If "things" change you are on the track of Celiac or other gluten sensitivity problem. Once you pin that down you can get a gene test to see if you have the gene for Celiac ~ of course you could have any one of 11 other genes for Celiac for which there is no test (yet).
Celiac can also be associated with Autism (due to the victim having a thin intestinal wall ~ in whole or in part ~ which allows "leakage" into the blood stream.
Glad she caught that particular sympton though. Lot of these guys have been trained to not worry about it unless there's a lesion or glioma somewhere ~ and sometimes there's not.
Seriously.
There is a hereditary version called HFI - Hereditary Fructose Intolerance.
And there is what is today called Fructose Malabsorption. - AND in Europe there are indications that as many as 45% of caucasians have FA - although only about half exhibit any symptoms.
Anyway, the Mayo Clinic is concerned that so few people have any understanding of Fructose Malabsorption - because IF it is the reason behind a persons IBS, even life long symptoms can disappear if one eats meat/fish and rice/potatoes/cornmeal for a week or so....
Last year at some point the American Dietic Association OR the American Journal of Nutrition --- some biggie ol' journal that all the professional dieticians subscribe to, did their ENTIRE ISSUE on FRUCTOSE --- because even the professionals are clueless as to its impact on susceptible individuals and it's strong association with gout & obesity & diabetes.
AND NO -- I mean FRUCTOSE, I'm not talking about the HFCS, although of course high fructose corn syrup becomes a "no no," too. I mean the fructose that almost everybody believes is "easy" to digest, and which dieticians USED to tell their diabetic clients to use in baking.
My daughter had a terrible bout of intestinal issues after she started college. It wasn’t an ulcer; we actually had a doc think that removing her (healthy!) gall bladder (at the age of 20!) would ‘help.’ She was given a diagnosis of ‘stress’ and ‘irritable bowel’ (with meds that did nothing but make her sicker).
After reading up on her symptoms, on the web, we discovered Celiacs as the cause. Went back to the family dr. who grudgingly did the genetic test (which costs us about 1200!) to discover that we were right (we already had changed her diet).
I think my Type II Diabetic husband has Celiacs as well (and could be responsible for his diabetes). One of our other sons (who most resembles his sister/dad) also has ‘issues’ but he refuses ‘special’ diet restrictions (like at school).
Anyways, it IS getting easier to be gluten free. Just need a second job to pay for the groceries. Rice pasta is quadruple the price.
“Crohn’s is more a symptom than a cause sort of thing.”
I’m sure it’s just that to those that suffer from it.