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<channel><title><![CDATA[Celiac Disease & Gluten-free Diet Information at Celiac.com - Comments for article: Heart Failure, Cardiomyopathy and Celiac Disease By Laura Yick]]></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>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:57:47 PDT</lastBuildDate><ttl>20</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #1]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/651/1/Heart-Failure-Cardiomyopathy-and-Celiac-Disease-By-Laura-Yick/Page1.html#Comment1780</link><description><![CDATA[I have celiac/dermatitis herpetaformis and presently referred to a cardiologist for possible pericarditis.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by G. LaValle at 10:38 pm, Sat 8th Mar 2008)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (G. LaValle)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 08 Mar 2008 22:38:53 PST]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/651/1/Heart-Failure-Cardiomyopathy-and-Celiac-Disease-By-Laura-Yick/Page1.html#Comment1780</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #2]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/651/1/Heart-Failure-Cardiomyopathy-and-Celiac-Disease-By-Laura-Yick/Page1.html#Comment2140</link><description><![CDATA[First article I could find linking celiac with dilated cardiomyopathy.  I have had heart problems for 10 years and was recently diagnosed with celiac disease and now all my 'heart numbers' are out of whack. My Cardiologist is on the ball and is doing further testing for cardiomyopathy as well as changing some of my meds . . he was also the doctor to first notice the anemia and started that ball rolling. . . hope to find more articles on this link.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Mary-Frances Reavey at 12:41 pm, Tue 6th May 2008)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Mary-Frances Reavey)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 06 May 2008 12:41:38 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/651/1/Heart-Failure-Cardiomyopathy-and-Celiac-Disease-By-Laura-Yick/Page1.html#Comment2140</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #3]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/651/1/Heart-Failure-Cardiomyopathy-and-Celiac-Disease-By-Laura-Yick/Page1.html#Comment3045</link><description><![CDATA[At 30 years old I self diagnosed celiac disease and went gluten free for about 10 years. At forty I resumed regular diet.  I'm 57 and  just had a heart attack (ischemic, right coronary artery.  I had been on BP and chloresterol meds for 2 years, my total was 158 but HDL's only 26, to low.  I suspect the same thing killed Dad.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Peter Robinson at 4:59 am, Sun 2nd Nov 2008)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Peter Robinson)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 02 Nov 2008 04:59:31 PST]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/651/1/Heart-Failure-Cardiomyopathy-and-Celiac-Disease-By-Laura-Yick/Page1.html#Comment3045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #4]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/651/1/Heart-Failure-Cardiomyopathy-and-Celiac-Disease-By-Laura-Yick/Page1.html#Comment5753</link><description><![CDATA[I am in the medical profession. I diagnosed myself with celiac disease after slowly eliminating parts of my diet. I am positive for allergy to gluten, including wheat, rye and oats. I developed heart block after a two mitral valve transplant. I had returned to school and decided to eat very excellent quality breads. Thereafter, I developed ischemia with heart block. I have a pacemaker now but was fine right after the mitral valve operation. My symptoms were near syncope just before bowel movement, relieved by bowel movement. I also developed swelling due to inflammation and also edema. I recently discovered the oat gluten residual affects, after I had eliminated all wheat gluten with great results.  Now (in the last week, since eliminated the Quaker oats products), I do not have the near syncope symptoms.  Thank you for a nice article, which I will give to my Doctor--I am a Veteran in the U.S., so I have great medical care.
Brian<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Brian L. E. at 7:58 am, Wed 17th Feb 2010)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Brian L. E.)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 17 Feb 2010 07:58:26 PST]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/651/1/Heart-Failure-Cardiomyopathy-and-Celiac-Disease-By-Laura-Yick/Page1.html#Comment5753</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #5 (Reply to Comment #4)]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/651/1/Heart-Failure-Cardiomyopathy-and-Celiac-Disease-By-Laura-Yick/Page1.html#Comment7352</link><description><![CDATA[This is the first time I have ever heard anyone mention syncope before bowel movements.  Doctors think I'm crazy and have no idea what I'm talking about.   I have  had many episodes  of  dropping blood pressure and near fainting before extreme episodes of diarrhea.   I have always thought that I don't tolerate wheat but when I had blood  tests they were negative.   What causes the fainting?  I have never heard of anyone else having that symptom.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Sheila at 7:39 pm, Sat 16th Oct 2010)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Sheila)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 16 Oct 2010 19:39:51 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/651/1/Heart-Failure-Cardiomyopathy-and-Celiac-Disease-By-Laura-Yick/Page1.html#Comment7352</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #5 (Reply to Comment #4)]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/651/1/Heart-Failure-Cardiomyopathy-and-Celiac-Disease-By-Laura-Yick/Page1.html#Comment8667</link><description><![CDATA[I have had the same thing for many years.  I was diagnosed with IBS and told I would have to suffer.  Fast forward about 10 years when my son was diagnosed with celiac disease.  I decided to go gluten free to keep him safe in our home.  All problems stopped!  What I had experienced all those years was due to undiagnosed celiac disease.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Melissa at 9:42 am, Wed 4th May 2011)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Melissa)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 04 May 2011 09:42:33 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/651/1/Heart-Failure-Cardiomyopathy-and-Celiac-Disease-By-Laura-Yick/Page1.html#Comment8667</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #7]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/651/1/Heart-Failure-Cardiomyopathy-and-Celiac-Disease-By-Laura-Yick/Page1.html#Comment6145</link><description><![CDATA[I recently self diagnosed myself with gluten intolerance or celiac. One of my symptoms has been heart palpitations and chest pain. I am an avid runner and have been my whole life, so the heart issues confused me. I had various other health issues that could not be diagnosed. One being severe muscle pains as well as the strange heart symptoms. I stopped eating gluten and this has all gone away. I've retested myself by reintroducing gluten. Muscle pain, palpations and heart pain come right back.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by stacey at 1:47 pm, Sun 11th Apr 2010)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (stacey)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 11 Apr 2010 13:47:32 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/651/1/Heart-Failure-Cardiomyopathy-and-Celiac-Disease-By-Laura-Yick/Page1.html#Comment6145</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #8]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/651/1/Heart-Failure-Cardiomyopathy-and-Celiac-Disease-By-Laura-Yick/Page1.html#Comment8104</link><description><![CDATA[My son and I are gluten-free, self-diagnosed Celiacs, though my blood tests do show a positive allergy to gluten.  The results I've seen since we have been gluten-free are astounding.  

My father died at age 50.  He had numerous heart attacks prior to his death.  Looking back, I wish I knew then what I know now.  I wish he could have tried the gluten-free diet before I lost him.

I'm convinced the remaining of my family members are Celiac as well.  I just wish I could convince them.  My brother, at age 32, has already began following in my father's footsteps with heart attacks at an early age.  He doesn't believe that he has any problem with gluten, but I honestly fear that I will lose him if I can't change his mind.

Glad that there are articles like this that I can share with him to try to get him to reconsider his diet.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Tawanna at 4:40 pm, Mon 31st Jan 2011)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Tawanna)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 31 Jan 2011 16:40:47 PST]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/651/1/Heart-Failure-Cardiomyopathy-and-Celiac-Disease-By-Laura-Yick/Page1.html#Comment8104</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #9]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/651/1/Heart-Failure-Cardiomyopathy-and-Celiac-Disease-By-Laura-Yick/Page1.html#Comment8448</link><description><![CDATA[Very interesting.  As I find more and more information, I am convinced that my father had celiac disease.  He had classic symptoms like wasted buttocks and pot belly and flat feet.  He was never diagnosed.  My father had his first heart attack at age 63 and a fatal one at age 68.  My paternal grandfather died at age 50 from a massive heart attack.  My parents always wrote my grandfather's death off to his life style - cigarettes, alcohol and rich foods.  Now, I'm thinking these heart attacks have to do with celiac disease.<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Helen at 7:40 am, Mon 4th Apr 2011)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Helen)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 04 Apr 2011 07:40:59 PDT]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/651/1/Heart-Failure-Cardiomyopathy-and-Celiac-Disease-By-Laura-Yick/Page1.html#Comment8448</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #10]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/651/1/Heart-Failure-Cardiomyopathy-and-Celiac-Disease-By-Laura-Yick/Page1.html#Comment10071</link><description><![CDATA[I am 29 years old and found out I am gluten intolerant 2 years ago through genetic testing from Enterolab.com. I had always had a bad stomach and odd ailments like heart palpitations, arthritis as a teenager, anxiety and panic attacks in my 20's I was diagnosed with "irritable bowel" over and over again and it wasn't until I went gluten free that all my ailments disappeared! No more 3X daily stomach aches, no passing out after eating a bowl of pasta and now my father keeps having heart episodes and Minor attacks! He has had 6 or 7 stents done in the past 3 years and the doctors are all baffled by it because his #'s are good! I'm trying to convince him to go gluten free, it's been a 2 year battle! He just had another stent today. I hope I can convince him before it's too late! I will be sending him this article!<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by Pamela at 7:52 pm, Thu 8th Dec 2011)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (Pamela)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:52:18 PST]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/651/1/Heart-Failure-Cardiomyopathy-and-Celiac-Disease-By-Laura-Yick/Page1.html#Comment10071</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comment #11]]></title><link>http://www.celiac.com/articles/651/1/Heart-Failure-Cardiomyopathy-and-Celiac-Disease-By-Laura-Yick/Page1.html#Comment14301</link><description><![CDATA[GREAT SOURCE OF INFORMATION!<br/><br/>
(Comment posted by steven at 9:10 am, Fri 25th Jan 2013)]]></description><author>no@spam.com (steven)</author><pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:10:35 PST]]></pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.celiac.com/articles/651/1/Heart-Failure-Cardiomyopathy-and-Celiac-Disease-By-Laura-Yick/Page1.html#Comment14301</guid></item></channel></rss>