Remission without insulin therapy on gluten-free diet in a 6-year old boy with type 1

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BMJ Case Rep. 2012 Jun 21;2012. pii: bcr0220125878. doi: 10.1136/bcr.02.2012.5878.

Remission without insulin therapy on gluten-free diet in a 6-year old boy with type 1 diabetes mellitus.

Sildorf SM, Fredheim S, Svensson J, Buschard K.


Source

Paediatric Unit, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark.


Abstract

A 5-year and 10-month old boy was diagnosed with classical type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) without celiac disease. He started on a gluten-free diet after 2-3 week without need of insulin treatment. At the initiation of gluten-free diet, HbA1c was 7.8% and was stabilised at 5.8%-6.0% without insulin therapy. Fasting blood glucose was maintained at 4.0-5.0 mmol/l. At 16 months after diagnosis the fasting blood glucose was 4.1 mmol/l and after 20 months he is still without daily insulin therapy. There was no alteration in glutamic acid decarboxylase positivity. The gluten-free diet was safe and without side effects. The authors propose that the gluten-free diet has prolonged remission in this patient with T1DM and that further trials are indicated.


PMID: 22729336 [PubMed - in process]

[jbmacomber]

That is so interesting, I sure hope they continue to investigate! Have you knowledge of gluten free being effective in other cases?

[Jan74br]

Do they say if his antibodies level was reduced? Cause otherwise it could be just a "longer honeymoon" deal.

[Tribbles]

I tend to agree or people with Celiac disease would never get Type 1.