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  1. I have spent endless hours researching and reading this forum. Thank you everyone for sharing your stories! I was diagnosed in mid Feb 22 with positive blood. The hospital said to go gluten free asap as my levels were very high and did not need to be confirmed in biopsy. Im 3 months in and some things have cleared up, symptoms that I didnt even realise were related (sore feet and hands in the morning, dry mouth and eyes) but I have ongoing constant dull lower back and abdo pain, its so low its pretty much in my pelvis/groin (similar to menstrual pain) Weirdly its not there in morning when I get up but appears around mid day even if i dont eat. Its the same every day, although somedays it can be more painful to the point I take pain relief. I also have the feeling my bowel is full but I dont have C or D and am regular I take probiotics, digestive enzymes, B complex and magnesium. Ive had CT with contrast (last December) and more recently a pelvic ultrasound. Last blood test my Ferritin was slightly low and my CRP is always high. But all other tests normal, except for celiac of course. Any suggestions???
  2. Hello, I’ve been on my celiac diagnose journey for a year now, which has been difficult without insurance. About 6 years ago I started getting really sick out of no where other than the stomach problems I’ve had since I was young. I ended up getting staph infections and cellulitis twice. Each time a nurse would tell me to get checked for HIV. I have been check for HIV multiple times and it always comes back negative, I’m also an avid blood donor but haven’t been able to go due to being sick all the time. About a year ago I ran across a friend who was diagnosed with cealic and we compared our symptoms and it sounded to me that I should be checked for the condition. I was supposed to get a skin biopsy for my leg where I had a suspicious rash I’ve had since I was teenager and was told it was varicose veins without any testing. But I didn’t have insurance and decided against pushing for help for the time being. Everytime I go to the doctors im told I just have depression, but I’ve had depression my whole life mixed with aniexty. This is somthing more. Everytime I eat gluten I have severe diarrhea, and feel groggy. I get irritated and angry with the people I love. My rash gets worse. So I decided to go online and order my own IGA Antibody test a year ago just for the heck of it and it came back positive. When I explain this to medical professionals they write me off and treat me like I’m lying and bring up HIV again. Even tho I’m constantly testing. It has caused a fear of HIV in me to where I think I have it even though I do not. Has anyone else experienced something similar? I understand other things can cause a false positive for the IGA gluten antibody test, but I can’t even get someone to listen to me for a second. I have a hard time talking to doctors and nurses now because I just see them as judgmental and have had nurses say some out of place things to me. I’m a very shy person and have a hard time advocating for my health because I feel I just shut down after being told it’s just my period or depression.

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  4. If I'm allergic to anesthesia can celiac disease damage be shown via capsule endoscopy? Don't want to do biopsy just sort of view the inside of my stomach. Can a capsule endoscopy show celiac and chrons disease in comparison to traditional endoscopy or colonsopy. Can mri or ct scan also show damage caused by celiac? Which one is more effective.
  5. Hi all. My wife, Sue 71 years old, has celiac disease. We from Pietermaritzburg. kzn. South Africa. Was diagnosed in 2018, after she had lost so much weight, we thought she had cancer. Did tests, scopes, found celiac disease. They said that Sue must of had it for a very long time, was only the 2nd patient with celiac that the specialist had seen. . Villi badly flattened. Went gluten free to the best of our abilities, labelling not as good as it should be. 3 years down the line, put on 3 kg, stopped yoghurt ? so weight constant. Sue is still suffering so much, stomach pains foggy brain, weakness unsteady. and neuropahthy . nothing seems to help. Are these Food Allergy tests helpful. Any help would be appreciated. To see Sue gong through so much pain. It hurts
  6. Celiac.com 12/31/2021 - Having your children help out in the kitchen has many benefits. They will learn far more about cooking through hands-on experience than by watching Mommy or Daddy prepare everything. It will nurture their learning about the gluten-free diet and they will take a more active roll in watching what ingredients are used. It provides excellent bonding time and, as they get older, it will free the parent(s) from some of the kitchen duties. While parents concentrate on when and where to eat, kids usually decide how much and whether to eat! One of the best perks of having your kids help in the kitchen is that they are more likely to eat the things that they prepare for themselves! Since each child is different, it is important for parents to consider the developmental level and abilities of each child when assigning kitchen duties. Generally, children under 10 years old do not fully understand what ‘danger’ means, so they should not use the stove, electrical appliances, or sharp utensils, nor handle hot dishes. Never leave a child alone in the kitchen. Impress on them that they must never leave anything cooking on the stove unattended; that is the number one cause of house fires. By the time a child is 3 years old, they love to play cook and get ‘messy’ with kitchen foods. Direct that interest by letting them help with the preparation of breakfast, lunch, or dinner. It can be simple tasks at first, like laying cheese slices on a piece of GF bread for a toasted cheese sandwich, or sprinkling some grated cheese over salads. While you are preparing the bulk of dinner, fill up the sink with water and let them play with plastic measuring cups, filling the cups up to see what sinks and what floats. Between 4 and 5 years old, your child can wash fruits and vegetables, snap green beans, set foods on a relish platter, spoon drop cookies onto a cookie sheet, mix foods with their hands (meatloaf, tossed salads), stir ingredients together in a bowl, and sprinkle colored sugars on cookies. They can shape yeast dough and wrap potatoes in foil for baking. Give them raisins or sliced grapes to make ‘faces’ on their bowl of cottage cheese. With mini chocolate chips, let them create smiley faces on cookies. They love to peel hard-boiled eggs and oranges, and mash bananas. Wash their rounded childproof scissors with soap and water and let them cut breads into fun shapes for their sandwiches or cut green onions and parsley for a salad. They are able to handle a butter knife for spreading peanut butter and jelly or cheese spreads. It is also at this young age that it is important to introduce a large variety of foods into your child’s diet. Ask your child what he or she would like for dinner, suggesting two or three vegetables to pick from for a side dish. Remember—when a child helps in the preparation of a new food they will be more likely to taste it. Between 5 and 10 years old is the perfect time to let them help plan the meals and tell you what ingredients need to be added to the shopping list. This is the prime time when they will start to take an active role in their gluten-free diet. You can teach them the importance of reading labels and how to plan a well-balanced meal. Get them a gluten-free kids cookbook so they can begin to select the foods that they can prepare for themselves. Show them the importance of washing their hands before cooking and after handling meat or fish. They love to use cookie cutters to cut shapes out of dough and then decorate the cookies. Let them measure and sprinkle the spices for marinades, salads, and cookie mixes. Squeezing lemons and oranges is always fun, as is breaking eggs into a bowl. They can even pound down on a self-contained chopper to chop vegetables or nuts. By the time kids are 10 years old, they can use simple appliances like a blender, microwave and even a toaster oven. It is at this point that you need to impress upon them the correct usage of each appliance along with the potential dangers. They can shred cheese with a hand grater. Let them read their own recipes and follow the instructions and measure the ingredients without your help. They can take a more active part in the shopping experience and read labels themselves (although you should still double check to make sure the product is gluten-free). While at the store, ask your child to choose a new vegetable or fruit, from two to three choices, for a weekly “try-a-new-food” night. If you bribe your child to eat his spinach so that he can have a yummy dessert, you inadvertently reinforce the idea that sweets are better than nutritious food. Instead of rewarding your children with food, reward them with attention (hugs, kisses, and smiles) and playful activities. From age 12 and up, they can use a paring knife, electric can opener and stovetop burners. Let them flip pancakes, place a tray of cookies in the oven, and cut the vegetables for a salad. Show them how to use caution when draining spaghetti into a colander. They are old enough now to plan a meal on their own, including listing the ingredients needed. Think about having one night a week where they plan the meal, shop for the ingredients, and prepare the meal on their own—and oh yes, clean up the kitchen afterwards. Do you remember licking the bowl after your mom made chocolate frosting when you were a kid? Kids still like to do that. The kitchen can be the focal point of learning and bonding if you nurture that. Your children will learn far more about their special diet by helping out in the kitchen and going grocery shopping with you than they ever will through lectures. No matter the age of your child, there is something they can do to feel that they have contributed to the meal. Make helping in the kitchen a fun activity, not a chore that must be done. Gluten-Free Cherry Whip A kid-friendly recipe from the ‘Wheat-free Gluten-free Cookbook for Kids and Busy Adults. Ingredients: 1 can (10 oz.) crushed pineapple (undrained) 1 can (21 oz.) gluten-free cherry pie filling 3⁄4 tsp. almond extract 3⁄4 cup chopped walnuts 1 can (14 oz.) sweetened condensed milk 1 container (8 oz.) gluten-free nondairy whipped topping, thawed Directions: In a large bowl, stir together the pineapple with its juice, pie filling, almond extract, walnuts and condensed milk with a rubber spatula. Fold in the whipped topping until completely blended. Cover and chill for 3 hours. Makes 8 (3⁄4 cup) servings. Note: In place of the cherry pie filling and nuts, you can substitute peach pie filling and coconut. Calories: 250; Total fat: 8.6g; Saturated fat: 5g; Cholesterol: 8mg; Sodium: 58mg; Carbohydrates: 37g; Fiber: 1g; Sugar: 34.9g; Protein: 3.2g

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  8. Hello Everyone, So a year ago I woke up one night horribly bloated and in pain from cramping. It left me nauseous and unable to sleep and constipated. The nausea lasted for 2 months, I couldn't lay down to sleep because of nausea, I couldn't eat much either. Everything I ate made me bloated and constipated. Several visits to the ER and doctor, I finally got my referral for a GI specialist approved. By this time I had lost 30 lbs in 2 months and felt incredibly weak. After extensive testing, they determined I had gut hypersensitivity and celiac like symptoms but my celiacs gene wasn't active nor did my colon have damage from celiacs. Apparently I had normal IgA levels but high IgG levels. They said it's another way to diagnose celiacs. Over time, through trial and error I was finally able to start eating reasonably healthy food with supplements but I can't eat a lot anymore otherwise I get too bloated and I'm so uncomfortable all the time. Sometimes even normal food like eggplants or okra can get me burping for hours after eating. The only medicine I take now is miralax for the constipation. But I need to stop using it because it's not meant for longterm use. I was thinking of psyllium but since it has bulk forming properties that's just the opposite of what I want. Anyone had any experience with psyllium or similar situation to mine? I'm vegetarian and eating a lot of greens isn't gonna help if my meal size is small to begin with and greens don't provide a lot of calories. My normal meal is white rice,assorted veggies, and Ensure protein shake. I hate that I can never tell what my body is gonna do. It makes it so hard to hang out with friends. And I'm still deciding whether to move for university or keep staying home. With my symptoms I'd be annoying any roommates I might have. Any suggestions/advice will help!
  9. I received these results been am unsure what they mean. Are these normal for a person with celiac?
  10. Hi everyone! Hopefully this is the right place to post this! Just wanted to post my story on here for anyone who needs some reassurance/anyone who can give me some tips! I’m 22 and from the UK, I’ve been type 1 diabetic since I was 13 and have always taken it in my stride. This year the pandemic hit and I was fortunate enough to be placed on furlough so I just spent my time at home with my family. At the beginning of the pandemic I was exercising a lot as I am very active, I liked to take the dogs out for long walks just so I could get out of the house! One morning in June I woke up in the middle of the night and my stomach was making crazy noises just like trapped wind, I got up and used the bathroom and tried to go back to sleep but the pain in my stomach would not subside and I started to get dizzy, pale and nauseous and ultimately was sick. I had just assumed it was something that I had eaten although my diet was completely unrestricted I have always eaten the same foods. The next day I had stomach pains but not too badly and carried on as normal. (Also throughout this whole summer I had been eating ryvita for lunch every day to be ‘healthy’ which is soooo laughable now) Throughout the summer I then started to have strange dizzy spells which I always put down to the heat or anxiety - although I’m thankful enough to not have any anxiety with work/home etc I just thought it was maybe underlying?! I also have suffered with travel sickness since I was younger and was becoming travel sick on journeys that lasted 5 minutes. Once I was able to go back to work I would walk to work and start to feel like I was about to pass out, I always tried to talk myself out of it using anxiety techniques but nothing seemed to work. I also used to get to work and start to feel really shaky and I would get hypoglycaemia symptoms but would go to check my blood sugars and they would be normal! Fast forward to the 11th of December and the sickness that I had previously happened again in exactly the same order although this time it didn’t go away. I did a 24 hour fast incase it was a sickness bug and felt completely fine from not eating. I booked a doctors appointment anyway and he did blood and urine tests and checked my stomach and decided to get me a pelvic scan to make sure everything down there was okay and I didn’t have any growths etc. I went back to work but had to keep leaving early because I had really awful pains in my chest it felt sort of tight and hot and every time I tried to eat it was like my body would not let me swallow it! On the way to the scan I was so unwell, I was shaking and had tingly hands, I could barely drink enough water to have it done! On the way home I seriously thought I was going to die, it felt like my body was completely shutting down. I asked my mum to go to Tesco and pick me up some bananas as I know they’re filling and I got home and had a banana and some glasses of milk just so I had something in my body. I looked into celiac and the next day we went and bought some gluten free foods. I told my doctor about this and he told me not to go gluten free as they need to do tests and he would try and add a celiac test onto my previous blood test. Also during this time I was rapidly losing weight, I lost 1 stone in 7 days. This is when all chaos ensued. I won’t go into huge details but I’ll give you a basic idea about what happened. I had to visit A&E 4 separate times. 1st time - the doctor essentially laughed in my face. He sent me home with omeprazole for heartburn. I went home and took these and had no relief in the slightest. 2nd time - I was taken through to a bed and I was placed on a drip and seen by a doctor, she was horrendous. I told her that it feels like my body was shutting itself down and she told me I needed to ‘stop speaking in third person’ I told her I keep my blood sugars under really tight control and she tested them and they were high (OBVIOUSLY because of stress and illness) and she told me that I did not have good blood sugar control. I was so upset by this as I wasn’t being listened to and two more nurses came over and tried to tell me that I was just having mood swings. I was completely livid. 3rd time - I was taken into a triage ward where they did some tests on me, everything came back fine and a doctor came in and felt my stomach. He (without any doubt in his mind) told me that I had gastroparesis. I was shocked, I was asking questions etc and he just told me it will go away and come back from time to time. I was in hospital alone due to Covid restrictions so I was Googling everything so I could to get a crumb of information and was so scared it was horrific. I was given anti nausea tablets and was told I was staying the night. My diabetes nurse came in in the evening and made them do a test for low cortisol just to rule some more things out. She said she did not think it was gastroparesis but it could either be this or celiac as obviously being type 1 diabetic makes this a fairly good candidate. It gave me some relief and the next day I was out of hospital and back home. My diabetes nurse called me and told me they think it’s low cortisol so put me on hydrocortisone and fludrocortisone tablets and said she would be in touch. This was the 24th of December so I rushed to pick up my prescription and started them on Christmas Day. As soon as I started them it felt like I was having a panic attack but I’m not sure if this was a side effect or nerves or even because it’s to do with the adrenal glands maybe my body was in fight or flight mode?! Anyway, due to the fact that it was Christmas and New Years my diabetes team and doctors were all closed because of bank holidays and weekends etc. I did not think the tablets were helping me although I still took them when I was supposed to. 4th time- I then felt so unwell again, shaking, nausea, unable to sleep, my stomach was making the most insane noises. I would be asleep and then jolt myself awake after an hour. I really thought my body was shutting itself down and that I was going to die. I went back up to A&E and was put on a drip again, I talked to a doctor and this is no word of a lie, he told me that I should get myself a personal trainer to reverse my diabetes? Like I could just grow myself a new pancreas!! I asked him to do an endocrine test and he said he couldn’t, nothing is wrong and that my blood pressure was fine - I literally felt like I was talking to a brick wall so I asked to take the cannula out of my arm and to go home. They said that I had to stay, some of the nurses were really supportive and couldn’t believe the doctor had said that and that I should contact my diabetes clinic as soon as they reopened. They gave me a tuna sandwich on wholemeal bread which after eating I felt shaky and weird again. I went home and had an awful nights sleep again, woke up and tried to call my clinic but they didn’t answer, I was getting more and more frustrated and more and more unwell. I was also told that they hadn’t received the blood test so I phoned my doctor and told him I need a celiac blood test ASAP and he told me he was free in 10 minutes so I grabbed my things and headed down. He took the blood from my arm and I told him from this point forward I’m going to be eating gluten free. He told me that the blood test is very temperamental and that it might come back negative and they would want to do a endoscopy. I told him in the nicest way possible that it won’t be happening as I’m going to be gluten free from this day forward no matter what the test says, I will not compromise my health just for the sake of a positive test and I won’t be doing the gluten challenge so if it comes back negative that he will have to manually type in that I have celiac disease. So far I am now 5 days gluten free and wow I can honestly say I am feeling 80% better than I did before. Obviously it takes time to get better but I’d say after 3 days the weird digestion feeling I was getting had stopped. I am still taking the steroids but have an endocrine test on the 15th so fingers crossed it won’t be a cortisol issue and I can come off of them. We went out and bought a new toaster and all sorts of kitchenware and have sectioned a space in the kitchen for all of my things. At first it was overwhelming but I used this platform to read positive stories and it really settled my mind. I’m going to list my symptoms in the hope it may help/reassure somebody else?! -nausea -shaking/internal tremors -tight chest/extreme acid reflux feeling -muscle weakness -stomach noises/extreme intestinal movement -heart palpitations -loss of appetite -dry mouth -mild diarrhoea -lightheaded when standing up -lower abdominal cramps -unable to sleep I don’t have my appetite back yet all though I’m still eating on schedule and I am still getting the shakes/tremors and very mild heartburn from time to time but I think this could be from the tablets that I’m taking. Also for anyone new who may be reading this, food wise simple things like boiled eggs, tuna, gluten free toast and Nutella, mashed potato have really been a good start to help my stomach. I have also decided to cut out lactose for the first 3 months as I read somewhere that this is meant to help with healing as your villi cannot absorb it?! Also I bought some of the Alive multivitamin gummies from Holland and Barrett (they say gluten free on the back of the packaging) and these have been helping me also!! I’ve got a really positive mindset on this now and I think I’m going to be okay!! Obviously I still have to have my endocrine test and will post an update on that but I just wanted to share my story in the hopes that someone who is maybe going through something similar can get some reassurance that everything is going to be okay and the supermarkets have so many good food options that you’ll be spoilt for choice!! Sorry it’s so long!! Thanks for reading and if you have any tips/ tricks let me know Ellis
  11. I'm kind of at wits end here. I was diagnosed with celiac disease 4 years ago, I was 16, having stomach issues, etc. At first I didnt take the diet seriously AT ALL. like I just didnt care. I'm now rearing 20, and over the past 2 years or so I've been on and off and then on and off again the celiac diet. Sometimes I do great! I always fail though. I always just get a craving and i give in. i dont know what to do! I know I want to stop eating it. I have gained weight and I'm just MISERABLE. but I always seem to go back to it. Does anyone have any advice? I'm desperate. I live in a house full of gluten eaters, btw.
  12. I had a blood work done to test for celiac. I had a celiac screen with reflex done. All it says is the component is IgA, my value is 250.1 mg/dL and the standard range is 70.0-400.0 mg/dL. Am I okay and do not have celiac? Thank you!
  13. Celiac.com 11/23/2017 - Many theories have been fielded about autism. Some research careers have been made by investigating autism, while other careers have been seriously damaged when that research threatened some sacred cows of allopathic medicine. Yet despite all of this active research exploring the world of autism, we continue to experience exponential increases in rates at which autism is diagnosed. And debate continues unabated regarding the causes and appropriate treatments. Part of this increasing trend is, doubtless, because we have gotten better at recognizing the various manifestations of this debilitating condition. However, the evidence indicates that there is a dramatic increase in the absolute incidence of autism. Although frightening, this trend may offer some insight into several of the factors that contribute to this condition. That is the crux of my argument here. Since most prior theories have been tested in isolation, as is the norm in medical investigations, measurement of changes induced by individual contributing factors may either be so mild as to escape notice, or may not have been sufficient to induce symptom mitigation. Similarly, if preconceived notions shape resistance to some of these hypotheses, we may miss the most salient characteristics of autism. I have therefore chosen to combine several findings to form a testable hypothesis. I'll let posterity and the reader be the judges of whether this speculation is worthy of further investigation. We begin with Dr. Kalle Reichelt, who sought to understand autism and other psychiatric illnesses through the prism suggested by Dr. Curtis Dohan's work investigating schizophrenic patients. While Dohan et al reported positive results among schizophrenics from a gluten free, dairy free diet, Reichelt and his colleagues identified unique peptides in the urinary excretions from patients on the autistic spectrum and explored their possible connections with gluten and dairy proteins(1). A leaky gut appeared to be a precondition for autism. In 1996, D'Eufemia and others reported increased intestinal permeability in almost half of their autistic patients, using synthetic sugars that can be measured in the urine (2). Gardner has reported disturbed gastrointestinal function in autism. Reichelt and Knivsberg have also published reports of improved social interaction and communication among some children with autism following institution of a gluten-free, casein-free diet (4). However, their investigations reveal that the diet must be consistent, strict, and long-lasting to allow the gradual dissipation of the psychoactive peptides from these foods. Others have reported that this dissipation process can take up to 12 months (5). It is important to note that, while the work indicating that the symptoms of autism can often be mitigated by the strict, long-term avoidance of gluten and dairy, none of these investigators claimed that this diet can cure autism or even eliminates all of its symptoms. The diet simply helped children improve to the point where they could function better in school and society by mitigating their most severe and limiting symptoms (4). Many of these researchers postulate that improved integrity of the intestinal barrier and reduced ingestion of psychoactive peptides in the diet are a likely root of these improvements. Against this backdrop of widespread recognition of gastrointestinal dysfunction, excessive intestinal permeability, and symptom mitigation through dietary restriction in many autistic children, Dr. Andrew Wakefield, along with 12 other researchers, published their discovery of a pattern of intestinal inflammation and compromised barrier function in 11 of 12 subjects with pervasive developmental disorders, including 9 children with autism. Based on histories provided by parents, health visitors, and general practitioners, a pattern of behavioral/autistic symptom onset was seen within 14 days of combined vaccination for measles, mumps, and rubella. The average time to symptom onset was about 6 days. In the same report, Wakefield et al state "We did not prove an association between measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine and the syndrome described." Later on the same page, they state "If there is a causal link between measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine and this syndrome, a rising incidence might be anticipated after the introduction of this vaccine in the UK, in 1988." [my emphasis] Wakefield et al identify several reports connecting vaccine-strain measles virus with Crohn's disease and autoimmune hepatitis. They also hearken to earlier work that implicates inflamed or dysfunctional intestines in the behavior changes seen in some children. They point to other factors that suggest a genetic predisposition may also be a precondition of developing autism, along with markers of vitamin B12 deficiency (which many readers will recognize as a common finding in celiac disease and non-celiac gluten sensitivity). Clearly this group was not attacking the MMR vaccine or its importance to public health. Nonetheless, in the same issue of The Lancet, no less than six letters, written by a combined total of 21 authors, attacked Wakefield et al because of the impact that their findings might have on public health. Over the ensuing months and years, Wakefield's methods were criticized and denigrated. One of the more emotional attacks alleged academic fraud on Wakefield's part (7). He has been vilified in the public and professional media as a brigand. Yet he and his research group were careful to avoid making any claims beyond having found a form of bowel disease (lymphoid hyperplasia) in 9 of their subjects, and non-specific colitis in 11 of their subjects, along with reporting the close temporal association of onset of behavioral symptoms and MMR vaccines as reported by parents, health visitors, and general practitioners. They would have been remiss had they failed to report this association. Further, there were 12 other researchers who put their names to this research. Surely we cannot suspect that all 13 of these professionals would risk their careers to perpetrate a fraud! Meanwhile, as these attacks were ginning up, a research group at the University of Maryland reported that, in genetically susceptible individuals, a protein they dubbed "zonulin" can, when gluten is ingested, induce changes to intestinal permeability (8, 9). Does the gluten free, dairy free diet reduce excessive intestinal permeability? We know it does in people with celiac disease (8), but what impact would or could it have on children with the lymphoid hyperplasia and/or non-specific colitis identified by Wakefield et al? And does reduced zonulin production due to restriction of these foods explain the benefit experienced by many children with autism? Perhaps these questions are also relevant to another area of autism research reflected by identification of specific strains of clostridium infection in autism, first postulated by Bolte (10). Dr. S. Finegold and his colleagues demonstrated that 8 of 10 children with late onset autism showed transient reductions of symptoms of autism in response to oral vancomycin which returned when vancomycin was withdrawn (11). This is an antibiotic that is usually used in cases of antibiotic-resistant infections. Because this group identified an unusually large number and variety of strains of clostridium in their autistic subjects, as compared with controls, and because many clostridium variants excrete neurotoxic substances, their use of vancomycin was given to target clostridium. However, elements of Finegold's work and Wakefield's work may be taken to suggest some overlap. For instance, could the added clostridium load in autistic children contribute to the intestinal inflammation and permeability seen in Wakefield's report? Or could the MMR vaccinations produce conditions that are more hospitable to antibiotic resistant, neurotoxic strains of clostridia? Or could symptoms induced by MMR lead to administration of antibiotics that provide favorable conditions in the gut for proliferation of clostridium? To further complicate this issue, Dr. Stephanie Seneff has identified vitamin D deficiency, and popular use of statin drugs, in combination with reduced dietary consumption of cholesterol and fats as possible factors in autism. She implicates these deficiencies as arising either in utero or in infancy and she specifically cites work demonstrating that cholesterol, fats, and vitamin D are important components of healthy immune function (14). Putting it all together The hypothesis embodied herein asserts that at some stage the autistic child has: some predisposition to autism; a multi-dimensionally compromised immune system; been exposed to multiple and uncommon strains of clostridium which lead to the colonization of the gut by these antibiotic-resistant bacteria; are suffering from some degree of vitamin D deficiency and are eating a diet that is deficient in fats and cholesterol. Further, as the child develops one or more of the symptoms or sequelae of clostridium colonization or other infection, antibiotics are administered to provide relief from these or other symptoms of infection, sometimes including chronic ear infections. Thus, the competing gut bacteria that might otherwise keep these strains of clostridia in check are wiped out, permitting broader proliferation of multiple strains of clostridia. Similarly, the MMR vaccine, which, by design, engages and taxes the immune system. In the immune system's weakened state resulting from vaccination and dietary opioids (13), increased numbers of unusual strains of clostridium, abnormal gut biome, cholesterol deficiency, vitamin D deficiency, and perhaps, other nutrient deficiencies, also reduces systemic surveillance for, and antibody combat with, the clostridia and/or remnants of MMR vaccine. The neurotoxic excreta from clostridia and MMR are released into the intestinal lumen and by zonulin's action to widen the junctions between epithelial cells, these toxins are thus given access to the bloodstream. By the same pathway, opioids, other psychoactive peptides from gluten and dairy, along with other undigested and partly digested proteins, which may be harmful, also reach the bloodstream. From there, they travel to the BBB where zonulin again opens gaps in this barrier and allows the clostridium-derived toxins, opioids, and other impurities access to the brain where they alter blood-flow patterns, damage neurological tissues, and perhaps do other damage that has not yet been recognized. Ultimately, this damage and dynamics lead to impeded social performance, intellectual performance, and sometimes, induce startlingly abnormal behaviors. Although this picture appears bleak, and much of it simply reflects the several dietary miscues of the last and our current century, there are corrective steps that can sometimes improve these children's lives. Vitamin D, vitamin B12, and other supplements can be administered to address deficiencies. Because of the associated gut problems, sub-lingual vitamins, and exposure to sunlight without sun screen may both be good starting points. A strict, long-term gluten free, dairy free diet should also be on the menu, even if the whole family has to follow it to ensure that the autistic child does not rebel due to feeling deprived. High levels of cholesterol, saturated and mono-unsaturated fats should also comprise a large part of the diet. One or more courses of vancomycin may also be worth trying. In isolation, the benefits of antibiotics alone will likely be short-lived, as reported by Finegold, but in combination with these other strategies, may extend the benefits of this drug. New developments in antibiotics research may lead to isolation of protective substances from hens' egg shells that may provide more appropriate antibiotic relief and therefore benefit these children even more (15). Most of the research, to date, has focused on one of these factors in isolation. However, if an immune system is compromised by any or all of cholesterol deficiency, vitamin D deficiency, vitamin B12 deficiency, dietary shortages of cholesterol and fats, lingering, chronic sequelae of MMR vaccination, opioids from gluten and/or dairy, and an unusual and wide variety of clostridia, then it seems unreasonable to expect to reverse this condition through implementing only one of the interventions suggested by the above. Each and all of these other components should be addressed when attempting to remediate autism. In the context of these dietary and lifestyle changes, appropriate antibiotics may lead to more permanent improvements for the autistic child. This would be the greatest gift that a physician, parent, or caretaker could give to these children. One may hope. References: Reichelt KL, Hole K, Hamberger A, Saelid G, Edminson PD, Braestrup CB, Lingjaerde O, Ledaal P, Orbeck H. Biologically active peptide-containing fractions in schizophrenia and childhood autism. Adv Biochem Psychopharmacol. 1981;28:627-43. D'Eufemia P, Celli M, Finocchiaro R, Pacifico L, Viozzi L, Zaccagnini M, Cardi E, Giardini O. Abnormal intestinal permeability in children with autism. Acta Paediatr. 1996 Sep;85(9):1076-9. Gardner MLG (1994) in Physiology of the gastrointestinal tract (Johnson LR : edit) Rave Press, NY pp 1795-1820 Knivsberg AM, Reichelt KL, Høien T, Nødland M. A randomised, controlled study of dietary intervention in autistic syndromes. Nutr Neurosci. 2002 Sep;5(4):251-61. Paul, K., Henker, J., Todt, A., Eysold, R. (1985) Zoeliaki- Kranken Kindern in Abhaengigkeit von der Ernaehrung Seitschrift der Klinische Medizin 40; 707-709. as reported in Reichelt K (1990). The Effect of Gluten-Free Diet on Urinary Peptide Excretion and Clinical State in Schizophrenia. Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine. 5(4): 223-239. Wakefield AJ, Murch SH, Anthony A, Linnell J, Casson DM, Malik M, Berelowitz M, Dhillon AP, Thomson MA, Harvey P, Valentine A, Davies SE, Walker-Smith JA. Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, non-specific colitis, and pervasive developmental disorder in children. Lancet. 2004 Mar 6;363(9411):750. Flaherty DK. The vaccine-autism connection: a public health crisis caused by unethical medical practices and fraudulent science. Ann Pharmacother. 2011 Oct;45(10):1302-4. Epub 2011 Sep 13. Fasano A, Not T, Wang W, Uzzau S, Berti I, Tommasini A, Goldblum SE. Zonulin, a newly discovered modulator of intestinal permeability, and its expression in coeliac disease. Lancet. 2000 Apr 29;355(9214):1518-9. Clemente MG, De Virgiliis S, Kang JS, Macatagney R, Musu MP, Di Pierro MR, Drago S, Congia M, Fasano A. Early effects of gliadin on enterocyte intracellular signalling involved in intestinal barrier function. Gut. 2003 Feb;52(2):218-23. Bolte ER. Autism and Clostridium tetani. Med Hypotheses. 1998 Aug;51(2):133-44. Finegold SM, Molitoris D, Song Y, Liu C, Vaisanen ML, Bolte E, McTeague M, Sandler R, Wexler H, Marlowe EM, Collins MD, Lawson PA, Summanen P, Baysallar M, Tomzynski TJ, Read E, Johnson E, Rolfe R, Nasir P, Shah H, Haake DA, Manning P, Kaul A. Gastrointestinal microflora studies in late-onset autism. Clin Infect Dis. 2002 Sep 1;35(Suppl 1):S6-S16. http://stephanie-on-health.blogspot.ca/2008/11/sunscreen-and-low-fat-diet-recipe-for.html Hoggan R. Considering wheat, rye, and barley proteins as aids to carcinogens. Med Hypotheses. 1997 Sep;49(3):285-8 Seneff S, Davidson R, Mascitelli L. Might cholesterol sulfate deficiency contribute to the development of autistic spectrum disorder? Med Hypotheses. 2012 Feb;78(2):213-7. Epub 2011 Nov 17. Wellman-Labadie O, Lakshminarayanan R, Hinckeemail MT Antimicrobial properties of avian eggshell-specific C-type lectin-like proteins. 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  14. This year i found out im a celiac but i found it really hard to accept, it makes me sad thinking on all the food i can’t eat. I don’t know how to deal with it, i just get mad cause i can’t just go out and eat wherever i want, cause where i live there are no many gluten free places... i don’t know, how did you learned to accept it and live with it?
  15. Hi been diagnosed as celiac over 2 years ago have a bad episode at present with tongue and swollen sore nose looks like little blisters has anyone else had these symptoms and if so what made it stop please any advise would be fab
  16. Celiac.com 10/04/2019 - This is an article for friends and family to help them understand celiac disease and how they can help you. I understand someone in your life has just been diagnosed with celiac disease. It means their lives will change dramatically and you as part of their life should offer support. In this article, I'm going to briefly explain what celiac is and how you can help in the most basic ways. Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease of the small intestine. Food is broken down into nutrients in the stomach and absorbed into the body in the small intestine. There are microscopic finger-like projections called "villi" in the small intestine that absorb the food. In celiac disease, these villi are damaged and cannot absorb nutrients. Celiac disease is the only autoimmune disease with a known trigger. The trigger is gluten. Gluten is a protein found in wheat, rye, and barley. When gluten is in the small intestine, the body misunderstands that gluten is a good nutrient and mounts an attack on the villi to stop the absorption of gluten. Thus leading to the damage evident in celiac disease. Currently there is no medicine to treat celiac disease, and once diagnosed, the loved one will always have it. It cannot be outgrown. Celiac is not caused by Roundup and has been around since 2000 BC. When someone with celiac disease consumes gluten, the villi will be damaged and it can take up to 2 years for the villi to recover. If left untreated, it can cause weight loss, malnutrition, failure to thrive in children, and even a specific intestinal lymphoma that is often fatal. One sixty-fourth of a slice of bread is enough to set off the autoimmune reaction in a celiac sufferer. So even the smallest amount of gluten is dangerous. It is a protein so it cannot be burned off of grills or pans. Now, for the good news, a gluten free diet is easier than you think and can be easy to manage. (I'm envisioning this going to friends or family that live outside your home. You've got to manage your home yourself.) The whole objective would be to keep your guest or family member with celiac safe from getting sick. Aluminum foil and plain foods are your best friend. Put aluminum foil between any surface that may have touched gluten at any point in the last six months and the food you will be cooking. Also, put aluminium foil between the counter top or cutting board and any food you will be serving. If cooking both a gluten and gluten-free meal, simply wash your hands with soap after touching the gluten item. Regarding seasonings and marinades, please know that salt and pepper and no marinades are safest. Marinades are tricky because many contain soy sauce are aren't gluten-free. Also, soy sauce contains gluten, and luckily there are gluten-free versions available. Regarding vegetables or sides, roasting, grilling with aluminum foil, or boiling are all safe cooking methods. Salads dressings with complex ingredient lists are too complicated to go into here, but to start out just stick with a baked potato or rice. New condiments, condiments from squeeze bottles, and a new stick of butter is best and safest. If you can see a crumb, then the whole thing is unsafe for someone with celiac disease. Finally, the celiac sufferer is not trying to make your life more difficult. They are trying to stay safe while eating. We eat 3-4 meals a day, every day. Put yourself in their shoes. Imagine being afraid that every morsel of food put into your mouth could make you sick. Now you have to go to someone's house that doesn't understand or even makes fun of this disease. It is anxiety inducing. Please answer the celiac friend's millionth question because they are just trying to stay healthy! I hope this helps!
  17. Hi everyone, I was recently diagnosed with celiac about 7months ago and it has been a big adjustment, to say the least. After struggling a lot with all the changes I decided to check out this site to hopefully get some advice from individuals who are in the same boat with me. Prior to my diagnosis, I lost over 40lbs in a very short period of time and if I am being honest it was overwhelming but I was not upset about how my body was "looking" (I say "" because now I know it was not healthy at all). Now though, I have been living gluten-free and it's a completely 180. I started trying to incorporate healthy eating ( watching my macros and trying to incorporate more vegetables and lean meats) and exercise, which has been a new addition as before my diagnosis exercise was something I was terrified of doing because of one too many close calls with the bathroom. I will say I am definitely guilty of exploring the different gluten-free snacks and sweet alternatives at the grocery store occasionally, but even with all of this I've started gaining weight back (about 10pounds so far) and it seems no matter how much I exercise or try to maintain a balanced diet the weight is just hanging around. And on top of that I feel as though now that I've started eating gluten free my body is still all over the place in terms of digestion. Before obviously as many of you have experienced, had your fair share of diarrhea and bathroom explosions, but yet I was at least going to the bathroom and it was almost consistent, now it's like I feel as though I have to be so careful about the foods I consume because now my body is temperamental about its digestion in an unpredictable way. Which is frustrating in itself because not only do I have to be careful about what I eat but I also have to now be restrictive on the types of gluten-free foods I eat. Yes, my pain and crazy bathroom adventures have gone away, which I am so thankful about, but now it's the opposite and I feel out of tune with my body completely, I never know if I'm going to have a normal digestion day or if I'm going to not go to the bathroom for days. Has anyone else experienced this or am I just a lucky individual who has somehow felt more out of sync with her body since? And if so does anyone have any suggestions on how to handle this. Some days it can be so frustrating because though I feel better in terms of all the symptoms I was having before and my antibody levels have dropped significantly, It is still so defeating to see the scale go up even when I'm trying to restrict myself to a healthy diet and incorporate more exercise. I know that it is not necessarily a bad thing to be gaining some weight, because of the significant weight loss I experienced and everyone is telling me it's fine but it has certainly been a big shock to the system seeing my body change so much in such a short period of time and to feel like my body has a mind of its own and is running in circles with no consistency. Hopefully, this all made sense. Thanks <3
  18. Celiac.com 02/02/2017 - Scientists have devised a universal gluten cross-contamination checklist they hope will help to reduce gluten contamination in the food services industries. The newly created food services checklist was compiled after an extensive literature review, input from 11 different experts with PhDs and experience with food services and/or gluten and celiac issues, along with documents from various organizations such as the Gluten-Free Certification Program from the Canadian Celiac Association. The final checklist consists of 88 items divided into 12 sections, which cover everything from building and facilities maintenance, cleaning and ventilation, to employee clothing and hygiene, to food production and transport. The checklist also includes a robust section on planning and communication with an eye toward maintaining a gluten-free facility and supporting gluten-free customers. The tool is notable in that it is the first comprehensive checklist designed to promote a proper understanding of the issues across all manufacturing and food production processes. All of which make it, "an interesting tool since it helps to assure proper understanding of the items, which is crucial for the correct evaluation of conformities/non-conformities situations in loco and ultimately might impact the safety of the food produced in certain establishments," according to the authors. Such an understanding is crucial for making correct on-site assessments of conformities/non-conformities. Properly employed, the checklist might impact, and ultimately improve the safety of gluten-free food across the entire industry. Read more at: mdpi.com and cantechletter.com
  19. I'm pretty new to the celiac lifestyle; I have been officially diagnosed for almost a full year now. As a nineteen year old girl living in a lively college town, it has been pretty difficult to totally avoid gluten. However, I have been dodging it at all costs. My side effects when consuming gluten have come down to gastrointestinal problems (constipation, diarrhea, unavoidable gas, all the pretty stuff). A couple of months ago, I started to have a stress/fecal incontinence issue when I accidentally consume gluten. I don't know if my pelvic floor muscles weakened because of gluten exposure, but I do know that every time I consume gluten I experience fecal incontinence until the poison's completely out of my system. I'm posting on here to see if anyone else has experienced/experiences this problem, and if there is any way to cope with it? I have tried doing kegel exercises and they have helped with my urine-based incontinence, but the other problem has not improved at all. I am very tired of having to deal with this issue. It's embarrassing, humiliating, and I feel alienated as I have no one close to me to talk to about this.
  20. Hey, I was wondering if any of you knew - when you eat gluten when you have Celiac, do you take in the calories from the food? Before I was diagnosed, I was extremely malnourished because my body wasn't absorbing vitamins, but does the body absorb the calories? If so, how is so much weight loss possible?
  21. Hello everyone, i will try my best to keep this short but it may not work that way as it’s a long ish story. For about a year I’ve been having some awful stomach issues, diarrhea mostly and weight loss. I had an elevated calprotectin but blood work was normal. I had a colonoscopy, they found some inflammation near the rectum but they gave me a follow up for months later and no one seemed all that concerned, I was told it went well and that I was fine. Finally I was sent for blood work to determine if I have a gluten allergy. I got a call and was told that based on my blood work they want to do an endoscopy to confirm a Celiac diagnosis. I’m an emetphobe (I have an extreme phobia of vomiting which I’ve been in therapy for my whole life) so naturally I decided to forego the endoscopy and just go gluten free. I also had read that the blood work tends to be fairly indicative of a gluten allergy and that endoscopies can produce false negatives. Either way 2 months later here I am, totally gluten free but unsure if I’m improving. I have good days and I have bad days and because I started taking Imodium every day and haven’t been able to stop without experiencing withdrawal (which apparently happens since it’s an opiate...I was clueless to this) I literally don’t know how I’m doing, I ont have diarrhea anymore but I’m taking an anti diarrheal so who knows. The people around me are telling me I seem better (more energized, sick less often, generally happier). As someone who struggles with a lot of mental health issues (depression, health phobias, anxiety) I honestly can’t tell. I’m still experiencing issues with going to the bathroom. Sometimes my stool is mucousy or seems to be full of undigested food. I’m not gaining weight or losing it (at least). On the other hand I I have days where I feel very well. I’ve continued to consume dairy, soy and really everything else. I guess I’m just looking for some advice, I’m so tired of feeling sick, I don’t feel like the person I used to be and I don’t feel like I have the support of my doctors or really any resources for this. I’m happy to never consume gluten again if it means I’ll feel generally well. Also, how long should it normally take for me to feel well again on the gluten free diet? If anyone has any tips, personal stories of success or really any insight for me that would be immensely helpful. Id also like to mention so you guys have all the info that some of my initial symptoms included headaches (often), mouth sores (canker sores), more hair coming out in the shower (I thought I was crazy but seriously I was losing hair), skin issues, and just a general malaise as well as bloating, gas and nausea. Thank you you so much in advance and sorry for the kinda gross information I shared. Regards, Kathryn.
  22. I was diagnosed with Severe Celiacs last November plus 2 forms of glaucoma and recently degenerative arthritis. I'm only 22 and finding all this out is exhausting and stressful, well recently I decided to take a break from the gluten free diet and ordered a stuffed crust pizza from pizza hut, a few things from taco bell and a buffet at golden corral! And I have not gotten sick! Maybe I rash but the rash was there before hand, now I'm concerned my doctor was wrong and misdiagnosed me somehow? Before I started the gluten diet I was severely sick, throwing up and couldn't eat, I thought I had cancer, can someone help idk who else to go to, is this normal? Getting sick and then not getting sick? Oh and the rash has been there for weeks doctor has no idea what it is gonna see specialist, auto immune diseases are in family, I did have pelvic inflammatory disease could that of caused something?
  23. Hello, everyone. So, I have a question. I love animals, and i'm already dealing with 2 fish tanks and a gecko that all eat food containing gluten. I decided I want another pet. A hamster to be exact. The only problem is, as you may know, hamsters diets are entirely gluten filled. Does anyone own a hamster here? I had a hamster once but I did not deal with the food, or anything relating with the hamster, except buying things for it, when I was in 5th grade. I was recently diagnosed with Celiac (On the 24th of Christmas- yeah, great present, right?) so i'm not sure if I can have a hamster. Its going to be in my room this time so I'm a little worried. Thank you! ?
  24. Sorry for the long post, I've been dealing with this forever and want to figure it out! Hi, I just got tested for celiac (blood test at a family practice (USA)) without knowing that I had to have been eating gluten regularly for it to show anything. I read forums here that said so, so I called the doctor's office before my test to ask if that was true, and they put me on with a nurse that said "I've never heard of that, but let me check the test we have....Oh, yep, it says to eat gluten. So just eat some bread before you come today." Seemed doubtful. I ended up NOT eating any gluten, and I've been actively avoiding wheat for at least 3 years (I noticed a gluten intolerance when I started college, my dad and uncle and 2 cousins can't eat it either). I was accidentally glutened with the tiniest bit of fajita seasoning from a restaurant 3 weeks prior to my blood test, but that's it. I didn't want to make myself sick with bread after reading that the blood test really only works if you've been eating it for weeks/months, so I went and got tested with basically non gluten in my system at all. The test itself said "negative." But I've attached a screenshot of my levels. After talking with the nurses on the phone twice, I'm convinced they know nothing about it. My antibodies were low/normal, probably because I haven't eaten gluten in years. (I sometimes drink beer made with barley instead of wheat because it doesn't give me horrible stomach cramps, but I hadn't had any in probably a month). The one thing that seemed "high" to me for someone who hasn't eaten wheat in years was the tTG IGA (I have no idea what that means). Mine said 7.2 U/mL (again, whatever that means). This family practice test says that a normal level is under 15 U/mL, but all my other levels are less than 1. After some research, I came across what "normal" levels should look like and Mayo Clinic suggested under 4.0 U/mL is negative for celiac (Source) [4.0-10 is a "weak positive"]. Like I said, I'm not very trusting that the practice I went to knows anything about celiac. I know if I want a diagnosis I should go to some specialist. But I really don't want to get put under just to be told "yep, do exactly what you've doing for years, avoiding gluten." So, I decided to sort of "self-diagnose" myself with celiac JUST to make myself be extra careful, you know, just in case my intestines are damaged whenever I get cross-contaminated food. My question is: does anyone else think it's possible I have celiac? Or am I being nuts? Recap & Symptoms: In 2014 I could barely eat anything in my house because I would be sick with horrible stomach cramps and constipation that would make me cry and have to stay home the next day. I lost weight then. Someone suggested going gluten-free, and I knew my dad was doing that because he had a couple passing-out episodes and similar gut pain. My uncle (dad's brother) also has a sever intolerance to gluten, like it gets him hospitalized because of malnutrition and cramping (I'm pretty sure he has celiac, but he's too stubborn to get tested). I tried avoiding gluten for a week and felt way better. Now I've been gluten free for years. Like I said before, though, I am not careful with barley and rye. Malt hurts me a lot, and when I take one bite of, say, a donut thinking it'll be worth it (I miss donuts..) it NEVER is. I'm out for two days after that. If I get glutened, I experience: fatigue, horrible cramps, gas (that won't pass), constipation (for days), foggy head, itchy skin, irritability, and my appetite fluctuates like crazy-- one minute I'm so full I can't think of food, another I'm starving.
  25. Hello! My name is Jamie, I'm 31 years old and live in Norway. Since 2011, I left Vancouver after a year of study and have been in and out of hospitals in Norway, but nobody can give me the proper tests to find the problem with my body. I can't work, I can barely eat and I am laying completely flat in periods. The list of symptoms is extensive, but I will keep this message on the short side. I’m underweight, but have been extremely underweight in periods (49kg / 180cm). It doesn’t matter if I eat 2200 calories or not, the body isn’t absorbing nutrients properly, and it makes me feel awful and at times completely strange. My stomach has 0 beneficial bacteria, probably have leaky gut, and got inflammation (from what it feels like). Is there anyone I could talk to about my problems? I am looking for competent doctors, researches or places where I can possible get checked up in a more fast paced manner, as each visit to a hospital here includes a 6 month waiting period. Not sure how much more my body can handle as I’ve been ill for over 10 years and severely ill multiple times. Ps. I will travel the world to the right facility to get some proper help, because I am not living anymore. Thank you so much in advance. SIncerely, Jamie
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