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<channel><title><![CDATA[Celiac Disease & Gluten-free Diet Information Since 1995 at Celiac.com - Comments for article: More Doctors Advocate Long-term Management of Celiac Disease]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com</link><description /><language>en-us</language><copyright><![CDATA[http://www.celiac.com]]></copyright><generator>N/A</generator><webMaster>scott@celiac.com</webMaster><lastBuildDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:42:47 PST</lastBuildDate><ttl>20</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #1]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21682/1/More-Doctors-Advocate-Long-term-Management-of-Celiac-Disease/Page1.html#Comment3309</link><description><![CDATA[I've read through this article twice.

Unfortunately it seems rather muddled. Who's the issue here? People with undiagnosed or untreated Celiac? People with Celiac that are 'cheating' or not adhering to a Gluten Free diet?

This article seems to raise a lot of red flags without providing any clear course of action. What's to be done? Is the recommendation for diagnosed Celiacs to visit their doctor (or other medical/nutritional professional) once a year? Then what? According to the article, blood tests are unreliable. Biopsies are a little extreme, so annual biopsies are out too. So then what? 'Yes doctor, I am still not eating anything with wheat (or related grains, etc.) and I avoid food products that are questionable or have unclear ingredients or manufacturing processes. Thanks. See you next year.'

Bottom line is that there seems to be nothing substantial to take away from this article.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Brian Johnson at 10:38 am, Thu 8th Jan 2009)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Brian Johnson)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:38:14 PST]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21682/1/More-Doctors-Advocate-Long-term-Management-of-Celiac-Disease/Page1.html#Comment3309</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #2]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21682/1/More-Doctors-Advocate-Long-term-Management-of-Celiac-Disease/Page1.html#Comment3329</link><description><![CDATA[Excellent info and food for thought. Just because you don't feel or experience any symptoms, doesn't mean that you're out of the woods.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by RAYMOND KARASEVICZ at 10:24 am, Sat 10th Jan 2009)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (RAYMOND KARASEVICZ)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 10 Jan 2009 10:24:09 PST]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21682/1/More-Doctors-Advocate-Long-term-Management-of-Celiac-Disease/Page1.html#Comment3329</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #3]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21682/1/More-Doctors-Advocate-Long-term-Management-of-Celiac-Disease/Page1.html#Comment3496</link><description><![CDATA[I agree with post #1. This might be cautionary for those that cheat themselves by eating gluten. This article raises more questions than answers for those adhering  to their diet. I'm recently diagnosed ONLY because I took it upon myself to get educated and adhere to a gluten-free diet, not because any doctor EVER suspected that any previous  diagnoses or unresolved issues were linked to Celiac Disease, Gluten Ataxia or Dermatitis Herpetiformis. It doesn't address anything for those of us that were most likely gluten intolerant our entire lives, survived a myriad of strange symptoms and FINALLY got diagnosed as middle-aged adults. Cancer? been there done that. Chronic, intractable anemia? Neurological and cognitive deficits? Thyroid Dysfunction? Obesity that doesn't respond to dietary changes and exercise? Pre-Diabetes? DONE ALL THAT! When I took charge and voluntarily eliminated gluten, they all disappeared. Unfortunately, once gluten is eliminated, blood tests for anitbodies and biopsies are moot.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Chris Robinett at 1:29 pm, Mon 2nd Mar 2009)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Chris Robinett)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:29:44 PST]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21682/1/More-Doctors-Advocate-Long-term-Management-of-Celiac-Disease/Page1.html#Comment3496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #4]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/21682/1/More-Doctors-Advocate-Long-term-Management-of-Celiac-Disease/Page1.html#Comment3546</link><description><![CDATA[I am hoping to find more clear answers to the new discovery of celiac disease. After living with migraine headaches for more than 40 years, I had to self-diagnose in order to help my endocrinologist begin to ask me the 'right' questions. Very frustrating to not know where to go from here other than follow a gluten-free diet. In reading the article, I am unclear about what should be biopsied, or how this disease is followed up.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by BJ Simmons at 6:18 pm, Fri 13th Mar 2009)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (BJ Simmons)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:18:45 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21682/1/More-Doctors-Advocate-Long-term-Management-of-Celiac-Disease/Page1.html#Comment3546</guid></item></channel></rss>