Trish McCleary
I am a chronic lyme survivor and have celiac disease. I founded S.L.A.M. (Sturbridge Lyme Awareness of Massachusetts) and "Ribbons Across America". I look forward to bringing awareness to the link between lyme and celiac.
Pancreas and Celiac Disease Link?
- By Trish McCleary
- Published 03/8/2010
If I only knew I had celiac disease long before I was finally diagnosed. Now suffering celiac spru, gastroparesis and severe pancreatic insufficiency, I will never regain the full use of my pancreas.
I am in the process of learning if the celiac or Lyme Disease was the biggest culprit in damage to my Pancreas. I'll keep you posted if anyone wants to know. My sons have been dianosed with Lyme and with the information on this site I've learned my youngest (16) may also have celiac disease. Why it's taken his whole life for doctors to get it right I will never know but we're here now and gluten free looks to be in his future too.
The article here relating celiac with pancreas issues is very interesting to me and is something I must look into for my son's welfare. Thanks for information about what to look for in juvenile's!
Blessings,
Trish
I am in the process of learning if the celiac or Lyme Disease was the biggest culprit in damage to my Pancreas. I'll keep you posted if anyone wants to know. My sons have been dianosed with Lyme and with the information on this site I've learned my youngest (16) may also have celiac disease. Why it's taken his whole life for doctors to get it right I will never know but we're here now and gluten free looks to be in his future too.
The article here relating celiac with pancreas issues is very interesting to me and is something I must look into for my son's welfare. Thanks for information about what to look for in juvenile's!
Blessings,
Trish
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10 Responses to "Pancreas and Celiac Disease Link?" 
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09 Mar 2010 6:54:43 AM PDT Trish - noticed you were also in Sturbridge, MA. Checking to see if you are interested in connecting re: celiac.
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19 Jun 2010 12:42:30 PM PDT I'm happy to connect with you. I'm on new boston rd. in Sturbridge my email is trisheebabe@msn.com
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14 Jul 2010 3:47:43 PM PDT Happy to connect. Not sure why responses are so delayed here. Contact me through my website at www.S-L-A-M.org which is our Sturbrige Lyme Awareness of Massachusetts.
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20 Mar 2010 6:02:34 PM PDT Please post your findings about the pancreas link. Before we found out my husband could not tolerate gluten or corn, I always thought he had liver or pancreas issues. I thought so because he could never process alcohol.
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19 Jun 2010 12:44:02 PM PDT Sorry for the delay in responding to this. My doctor who diagnosed Pancreatic issues does attribute the damage to Celiac Spru. My lyme doctors attribute it to damage from Chronic Lyme disease that went undiagnosed for many years and nearly took my life.
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13 Apr 2010 9:19:37 AM PDT I was told that eating four raw ochros a day will help with the pancreas. I eat a lot of raw foods and drink green juice occasionally. I do not have a problem with my pancreas but I love raw ochro and someone made the comment to me in passing.
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19 Jun 2010 12:45:59 PM PDT Sorry for delay in responding. The ochra is good information and news to me. My Pancreatic specialist seems to think my problem with Pancreas is from Celiac Spru. My lyme doctors blame the damage from Lyme that went undiagnosed for many years and almost took my life. I know of many with Celiac disease that also have Lyme disease and thyroid issues.
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14 Jul 2010 3:16:52 PM PDT I too am interested in the link between celiac sprue and pancreas damage. Wondering if this damage to the pancreas can cause diabetes....
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30 Sep 2010 5:21:20 PM PDT I am also looking for information about this connection. My 14 year old daughter has a gluten intolerance - not celiac - but before we found this out she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Strangely, she has none of the antibodies that are normally found in type 1 diabetics. Doctors are not sure why her pancreas won't work, and frankly, they don't seem to care much. They are not even really interested in the gluten sensitivity.
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15 Dec 2010 3:36:13 PM PDT Thrish, dıd you get any explanation about your pancreatic insufficiency. I do probably have Lyme disease and also anti-glutaminase IgA antibodies and recently diagnosed as having pancreatic insufficiency.
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