyway...maybe this sheds some light on your son's wheat and dairy intolerance. Who knows?
