Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Dietry changes for my son.

Hi Barbara - You can certainly change your son's diet so he's eating safely for IBS (the diet is healthy overall, for any age, regardless of whether someone has IBS). But I would still make sure your son has the tests the doc is recommending. At a minimum, they need to rule out inflammatory bowel diseases and celiac.

Children generally require fewer tests for diagnosis than adults, because they're just not candidates for some of the illnesses that can mimic IBS (like colon cancer and diverticulitis). But, they can certainly have IBD or celiac. It's also important that your doc is using the Rome Criteria (do a board search for info) to make sure your son's symptoms fit IBS.

So, go ahead and change his diet, but follow up with the doc too.

And soy or rice milk are both fine - whichever he prefers!

- H

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