The other blood work my oldest son had was the celiac panel (including Anti-gliadin IgG) which was all negative. However his total serum IGA is below range. When my younger son has his follow up appointment with Dr. Fasano in November I will ask him about the low cholesterol.

My son has no complaints about his health BUT if he develops any symptoms I will consider gluten to be a trigger. So I feel we are ahead of the game in that respect.

Grace--If this son was younger I would consider taking him off gluten. He knows I think the whole world should be GF. However, taking a 17 year old off of gluten is not really possible unless they agree. He is quite independent and has to make his own decisions at this point. I know Cara has gone through this with her older daughter too.

--Judy

Wow, 6'3" and 150 lbs ?! That sounds really thin! No wonder his cholesterol is low. Sounds like he needs some good ol' fashion fattening up !

Claire

Teehee... like Grace... I was assuming that your children were younger. I wonder why that is?

It's nice that he's open to it at all, at that point in his life.

It is reported that low cholesterol and autism may be linked. This is from Reuter's News on Medscape - you will have to register to read but registration if free.


Low Cholesterol Levels Seen in Children With Autism http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/544641
Anne

That occurs in infants whose mothers take statins, or who inherit
genetically enzyme deficiencies in the liver.
In infancy pyloric stenosis is often a presenting sign in these patients.
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic2117.htm
This is pretty rare, and very dramatic in presentation.
Now this sounds really alarming, so Judy should consider first that
at 17, her son may be just using up his cholesterol for growth, and
hormone issues. It may go up, later when he is mature.
If your son, Judy, does not show autistic signs, I would not worry about this
syndrome. But it does illustrate why statins are contraindicated during and before pregnancy!