hiya,
my son started showing signs when he was about 10 swollen joints stiffness bad guts etc. the Dr's were a mixed bunch but what we did which really helped was not a full nsd, as the kids need carbs not just for energy but alot more.
We switched to wholemeal everything and reduced the starchey stuff to as little as possible he did n't notice and in 10 days he got healthy again. We had to do that a few times and it really helped.
We also got hiom out of contact sports and he started to learn the consequences of a boys rough and tough knocks. He's doing ok now but we had one really bad year with him after a injury playing rugby. the spondylitis went nuts.....
In me i had a period of rective arthritis, they tried heaps of anti biotics and the one that worked and got me in remision for a year was cipro ..... and your blood tests show iga igg is up alpha and gamma globlins...
Will my son was always getting sore throats and ear infections and once we got on top of that it seemed to help alot. He's going fine now without lots of meds and apart from stiff and sore sometimes and lots of cracks much better than I could have hoped 5 years ago! If your son had bad guts watch out for nsaids,,,,making them worse.
Good luch hope your son fixes up quickly!
Dave
