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Suggest Treatment For Hearing Loss In Ears And Chronic Contipation

Posted on Sat, 11 Jul 2015

Question: Hi Sir, my 4 year old son is diagnosed with hearing loss in both ears but till last year when he was 3 year old all was going well, he was able to learn in school and home and gave answer to our question.
Audiologist has suggest Hearing aids for both ears.

Am also want to update that he was having chronic constipation and was diagnosed with celiac diereses in Mar 14. We have asked to remove gluten from his diet but we can't remove that fully from his diet as he was going to school and have some from other children.

IS there any relation with celiac disease and the hearing problem. if yes how could we recover from this hearing loss.

Answered by Dr. Paparaja S (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Yes, they are related.

Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Welcome to healthcare magic.
I had gone through your question.
I can understand your concern.
Yes, celiac disease could be associated with hearing loss.
You have to give gluten free diet. Make necessary efforts during school time also.
Control the disease will automatically halt the progress of hearing loss.
If the hearing loss is affecting daily activities, hearing could help.

Hope I have answered your question. If you have any questions, I am happy to help.
Wish him a good health and speedy recovery.
Regards,
Dr Paparaja S MBBS MS
Consultant ENT Surgeon

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vaishalee Punj

Follow up: Dr. Paparaja S (2 days later)

Hi, how could this hearing loss be recovered &time frame, what are the chances of recovery if happen because of celiac diseases.

Second if we wana know the actual reason of his hearing loss what test procedures we have to follow.

Is there any celiac panel working in XXXXXXX like abroad where we can check correlation of gluten and hearing loss & follow to overcome of this problem.

Regds, XXXXXXX

Answered by Dr. Paparaja S (17 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Gluten free diet.

Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Thanks for the follow.
I can understand your concern.
Currently there is no study which shows the percentage of recovery. But definitely, the symptoms might improve once you start strict gluten free diet.
At present there is no test to prove celiac disease as the cause for hearing loss.
In XXXXXXX there is a panel called Celiacsocietyindia, you can contact them on celiacsocietyIndia.com

Wish your son a good health.

Take care

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad