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Digestive issues

Kate Kestrel

I have 2 autistic sons - both adults (I’m autistic too). 
one of my sons has struggled with digestive issues for years - about 15 years - and is still struggling to improve matters. He went gluten free which helped for a while - but doesn’t seem to working anymore. He has a dairy allergy (and avoids dairy) - and has asthma. Up to about the age of four he had bad eczema too - which thank goodness went away. 
what hasn’t gone away is problems with digestion - nausea, abdominal pain, weight loss, upset stomach - he has such frequent bouts of these issues. His doctor put him on PPIs for ages - which only provided some relief - but he had to come off these as it’s not safe to stay on them for years (and he took them for about 4 years off and on - which is a worry). 

I’ve sometimes read that autistic people more commonly have digestive issues - has this been other peoples experience? And if so - has anything helped?

Thanks. 

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  • One weird thing I seem to have is that my right thumbnail acts as a printout of the current stress my body is under - diet, anxiety levels etc combined.,I get deep vertical lines on it any time I’m under emotional of physical strain. If I can sustain a period of better calm and improved diet. The lines sop printing - right now, a very deep line has just finished printing (about a week ago I would estimate) as it sits just above where the skin starts - about half a centimetre. As I’ve just had a horrendous day emotionally I can imagine it will start again leaving the smallest of gaps. My GP noticed it a while ago as well and I explained my theory. He sent me for blood tests which came back normal so once again modern medicine can only conceptualise so much. 

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  • One weird thing I seem to have is that my right thumbnail acts as a printout of the current stress my body is under - diet, anxiety levels etc combined.,I get deep vertical lines on it any time I’m under emotional of physical strain. If I can sustain a period of better calm and improved diet. The lines sop printing - right now, a very deep line has just finished printing (about a week ago I would estimate) as it sits just above where the skin starts - about half a centimetre. As I’ve just had a horrendous day emotionally I can imagine it will start again leaving the smallest of gaps. My GP noticed it a while ago as well and I explained my theory. He sent me for blood tests which came back normal so once again modern medicine can only conceptualise so much. 

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