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pregnant belly

My 12 year old daughter has a pregnant belly. The rest of her body is small and petite. She has slow thyroid and has been on meds for two years. We are trying the gluten free diet now and it seemed to work at the beginning, but not so much now.
What may be the cause?




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Dec 18, 2011
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by: Lydia D.


I assume that she also has Crohn's disease.

You don't say whether or not her underactive thyroid is Hashimoto's or not. Your description of her belly makes me think of Kwashiorkor patients http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1104623-overview

Are you sure that she is getting all the nutrients that she requires. Crohn's can cause severe malnutrition especially in children where stunting of growth will happen if it is not addressed. A referal to a nutritionist will help here.

Is she starving? Is she secretly eating crisps or other snacks with aromas in them? Most of the aromas have gluten in them. Check all the packet labelling and discard everything with aromas in them. Ideally, cook everything from scratch.

Selenium is required for optimal thyroid function in addition to iodine. http://www.journey-with-crohns-disease.com/benefits-of-selenium.html

The distended belly could also be due to internal inflammation, liver disease, tumours, etc. I suggest that you take her to the doctor again, get a blood profile, gastroesophagalduodenoscopy to check for coeliac damage, etc.

Coeliac disease is very dangerous because it not only leads to malnutrition/malabsorption if untreated, but it also leads to cancer of the intestine. Please get her medical help as soon as possible. If she is not given adequate medical treatment then growth stunting will be the least of her problems. It can have knock-on damaging effects on the heart, brain, female reproduction organs, etc.

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