You are born with the genes that you are born with...epigenetics says that genes that are there CAN lie dormant, until something triggers them to express, then once switched on, you are at their mercy. (And they can be carried on to future geneations as holocaust survivor studies are showing)
Late last year my daughter, always robustly healthy started having serious stomach pains and cramping...she had noticed that she was getting bloated after eating for a couple months before that.
Given that apples don't fall far from their trees, she started using doctor google, and on her own volition decided to ditch gluten....felt much better, trailled herself with/without (pizza and garlic bread being the weak links)...she lost two pants sizes in a month (15 Y.O., now back to shopping in the childrens section)
We had the Christmas Cruise, and her US trip, so scheduled the proper testing to be after that (last week). Her own testing was pretty conclusive regarding sensitivity, so she (and her host family) managed very well over the period.
Test results came back yesterday.
One dominant and one recessive gene for Celiac, and the antibodies to show that she's reacting to it.
We've got a pretty good GP, who keeps up with everything, and he was explaining to her that it's her genes, they were sitting there, and she made it 14+ years before they activiated due to some response of her system to something in her environment. Could have made her whole life symptom free, but now they are switched on, it's lifestyle changes.
Looks like it came from wife's side of the tree.
Son is out with my wife at the moment getting blood drawn for his testing. He's a bit peeved at the concept that he too may have the issue, and has stocked the fridge with cocktail franks to gorge on before he finds out he can't/shouldn't eat them.
Funny thing with him is that when the GP went to order the blood work, son was shown as "deceased", as he hadn't shown up at any medical establishment for 7+ years...broken arm, chicken pox, shingles, and the formerly mentione robust health that my children have displayed.
Late last year my daughter, always robustly healthy started having serious stomach pains and cramping...she had noticed that she was getting bloated after eating for a couple months before that.
Given that apples don't fall far from their trees, she started using doctor google, and on her own volition decided to ditch gluten....felt much better, trailled herself with/without (pizza and garlic bread being the weak links)...she lost two pants sizes in a month (15 Y.O., now back to shopping in the childrens section)
We had the Christmas Cruise, and her US trip, so scheduled the proper testing to be after that (last week). Her own testing was pretty conclusive regarding sensitivity, so she (and her host family) managed very well over the period.
Test results came back yesterday.
One dominant and one recessive gene for Celiac, and the antibodies to show that she's reacting to it.
We've got a pretty good GP, who keeps up with everything, and he was explaining to her that it's her genes, they were sitting there, and she made it 14+ years before they activiated due to some response of her system to something in her environment. Could have made her whole life symptom free, but now they are switched on, it's lifestyle changes.
Looks like it came from wife's side of the tree.
Son is out with my wife at the moment getting blood drawn for his testing. He's a bit peeved at the concept that he too may have the issue, and has stocked the fridge with cocktail franks to gorge on before he finds out he can't/shouldn't eat them.
Funny thing with him is that when the GP went to order the blood work, son was shown as "deceased", as he hadn't shown up at any medical establishment for 7+ years...broken arm, chicken pox, shingles, and the formerly mentione robust health that my children have displayed.