Hopeful diagnosis of celiac disease clarified
Dear Dr Roach explains celiac disease, its rising detection, and how gluten triggers intestinal damage. Diabetes with gluten avoidance can mask tests. diagnosis should be on gluten-containing diet and may require a small bowel biopsy. The column urges kindness to those with the condition and notes screening tests can turn negative on a gluten free diet.
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Dear Abby guidance on child bed habits and adult grief
A two reader letters segment covers a girlfriend requesting help with a 9 year old boy who wets the bed and climbs into bed with them. Abby advises medical evaluation for the bedwetting and a parental talk, then addresses an older man facing profound loss and isolation with grief, suggesting support groups therapy and physician review of mood medications.
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